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Blur: Parklife

David Cavanagh, The Independent, 30 April 1994

BLURRY SHADES OF SGT PEPPER

AT ABOUT seven o'clock this evening, if the midweek sales pointers are correct, Blur's third album Parklife will enter the chart at No 1, outselling Pink Floyd's The Division Bell by a country mile. It will have been a long time since the top spot has been attained by a record of such wit, intelligence and fun.

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