Matt Durrant

I run around, I read bad books, I take pictures on my phone and some videos.
I sometimes try to make electronic music
Here are my favourite albums (which I'm buying on vinyl).
Contact me on WhatsApp. I largely ignore email and Facebook.

13 Favourite Albums by Blur

My favourite albums as determined by my Spotify account (source code).

All Time || 2024 || 2023 || 2022 || 2021 || 2020 || 2019 || 2018 || 2017 || 2016 || 2015 || 2014 || 2013 || 2012 || 2011 || 2010 || 2009 || 2008 || 2007 || 2006 || 2005 || 2004

1.
84%
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
1993

1. For Tomorrow - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
2. Advert - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
3. Colin Zeal - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
4. Pressure on Julian - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
5. Star Shaped - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
6. Blue Jeans - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
7. Chemical World - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
8. Sunday Sunday - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
9. Oily Water - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
10. Miss America - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
11. Villa Rosie - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
12. Coping - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
13. Turn It Up - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
14. Resigned - 2012 Remaster ★★★★☆
2.
80%
Parklife
Blur
1994

1. Girls & Boys - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
2. Tracy Jacks - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
3. End of a Century - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
4. Parklife - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
5. Bank Holiday - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
6. Badhead - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
7. The Debt Collector - 2012 Remaster ★☆☆☆☆
8. Far Out - 2012 Remaster ★☆☆☆☆
9. To the End - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
10. London Loves - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
11. Trouble in the Message Centre - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
12. Clover Over Dover - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
13. Magic America - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
14. Jubilee - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
15. This Is a Low - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
16. Lot 105 - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
3.
63%
Blur
Blur
1997

1. Beetlebum - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
2. Song 2 - 2012 Remaster ★★★★☆
3. Country Sad Ballad Man - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
4. M.O.R. - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
5. On Your Own - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
6. Theme from Retro - 2012 Remaster ★☆☆☆☆
7. You're so Great - 2012 Remaster ★★★★☆
8. Death of a Party - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
9. Chinese Bombs - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
10. I'm Just a Killer for Your Love - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
11. Look Inside America - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
12. Strange News from Another Star - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
13. Movin' On - 2012 Remaster ★★☆☆☆
14. Essex Dogs - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4.
61%
13
Blur
1999

1. Tender ★★★☆☆
2. Bugman ★★★☆☆
3. Coffee & TV ★★★★☆
4. Swamp Song ★★☆☆☆
5. 1992 ★★☆☆☆
6. B.L.U.R.E.M.I ★★☆☆☆
7. Battle ★★☆☆☆
8. Mellow Song ★★★☆☆
9. Trailerpark ★★★☆☆
10. Caramel ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Trimm Trabb ★★★☆☆
12. No Distance Left to Run ★★★☆☆
13. Optigan I ☆☆☆☆☆
5.
61%
The Ballad of Darren
Blur
2023

1. The Ballad ★★★★☆
2. St. Charles Square ★★☆☆☆
3. Barbaric ★★★☆☆
4. Russian Strings ★★☆☆☆
5. The Everglades (For Leonard) ★☆☆☆☆
6. The Narcissist ★★★☆☆
7. Goodbye Albert ★★☆☆☆
8. Far Away Island ★★☆☆☆
9. Avalon ★★☆☆☆
10. The Heights ★★☆☆☆
6.
37%
The Magic Whip
Blur
2015

1. Lonesome Street ★★★☆☆
2. New World Towers ★★★☆☆
3. Go Out ★★★☆☆
4. Ice Cream Man ★★★☆☆
5. Thought I Was a Spaceman ★★☆☆☆
6. I Broadcast ☆☆☆☆☆
7. My Terracotta Heart ★★☆☆☆
8. There Are Too Many of Us ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Ghost Ship ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Pyongyang ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Ong Ong ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Mirrorball ☆☆☆☆☆
7.
18%
Blur
Blur
1997

1. Beetlebum - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Song 2 - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Country Sad Ballad Man - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. M.O.R. - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
5. On Your Own - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Theme from Retro - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
7. You're so Great - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Death of a Party - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Chinese Bombs - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
10. I'm Just a Killer for Your Love - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Look Inside America - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Strange News from Another Star - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Movin' On - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Essex Dogs - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
1. All Your Life - 2012 Remaster ★★★★☆
2. A Spell (For Money) - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Woodpigeon Song - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Dancehall - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Get out of Cities - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Polished Stone - 2012 Remaster ★★★★☆
8.
14%
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
1993

1. For Tomorrow - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Advert - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Colin Zeal - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Pressure on Julian - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Star Shaped - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Blue Jeans - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
7. Chemical World - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Sunday Sunday - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Oily Water - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
10. Miss America - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Villa Rosie - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Coping - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Turn It Up - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Resigned - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
1. Popscene - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Mace - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Badgeman Brown - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. I'm Fine - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Garden Central - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
6. For Tomorrow - Visit to Primrose Hill Extended; 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
9.
12%
Leisure
Blur
1991

1. She's So High - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Bang - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Slow Down - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Repetition - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Bad Day - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Sing - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
7. There's No Other Way - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Fool - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Come Together - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
10. High Cool - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Birthday - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Wear Me Down - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
1. I Know - Extended Mix; 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Down - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. There's No Other Way - Extended Version; 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Inertia - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
5. Mr Briggs - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
6. I'm All Over - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Won't Do It - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Day Upon Day - Live; 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
10.
10%
Think Tank
Blur
2003

1. Ambulance ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Out of Time ★★★★★
3. Crazy Beat ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Good Song ☆☆☆☆☆
5. On the Way to the Club ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Brothers and Sisters ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Caravan ☆☆☆☆☆
8. We've Got a File on You ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Sweet Song ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Jets ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Gene by Gene ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Battery in Your Leg (Includes 'Me, White Noise') ☆☆☆☆☆
1. Money Makes Me Crazy - Marrakech Mix; 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Tune 2 ☆☆☆☆☆
3. The Outsider - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Don't Be - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Morricone ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Me, White Noise - Alternate Version ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Some Glad Morning - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
11.
10%
Parklife
Blur
1994

1. Girls & Boys - 2012 Remaster ★★★★★
2. Tracy Jacks - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. End of a Century - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Parklife - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Bank Holiday - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Badhead - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
7. The Debt Collector - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Far Out - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
9. To the End - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
10. London Loves - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Trouble in the Message Centre - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Clover Over Dover - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Magic America - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Jubilee - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
15. This Is a Low - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
16. Lot 105 - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
1. Magpie - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Anniversary Waltz - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. People in Europe - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Peter Panic - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
12.
10%
The Ballad of Darren
Blur
2023

1. The Ballad ☆☆☆☆☆
2. St. Charles Square ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Barbaric ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Russian Strings ☆☆☆☆☆
5. The Everglades (For Leonard) ☆☆☆☆☆
6. The Narcissist ★★★☆☆
7. Goodbye Albert ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Far Away Island ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Avalon ☆☆☆☆☆
10. The Heights ☆☆☆☆☆
11. The Rabbi ☆☆☆☆☆
12. The Swan ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Sticks and Stones ☆☆☆☆☆
13.
9%
13
Blur
1999

1. Tender ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Bugman ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Coffee & TV ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Swamp Song ☆☆☆☆☆
5. 1992 ☆☆☆☆☆
6. B.L.U.R.E.M.I ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Battle ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Mellow Song ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Trailerpark ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Caramel ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Trimm Trabb ☆☆☆☆☆
12. No Distance Left to Run ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Optigan I ☆☆☆☆☆
1. French Song - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
2. All We Want - 2012 Remaster ★★★☆☆
3. Mellow Jam - 2012 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. X-Offender - Damon / Control Freak's Bugman Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Coyote - Dave's Bugman Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Trade Stylee - Alex's Bugman Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Metal Hip Slop - Graham's Bugman Remix ☆☆☆☆☆