The British rock band Blur have released nine studio albums, six live albums, five compilation albums, one remix album, two video albums, four extended plays, 35 singles, 10 promotional singles and 37 music videos. Formed in London in 1988, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Three years later, their debut release, the Madchester and shoegazing-tinged Leisure (1991), peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993) inaugurated the Britpop phase of their career. Its multi-Platinum follow-ups Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helped the band achieve mainstream popularity in Britain; every Blur studio album from Parklife onwards has topped the British charts.
Albums
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications UKPeak chart positions for albums and singles in United Kingdom: All except "Go Out", "Lonesome Street" and "Y'all Doomed": "Go Out": "Lonesome Street" and "Y'all Doomed": AUSAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "There's No Other Way" and "For Tomorrow": "Stereotypes": N.B. The HP column displays the single's highest position. All ARIA peaks to 16 February 2022: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: Parklife: The Great Escape: Blur: 13, Blur: The Best Of and The Magic Whip: Think Tank: FRAPeak positions in France except The Great Escape:
The Great Escape: GER JPN NOR NZ SWE US Leisure Released: 26 August 1991 (UK) Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP 7 142 — — — — — — — — BPI: Gold Modern Life Is Rubbish Released: 10 May 1993 (UK) Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP 15 143 — — — — — — — — BPI: Gold Parklife Released: 25 April 1994 (UK) Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 45 41 — — 36 37 27 8 —UK: 1,000,000+ BPI: 4× Platinum MC: Gold The Great Escape Released: 11 September 1995 (UK) Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 10 24 14 35 5 5 7 2 150 UK: 901,349 BPI: 3× Platinum IFPI NOR: Gold IFPI SWE: Gold MC: Gold RIAJ: Gold SNEP: Gold Blur Released: 10 February 1997 (UK) Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP, MD 1 22 26 12 23 7 6 3 4 61US: 679,000 BPI: Platinum ARIA: Gold MC: Platinum RIAA: Gold RIAJ: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum 13 Released: 15 March 1999 (UK) Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP, MD 1 12 11 12 6 13 1 2 4 80US: 136,000 BPI: Platinum MC: Gold RIAJ: Gold RMNZ: Platinum Think Tank Released: 5 May 2003 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, cassette, LP 1 30 31 11 8 14 18 27 44 56US: 94,000 BPI: Gold The Magic Whip Released: 27 April 2015 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, digital download 1 5 15 3 3 5 4 8 30 24 FRA: 25,000 BPI: Gold The Ballad of Darren Released: 21 July 2023 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download, blu-ray 1 10 — 4 3 20 — 7 12 94 BPI: Silver "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions UK JPN Live at the Budokan Released: 22 May 1996 (JPN) Label: Food Formats: CD 77 36 All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009 Released: 30 August 2009 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download 70 148 All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 03 July 2009 Released: 30 August 2009 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download 44 Live 2009 Released: 22 November 2009 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD — — Parklive Released: 13 August 2012 (UK) Label: EMI, Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download 91 137 Live at Wembley Stadium Released: 26 July 2024 Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, digital download 6 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS CAN GER IRL JPN NOR NZ SWE US The Special Collectors Edition Released: 26 October 1994 (JPN) Label: Food Formats: CD 86 — — — — 64 — — — — Blur: The Best Of Released: 30 October 2000 (UK) Labels: Food, EMI Formats: CD, LP 3 23 14 35 3 20 13 6 22 186 BPI: 5× Platinum ARIA: Gold RMNZ: Gold Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur Released: 15 June 2009 (UK) Labels: EMI Formats: CD, digital download 20 — — — — 66 — — — — BPI: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Remix albums + List of remix albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS HUN JPN Bustin' + Dronin' Released: 25 February 1998 (UK) Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette 100 163 19 50 RIAJ: Gold
Video albums + List of video albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UKVideo USVideo Showtime Released: 13 February 1995 (UK) Label: Food Formats: VHS, Laserdisc — — BPI: Gold Blur: The Best Of Released: 13 November 2000 (UK) Labels: Food, EMI Formats: DVD, VHS 49 32 BPI: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Extended plays + List of extended plays Title EP details Live Released: 1997 (NLD) Label: Food Format: CD The Observer CD Released: 1999 (UK) Label: Food Format: CD Exclusive 5 Track CD Released: 21 September 2003 (UK) Label: Parlophone Format: CD Blur Live from the BRITs Released: 22 February 2012 (UK) Label: Parlophone Format: Digital download
Box sets + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions UK GER JPN The Brit Pop Blur Box Released: 1994 (Australia) Format: CD box set — — — The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set Released: 6 September 1999 (UK) Label: Food Format: CD box set — — — Blur 21 Released: 30 July 2012 (UK) Label: EMI Formats: CD box set, LP box set, DVD box set 71 63 70 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUS BEL FRA IRLPeak chart positions for singles in Ireland: All except "Music Is My Radar", "Out of Time", "Crazy Beat" and "Under the Westway"/"The Puritan": "Music Is My Radar", "Out of Time", "Crazy Beat" and "Under the Westway"/"The Puritan": JPN NLD NZ SWE US "She's So High / I Know" 1990 48 — — — — — — — — — Leisure "There's No Other Way" 1991 8 113 — — 19 — — — — 82 BPI: Silver "Bang" 24 189 — — 21 — — — — — "Popscene" 1992 32 — — — — — — — — — "For Tomorrow" 1993 28 119 — — — — — — — — Modern Life Is Rubbish "Chemical World" 28 — — — — — — — — — "Sunday Sunday" 26 — — — — — — — — — "Girls & Boys" 1994 5 19 34 11 23 — 24 16 30 59 BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Gold Parklife "To the End" 16 198 — — — — — — — — "Parklife" 10 119 — — 30 — — — — — BPI: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Gold "End of a Century" 19 — 49 — — — — — — — "Country House" 1995 1 28 — — 1 — — 30 10 — BPI: Platinum The Great Escape "The Universal" 5 104 — — 12 — — — 55 — BPI: Gold "Stereotypes" 1996 7 95 — — 13 — — — — — "Charmless Man" 5 35 — 33 25 — — — — — BPI: Silver "It Could Be You" (Japan only) — — — — — — — — — — "Beetlebum" 1997 1 35 — — 8 — 87 34 39 — BPI: Gold Blur "Song 2" 2 4 — 198 10 — 73 — 28 — BPI: 3× Platinum ARIA: Gold RMNZ: 3× Platinum "On Your Own" 5 69 — — 27 — — — — — "M.O.R." 15 68 — — — — — 45 — — "Tender" 1999 2 32 — — 6 — 90 12 29 — BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Gold 13 "Coffee & TV" 11 — — 178 26 — — — — —BPI: Gold "No Distance Left to Run" 14 — — — — — — — — — "Music Is My Radar" 2000 10 — — — 35 — — — — — Blur: The Best Of "Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" 2002 — — — — — — — — — — "Out of Time" 2003 5 113 — — 17 — — — 19 — Think Tank "Crazy Beat" 18 102 — — 41 — — — 20 — "Good Song" 22 — — — — — — — — — "Fool's Day" 2010 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Under the Westway" /"The Puritan" 2012 34 — — 120 54 59 — — — — — — — 165 67 — — — — — "Go Out" 2015 182 — — 188 — 77 — — — — The Magic Whip "There Are Too Many of Us" — — — — — — — — — — "Lonesome Street" 151 — — 181 — 50 — — — — "Ong Ong" — — — — — — — — — — "I Broadcast" — — — — — — — — — — "The Narcissist"2023 81 — — — — — — — — —The Ballad of Darren "St. Charles Square" — — — — — — — — — — "Barbaric" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK "High Cool" / "Bad Day" 1991 — Leisure "Bang" (Mindwarp Mutations Remixes) 1992 — rowspan="2" "The Wassailing Song" — "This Is a Low" 1995 — Parklife "Tracy Jacks" / "Bank Holiday" — "Entertain Me" (The Live It! Remix) — "Death of a Party" 1997 — Blur "Bugman" 1999 — 13 "We've Got a File on You" 2003 — Think Tank "Y'all Doomed" 2015 165 The Magic Whip "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other charted songs + List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK BELTip "Girls & Boys" (live) 2009 191 — All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009 "Ghost Ship" 2015 — 68 The Magic Whip "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Sunday Sunday" (live) 1992 rowspan="12" In a Field of Their Own: Highlights of Glastonbury 1992 "Maggie May" Ruby Trax – The NME's Roaring 40 "Oliver's Army" 1993 Peace Together "Substitute" Who Covers Who?"Miss America" (live)The Adventure Club Sessions "Eine Kleine Lift Musik" 1995 The Help Album "The Universal" (live) 1996 ...Later Volume One: Brit Beat "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys Remix) 1997 In the Mix '97, Vol. 1 "Never Clever" Food 100 "Beetlebum" (live) Tibetan Freedom Concert "She's So High" (live)Long Live Tibet at Discogs Long Live Tibet "Cowboy Song" 1998Dead Man on Campus soundtrack "101%" 1999 Thurston Moore Root "Kissin' Time" 2002 Marianne Faithfull Kissin Time "Girls & Boys (live)"Britpop At The BBC at Discogs 2014 rowspan="1" Britpop at the BBC
Videography Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s) "She's So High" 1990 David Balfe "There's No Other Way" (version 1) 1991 "Bang" Willy Smax "There's No Other Way" (version 2) Matthew Amos "Popscene" 1992 David Mould "For Tomorrow" 1993 Julien Temple "Chemical World" Dwight Clarke "Sunday Sunday" "Girls & Boys" 1994 Kevin Godley "To the End" David Mould "Parklife" Pedro Romhanyi "End of a Century" Matthew Longfellow "Country House" 1995 Damien Hirst "The Universal" Jonathan Glazer "Stereotypes" 1996 Matthew Longfellow "Charmless Man" Jamie Thraves "Beetlebum" 1997 Sophie Muller "Song 2" "On Your Own" "M.O.R." John Hardwick "Tender" 1999 Grant Gee "Coffee & TV" Hammer & Tongs "No Distance Left to Run" Thomas Vinterberg "Music Is My Radar" 2000 Don Cameron "Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" 2002 Thomas Vinterberg "Out of Time" 2003 John Hardwick "Crazy Beat" (version 1) Shynola "Crazy Beat" (version 2) John Hardwick "Good Song" Shynola, David Shrigley "Fool's Day" 2010 Pulse Films "Under the Westway" 2012 Giorgio Testi "The Puritan" "Go Out" 2015 Tony Hung "There Are Too Many of Us" Blur "Lonesome Street" Ben Reed "Ong Ong" Tony Hung "I Broadcast" "St. Charles Square" 2023 Toby L
Documentaries + List of documentaries Title Details Starshaped Released: 12 September 1993 Distributor: Parlophone, Ventura Distribution