Popscene
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| Label | Food | |||
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| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Steve Lovell | |||
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"Popscene" is a song by English rock band Blur, released as a non-album single on 30 March 1992. Despite its relatively low chart placing, it has since become critically praised and regarded as one of the pioneering songs of the Britpop genre.
Recording
The song was first played live in late 1991, and recorded at Matrix Studios in Holborn with producer Steve Lovell. The lyrics showed frontman Damon Albarn's distaste for the music business, complaining that there were too many insignificant indie bands.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Musically, it was different to the style seen on the group's first album Leisure and featured heavily flanged guitars, a Can influenced drumbeat, and brass from session players the Kick Horns. The band considered "Popscene" to be the loudest and best thing they had worked on at that point.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Reception
The single reached No. 32 on the UK Singles Chart,[4] and was panned by both Melody Maker and NME. The Beastie Boys, guest reviewing for NME, suggested the record would sound better played at 33 rpm instead of 45.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The low chart placing came as a confidence blow for the band, who were £60,000 in debt.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Food Records boss Andy Ross later said "we were totally devastated ... we thought it was a brilliant single."Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The band have since said that the popularity of American grunge music contributed to the single's failure, as they felt the song had a very British feel. Guitarist Graham Coxon said "It was Nirvana that really fucked 'Popscene' up."Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Sylvia Patterson from Smash Hits rated the song two out of five. She wrote: "[The song] starts off like the Inspiral Carpets in a car crash and ends up exactly like Mancunian punk-poppers from yesteryear The Buzzcocks. A bizarre commotion from hell. Not very good either."[5]
The experience of recording "Popscene" led the band to believe they should simply play music in their own style and not worry about trends. The "Britishness" of "Popscene" carried over to the group's second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The song was not released on the British version of the album, though it was added as an extra track in the United States[6] and Japan. In Australia, "Popscene" was not released until 1998, when it was issued as a double A-side with "On Your Own"; it reached No. 69 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[7]
The song has since become a fan favourite and is still performed live. Retrospective critical reaction to "Popscene" has been positive. Jonathan Holden, writing in the Rough Guide To Rock, declared the single to be "excellent" and that its "punky, energetic and brass-fulfilled pop" was out of place in 1992.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. John Harris considers the track as one of the first ever Britpop songs, and a starting point for the movement.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The song had never been included on a UK Blur album, until 2009 when it was released on the compilation Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur.[8][9]
Track listings
All songs were written by Albarn, Coxon, James and Rowntree.
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7-inch and cassette
12-inch
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CD
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Production credits
- "Popscene" produced by Steve Lovell
- "Mace", "Badgeman Brown", and "Garden Central" produced by Blur and John Smith
- "I'm Fine" 'produced by Blur
- Damon Albarn: lead vocals, synthesizers
- Graham Coxon: guitars, backing vocals
- Alex James: bass guitar
- Dave Rowntree: drums
- The Kick Horns: brass
Charts
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| Australia (ARIA)[7] with "On Your Own" |
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 28 March 1992. p. 21.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Molanphy, Chris (12 May 2023). "Champagne Supernova Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bradley, Larry (4 November 2014). "The 1990s: Blur - "Popscene". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
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ukwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Patterson, Sylvia (1 April 1992). "New singles". Smash Hits. p. 46.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Blegg, Doug (13 January 2012). "The Dust Bin : Blur 'Popscene' (video)". Death and Taxes Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blur to release comeback compilation". The Guardian. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wade, Ian (2009). "Review of Blur – Midlife". BBC Music. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
Bibliography
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harris, John (2003). The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock. Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-0-007-13472-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holden, Jonathan (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-843-53105-0.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Power, Martin (2013). The Life of Blur. Music Sales Group. ISBN 978-0-857-12862-1.
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