Leisure

Blur | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000008TWS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,506 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Blur's debut album, this CD features none of the quirky songwriting and social observation of British life that would earn singer Damon Albarn rave reviews, comparing him to the Kinks' Ray Davies and the Who's Pete Townshend. However, as a debut Leisure has plenty of spunk and appealing naiveté. This is a very Manchester-inspired affair, motivated by the dance-hall shuffle and lysergic shimmering of the Happy Mondays. Lyrics exist merely as something to hang the pretty harmonies on. First-rate pop hooks drive songs such as "She's So High" and "There's No Other Way," while waves of wah-wah guitar and solid organ represent the trippier aspects of the band's sound for "I Know" and "Bad Day," among others. --Rob O'Connor

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 24-SEP-1991

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I know that [you'll] think I'm a fool..., October 9, 2002

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winkingtiger ";oD" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leisure (Audio CD)

Here's a Blur fan who can't believe all the bad reviews (see below), and these are from 'fans'? Yes, this album is marked ly different from the 3 that followed, but so is the overrated 'Blur' CD. 'Leisure' has many hidden treasures. Of course, all the singles are great ('She's So High, There's No Other Way, & 'Bang'), but most of the album tracks are gems, too. I especially dig, 'High Cool', 'Fool', & 'Slow Down'. This CD has the best drumming from Dave Rowntree of any Blur album, full stop. How he plays the part in 'Fool' is beyond me...his drumming has become far more staid on subsequent discs. Reading these other reviews, I think I may benefit from the fact that I've never heard any Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, etc...I'm just a pure Blur head. So these songs may sound 'fresher' to some fans than others. Still, I think this is as good as any of their more recent work, so don't believe all the bad press...if you like Blur at all, I think you won't be let down.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blur's best, November 3, 1999

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Pessimystica (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leisure (Audio CD)

I've been a Blur fan ever since I heard "There's no other way" in '91 when I was in high school...which is still ranks high with my favorite songs of all time, & by far my favorite Blur song. I liked them still after hearing the different sound of "Girls & Boys" in '94, & the more songs I heard by them over the decade, the next being "Charmless Man", the more I liked them just cuz they were so diverse. But if I were to pick just 1 Blur album, this would be it (actually, it's the only Blur album I own). Sure, Damon had better lyrics to write, but these songs just sound great, & they don't all sound the same, although that's not always a bad thing. "She's so high" is a great one too, & really can't remember the other titles cuz I just always listen to this straight through cuz there's really nothing to skip over. And still when it comes to the end, I'm like "it's over already?" I'd recommend this to new Blur fans who know there's more to Blur than Song 2!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MANDATORY -- One of the Greatest Albums of the Nineties, September 5, 2007

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Milesman (Redwood City, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leisure (Audio CD)

This is a TOTAL home run, out of the ballpark--a truly great album that delivers exceptional, perfect songs one after another.

The professionalism and inspiration here are at the highest level--in the songwriting and in the execution and in the production.

You will play this CD until you've memorized every song and then you'll hum them to yourself for weeks and then you'll get drunk and try to sing them on karaoke night. You'll suck but people will cheer anyway because the songs themselves are so damn great.

And even if for some sick reason you don't care for this style, it's worth buying just for the classic cover picture.