Parklive
{{Distinguish|Park Live}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Parklive
| type = live
| artist = Blur
| cover = Blur - Parklive.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|08|13|df=y}} (iTunes Store)
{{Start date|2012|08|20|df=y}} (CD)
{{Start date|2012|12|03|df=y}} (DVD) (Special Edition)
| recorded = 12 August 2012
| venue = Hyde Park, London
| studio =
| genre = Britpop, alternative rock
| length = {{Duration|m=125|s=13}}
| label = EMI, Parlophone
| producer =
| prev_title = Blur 21
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = The Magic Whip
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Damon Albarn
| type = live
| prev_title = Blur 21
| prev_year = 2012
| title = Parklive
| year = 2012
| next_title = Maison Des Jeunes
| next_year = 2013
}}
}}
{{music ratings
| MC = 85/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/parklive/blur|title=Reviews for Parklive by Blur|website=Metacritic|access-date=June 1, 2025}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/parklive-mw0002415299|title=Parklive – Blur|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=21 August 2012}}
| rev2 = Drowned in Sound
| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/17368/reviews/4145816|title=Blur - Parklive|website=Drowned in Sound|last=Loucaides|first=Darren|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=June 1, 2025}}
| rev3 = Pitchfork
| rev3score = 8.5/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17068-parklive/|title=Blur: Parklive|author=Lindsay Zoladz|work=Pitchfork|date=20 August 2012|accessdate=21 August 2012}}
| rev4 = Record Collector
| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/parklive-deluxe-edition|title=Parklive: Deluxe Edition - Blur|website=Record Collector|last=Kennedy|first=Jake|date=30 December 2012|access-date=1 June 2025}}
| rev5 = Uncut
| rev5score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207013333/http://www.uncut.co.uk/blur-parklive-review|title=Blur - Parklive|website=Uncut|last=O'Connell|first=Sharon|date=7 February 2013|access-date=1 June 2025}}
| rev6 = Under the Radar
| rev6score = 7.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/parklive_deluxe_edition/|title=Blur - Parklive (Deluxe Edition)|website=Under the Radar|last=Davis|first=Hays|date=January 4, 2013|access-date=June 1, 2025}}
}}
Parklive is the third live album by British rock band Blur, released on 13 August 2012.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/parklive-live/id553002192|title=Parklive (Live)|date=13 August 2012|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=14 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The live album recorded the band's performance at Hyde Park, London on 12 August 2012, as part of the companion concert to the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.{{cite web|url=http://abbeyroadlive.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayArtist.html?CatID=195&ViewTourID=5406|title=Live Here Now|publisher=Abbey Road Live|accessdate=14 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105091724/http://abbeyroadlive.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayArtist.html?CatID=195&ViewTourID=5406|archive-date=5 January 2013}} The title is a play on their 1994 album Parklife.
The digital download was released onto the iTunes Store within a day of the band's performance. The CD version was released the following week, with a bonus disc of live unreleased rarities. A deluxe edition was released in December 2012, which, in addition to the three CDs in the CD edition, contains the Hyde Park performance on DVD and a CD of the band's performance at the 100 Club.{{cite news |title=Blur announce 'Parklive' album will be released after Hyde Park show |publisher=Electric Banana |url=http://www.electric-banana.co.uk/news/music-news/blur-announce-parklive-album-will-be-released-after-hyde-park-show/ |date=10 August 2012 |accessdate=14 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813224340/http://www.electric-banana.co.uk/news/music-news/blur-announce-parklive-album-will-be-released-after-hyde-park-show/ |archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc one
| extra_column = Original release
| total_length = 59:15
| title1 = Girls & Boys
| extra1 = Parklife
| length1 = 5:07
| title2 = London Loves
| extra2 = Parklife
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Tracy Jacks
| extra3 = Parklife
| length3 = 4:26
| title4 = Jubilee
| extra4 = Parklife
| length4 = 3:00
| title5 = Beetlebum
| extra5 = Blur
| length5 = 6:00
| title6 = Coffee & TV
| extra6 = 13
| length6 = 4:58
| title7 = Out of Time
| extra7 = Think Tank
| length7 = 4:42
| title8 = Young and Lovely
| extra8 = "Chemical World" (single)
| length8 = 5:12
| title9 = Trimm Trabb
| extra9 = 13
| length9 = 5:28
| title10 = Caramel
| extra10 = 13
| length10 = 5:04
| title11 = Sunday Sunday
| extra11 = Modern Life Is Rubbish
| length11 = 3:34
| title12 = Country House
| extra12 = The Great Escape
| length12 = 4:28
| title13 = Parklife
| note13 = featuring Phil Daniels
| extra13 = Parklife
| length13 = 3:44
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc two
| extra_column = Original release
| total_length = 65:58
| title1 = Colin Zeal
| extra1 = Modern Life Is Rubbish
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = Popscene
| extra2 = "Popscene" (single)
| length2 = 3:50
| title3 = Advert
| extra3 = Modern Life Is Rubbish
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Song 2
| extra4 = Blur
| length4 = 2:50
| title5 = No Distance Left to Run
| extra5 = 13
| length5 = 3:57
| title6 = Tender
| extra6 = 13
| length6 = 9:09
| title7 = This Is a Low
| extra7 = Parklife
| length7 = 7:58
| title8 = Sing
| extra8 = Leisure
| length8 = 5:49
| title9 = Under the Westway / IntermissionJust like in Blur's original setlists for the 2012 shows, "Intermission" is titled wrongly as "Commercial Break" on the album. http://vblurpage.com/discography/albums/parklive.htm
| extra9 = "Under the Westway" (single) / Modern Life Is Rubbish
| length9 = 6:33
| title10 = End of a Century
| extra10 = Parklife
| length10 = 3:39
| title11 = For Tomorrow
| extra11 = Modern Life Is Rubbish
| length11 = 6:42
| title12 = The Universal
| extra12 = The Great Escape
| length12 = 4:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc three (CD only)
| extra_column = Original release
| total_length = 37:12
| title1 = Under the Westway (Live from 13 – Matt Butcher Mix)
| extra1 = "Under the Westway" (single)
| length1 = 4:21
| title2 = The Puritan (Live from 13 – Matt Butcher Mix)
| extra2 = "Under the Westway" (single)
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = Mr Briggs (BBC Maida Vale session)
| extra3 = "There's No Other Way" (single)
| length3 =3:30
| title4 = London Loves (Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6 August 2012)
| extra4 = Parklife
| length4 =3:41
| title5 = Young and Lovely (Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6 August 2012)
| extra5 = "Chemical World" (single)
| length5 = 4:39
| title6 = Colin Zeal (Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6 August 2012)
| extra6 = Modern Life is Rubbish
| length6 = 3:09
| title7 = The Puritan (Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6 August 2012)
| extra7 = "Under the Westway" (single)
| length7 = 4:39
| title8 = No Distance Left to Run (Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6 August 2012)
| extra8 = 13
| length8 = 3:51
| title9 = This Is a Low (Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6 August 2012)
| extra9 = Parklife
| length9 = 6:57
}}
Personnel
Blur
- Damon Albarn – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
- Graham Coxon – vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lap steel guitar
- Alex James – bass guitar
- Dave Rowntree – drums
with
- Mike Smith – keyboards, saxophone, clarinet
- Alistair White, Barnaby Dickinson, Dan Carpenter – brass
- Wayne Hernandez, Wendi Rose, Janet Ramus, Tyrone Henry – backing vocals
- Phil Daniels – vocals on "Parklife"
- Harry Enfield – 'The Tea Lady' on "Parklife"
- Khyam Allami – oud on "Out of Time"
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq6LLq4DHMbtqUPDc7dWqz5qEwKmwIA-c Parklive] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
- {{Discogs master|type=album|500654|name=Parklive}}
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