Modern Life Is Rubbish

Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album Leisure (1991) had been commercially successful, Blur faced a severe media backlash soon after its release, and fell out of public favour. After the group returned from an unsuccessful tour of the United States, poorly received live performances and the rising popularity of rival band Suede further diminished Blur's status in the UK.

Track listing

 * 1) "For Tomorrow" – 4:18
 * 2) "Advert" – 3:43
 * 3) "Colin Zeal" – 3:14
 * 4) "Pressure on Julian" – 3:30
 * 5) "Starshaped" – 3:25
 * 6) "Blue Jeans" – 3:53
 * 7) "Chemical World" – 4:02 "Intermission" – 2:27
 * 8) "Sunday Sunday" – 2:36
 * 9) "Oily Water" – 4:59
 * 10) "Miss America" – 5:34
 * 11) "Villa Rosie" – 3:54
 * 12) "Coping" – 3:23
 * 13) "Turn It Up" – 3:21
 * 14) "Resigned" – 5:13 "Commercial Break" – 0:56

B-side
For a list of B-side songs,see Modern Life Is Rubbish/B-side.

Trivia

 * The title Modern Life Is Rubbish comes from little graffiti written on a wall on Bayswater Road in West London near Marble Arch.
 * Other considered titles for the album were England vs. America and British Image 1.
 * "Turn It Up" is this album's "Bang" - the band hates it most. It was included on the album because David Balfe thought it was the only song which would do well in America.
 * The painting of the steam engine Mallard in the cover, is meant to represent British tradition. It is painted by Paul Gribble.
 * The very early version of the band's second album was planned for the spring 1992 release and included the following songs: "Oily Water", "Mace", "Badgeman Brown", "Popscene", "Resigned", "Garden Central", "Hanging Over", "Into Another", "Peach", "Bone Bag", "Never Clever", "Coping", "My Ark" and "Pressure On Julian".