Blur 21: The Box

Tracklist

• CD 1: Leisure
• 1
  She’s So High
  4:46
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Bang
  3:37
  3.1 ★
• 3
  Slow Down
  3:11
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Repetition
  5:25
  3.3 ★
• 5
  Bad Day
  4:24
  3.4 ★
• 6
  Sing
  6:00
  3.4 ★
• 7
  There’s No Other Way
  3:24
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Fool
  3:14
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Come Together
  3:52
  3.4 ★
• 10
  High Cool
  3:37
  3.2 ★
• 11
  Birthday
  3:49
  3.4 ★
• 12
  Wear Me Down
  4:51
  3.4 ★
• CD 2: Leisure: Bonus Material
• 1
  I Know (extended mix)
  6:31
• 2
  Down
  5:58
• 3
  There’s No Other Way (extended version)
  3:58
• 4
  Inertia
  3:49
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Mr Briggs
  3:58
  3.5 ★
• 6
  I’m All Over
  2:00
• 7
  Won’t Do It
  3:20
• 8
  Day Upon Day (live)
  4:13
• 9
  There’s No Other Way (Blur remix)
  4:56
• 10
  Bang (extended version)
  4:25
• 11
  Explain
  2:45
• 12
  Luminous
  3:14
• 13
  Berserk
  6:43
• 14
  Uncle Love
  2:31
• 15
  I Love Her (demo version Fan Club single)
  3:36
• 16
  Close (Fan Club single)
  3:02
• CD 3: Modern Life Is Rubbish
• 1
  For Tomorrow
  4:21
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Advert
  3:45
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Colin Zeal
  3:16
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Pressure on Julian
  3:31
  3.1 ★
• 5
  Star Shaped
  3:26
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Blue Jeans
  3:54
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Chemical World / Intermission
  6:33
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Sunday Sunday
  2:38
  4.4 ★
• 9
  Oily Water
  5:01
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Miss America
  5:35
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Villa Rosie
  3:54
  3.1 ★
• 12
  Coping
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Turn It Up
  3:22
  3.5 ★
• 14
  Resigned / Commercial Break
  6:12
  4.0 ★
• CD 4: Modern Life Is Rubbish: Bonus Material
• 1
  Popscene
  3:14
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Mace
  3:25
• 3
  Badgeman Brown
  4:48
• 4
  I’m Fine
  3:03
• 5
  Garden Central
  6:00
• 6
  For Tomorrow (Visit to Primrose Hill extended version)
  6:01
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Into Another
  3:55
• 8
  Peach
  3:57
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Bone Bag
  4:04
• 10
  Hanging Over
  4:27
• 11
  When the Cows Come Home
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Beachcoma
  3:38
• 13
  Chemical World (reworked)
  3:44
• 14
  Es Schmecht
  3:36
• 15
  Young and Lovely
  5:03
  4.3 ★
• 16
  Maggie May
  4:06
• 17
  My Ark
  5:57
• 18
  Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two)
  2:48
• 19
  Let’s All Go Down the Strand
  3:41
• CD 5: Parklife
• 1
  Girls & Boys
  4:51
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Tracy Jacks
  4:19
  3.6 ★
• 3
  End of a Century
  2:45
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Parklife

  Blur starring Phil Daniels
  3:05
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Bank Holiday
  1:42
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Badhead
  3:25
  3.4 ★
• 7
  The Debt Collector
  2:10
  3.5 ★
• 8
  Far Out
  1:37
  2.5 ★
• 9
  To the End
  4:04
  4.0 ★
• 10
  London Loves
  4:15
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Trouble in the Message Centre
  4:09
  3.4 ★
• 12
  Clover Over Dover
  3:22
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Magic America
  3:37
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Jubilee
  2:47
  3.5 ★
• 15
  This Is a Low
  5:16
• 16
  Lot 105
  1:19
  3.0 ★
• CD 6: Parklife: Bonus Material
• 1
  Magpie
  4:16
• 2
  Anniversary Waltz
  1:22
• 3
  People in Europe
  3:28
• 4
  Peter Panic
  4:21
• 5
  Girls & Boys (Pet Shop Boys 12″ remix)
  7:16
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Threadneedle Street
  3:18
• 7
  Got Yer!
  1:48
• 8
  Beard
  1:44
• 9
  To the End (French version)
  4:05
• 10
  Supa Shoppa
  3:02
• 11
  Theme From an Imaginary Film
  3:34
• 12
  Red Necks
  2:53
• 13
  Alex’s Song
  2:45
• 14
  Jubilee (acoustic, BBC live version)
  2:32
• 15
  Parklife (acoustic, BBC live version)
  2:59
• 16
  End of a Century (acoustic version)
  2:44
• CD 7: The Great Escape
• 1
  Stereotypes
  3:11
  3.4 ★
• 2
  Country House
  3:56
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Best Days
  4:49
  2.8 ★
• 4
  Charmless Man
  3:33
  3.3 ★
• 5
  Fade Away
  4:18
  3.1 ★
• 6
  Top Man
  4:00
  2.6 ★
• 7
  The Universal
  3:58
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Mr Robinson’s Quango
  4:00
  3.4 ★
• 9
  He Thought of Cars
  4:16
  2.6 ★
• 10
  It Could Be You
  3:12
  3.4 ★
• 11
  Ernold Same
  2:06
  2.6 ★
• 12
  Globe Alone
  2:23
  3.4 ★
• 13
  Dan Abnormal
  3:23
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Entertain Me
  4:19
  3.8 ★
• 15
  Yuko and Hiro
  5:24
  2.8 ★
• CD 8: The Great Escape: Bonus Material
• 1
  One Born Every Minute
  2:18
• 2
  To the End (La Comédie)

  Blur featuring Françoise Hardy
  5:05
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Ultranol
  2:42
• 4
  No Monsters in Me
  3:38
• 5
  Entertain Me (Live It! remix)
  7:17
• 6
  The Man Who Left Himself
  3:22
• 7
  Tame
  4:47
• 8
  Ludwig
  2:24
• 9
  The Horrors
  3:18
• 10
  A Song
  1:45
• 11
  St Louis
  3:13
• 12
  Country House (live at Mile End)
  4:57
• 13
  Girls & Boys (live at Mile End)
  5:02
• 14
  Parklife (live at Mile End)
  3:42
• 15
  For Tomorrow (live at Mile End)
  7:02
• 16
  Charmless Man (live at Budokan)
  3:22
• 17
  Chemical World (live at Budokan)
  4:12
• 18
  Eine Kleine Lift Musik
  4:18
  3.5 ★
• CD 9: Blur
• 1
  Beetlebum
  5:05
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Song 2
  2:01
  4.2 ★
• 3
  Country Sad Ballad Man
  4:50
  3.5 ★
• 4
  M.O.R.
  3:27
  3.5 ★
• 5
  On Your Own
  4:26
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Theme From Retro
  3:36
  3.5 ★
• 7
  You’re So Great
  3:35
  3.5 ★
• 8
  Death of a Party
  4:33
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Chinese Bombs
  1:24
  3.1 ★
• 10
  I’m Just a Killer for Your Love
  4:11
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Look Inside America
  3:50
  3.3 ★
• 12
  Strange News From Another Star
  4:03
  3.1 ★
• 13
  Movin’ On
  3:42
  3.8 ★
• 14
  Essex Dogs
  8:10
  2.8 ★
• CD 10: Blur: Bonus Material
• 1
  All Your Life
  4:12
• 2
  A Spell (For Money)
  3:30
• 3
  Woodpigeon Song
  1:43
• 4
  Dancehall
  3:11
• 5
  Get Out of Cities
  4:02
• 6
  Polished Stone
  2:42
• 7
  Bustin’ + Dronin’
  6:32
• 8
  M.O.R. (Road version)
  3:01
• 9
  Swallows in the Heatwave
  2:33
• 10
  Death of a Party (7″ remix)
  4:18
• 11
  Cowboy Song
  4:07
• 12
  Beetlebum (live acoustic version)
  4:33
• 13
  On Your Own (live acoustic version)
  4:11
• 14
  Country Sad Ballad Man (live acoustic version)
  4:44
• 15
  This Is a Low (live acoustic version)
  3:31
• 16
  M.O.R. (live in Utrecht)
  3:17
• 17
  Death of a Party (live in Utrecht)
  4:16
• 18
  Song 2 (live in Utrecht)
  2:07
• CD 11: 13
• 1
  Tender
  7:40
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Bugman
  4:47
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Coffee & TV
  5:58
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Swamp Song
  4:36
  2.9 ★
• 5
  1992
  5:29
  2.6 ★
• 6
  B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
  2:52
  2.6 ★
• 7
  Battle
  7:43
  3.2 ★
• 8
  Mellow Song
  3:56
  2.4 ★
• 9
  Trailerpark
  4:26
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Caramel
  7:38
  2.6 ★
• 11
  Trimm Trabb
  5:37
  3.0 ★
• 12
  No Distance Left to Run
  3:27
  3.1 ★
• 13
  Optigan 1
  2:34
  1.9 ★
• CD 12: 13: Bonus Material
• 1
  French Song
  8:20
• 2
  All We Want
  4:32
• 3
  Mellow Jam
  3:56
• 4
  X‐offender (Damon / Control Freak’s Bugman remix)
  5:38
• 5
  Coyote (Dave’s Bugman remix)
  3:49
• 6
  Trade Stylee (Alex’s Bugman remix)
  5:58
• 7
  Metal Hip Slop (Graham’s Bugman remix)
  4:15
• 8
  So You
  4:10
• 9
  Beagle 2
  2:54
• 10
  Tender (Cornelius remix)
  5:23
• 11
  Far Out (Beagle 2 remix)
  3:57
• 12
  I Got Law (demo)
  2:42
• 13
  Music Is My Radar
  5:28
  2.8 ★
• 14
  Black Book
  8:30
• CD 13: Think Tank
• 1
  Ambulance
  5:09
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Out of Time
  3:51
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Crazy Beat
  3:14
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Good Song
  3:08
  2.8 ★
• 5
  On the Way to the Club
  3:47
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Brothers and Sisters
  3:47
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Caravan
  4:35
  3.8 ★
• 8
  We’ve Got a File on You
  1:02
  2.4 ★
• 9
  Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club
  3:02
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Sweet Song
  4:00
  2.4 ★
• 11
  Jets
  6:25
  3.4 ★
• 12
  Gene by Gene
  3:48
  3.4 ★
• 13
  Battery in Your Leg
  11:34
• CD 14: Think Tank: Bonus Material
• 1
  Money Makes Me Crazy (Marrakech mix)
  2:52
• 2
  Tune 2
  3:47
• 3
  The Outsider
  5:14
• 4
  Don’t Be
  2:40
• 5
  Morricone
  4:49
• 6
  Me, White Noise (alternate version)
  6:44
• 7
  Some Glad Morning
  4:18
• 8
  Don’t Be (acoustic mix)
  2:39
• 9
  Sweet Song (demo)
  3:50
• 10
  Caravan (Zoë Ball XFM session)
  4:14
• 11
  End of a Century (Zoë Ball XFM session)
  2:40
• 12
  Good Song (Zoë Ball XFM session)
  3:31
• 13
  Out of Time (Zoë Ball XFM session)
  3:36
• 14
  Tender (Zoë Ball XFM session)
  6:21
• CD 15: Rarities One: Seymour & Leisure Era Rarities
• 1
  Dizzy (Seymour rehearsal & demo)

  Seymour
  3:34
• 2
  Mixed Up (Seymour rehearsal & demo)

  Seymour
  3:51
• 3
  Birthday (Seymour demo)

  Seymour
  4:32
• 4
  Sing (To Me) (Sing demo, released to Fan Club Dec 1999)

  Seymour
  5:28
• 5
  Fool (Seymour 4 Track demo, 30 July 1999)

  Seymour
  2:36
• 6
  She’s So High (Seymour rehearsal)

  Seymour
  11:33
• 7
  Won’t Do It (demo released to Fan Club April 2002)
  3:12
• 8
  I Know (Falconer studio demo)
  3:55
• 9
  Repetition (Falconer studio demo)
  5:12
• 10
  High Cool (7″ Master)
  3:39
• 11
  Always (I’m Fine early version)
  2:58
• 12
  Come Together (demo, released to Fan Club April 2002)
  3:34
• 13
  I’m All Over (demo)
  1:52
• 14
  Wear Me Down (demo)
  5:32
• CD 16: Rarities One: Modern Life Is Rubbish Era Rarities
• 1
  I Love Her (alternate version)
  3:39
• 2
  Popscene (1991 demo)
  3:44
• 3
  Beached Whale (4 Track demo June 1992)
  3:23
• 4
  Death of a Party (demo released to Fan Club August 1996)
  3:40
• 5
  Pap Pop (4 Track demo recorded June 1992)
  2:24
• 6
  Pressure on Julian (demo)
  4:26
• 7
  Colin Zeal (demo)
  3:32
• 8
  Sunday Sunday (demo)
  2:11
• 9
  Never Clever (demo, released on Food Compilation ″Food 100″ in 1997)
  2:51
• 10
  Advert (demo)
  3:45
• 11
  Star Shaped (demo)
  3:05
• 12
  She Don’t Mind (Blue Jeans demo)
  3:52
• 13
  Coping (Andy Partridge version)
  3:22
• 14
  Sunday Sleep (Sunday Sunday Andy Partridge version)
  3:31
• 15
  Seven Days (Andy Partridge version)
  3:41
• 16
  Kazoo (Turn It Up early version)
  3:15
• 17
  The Wassailing Song (7″ giveway at Hibernian Club Gig, Fulham on 16 December 1992)
  3:24
• 18
  When the Cows Come Home (demo)
  3:26
• 19
  For Tomorrow (mix 1 ‐ early demo)
  4:14
• 20
  Magpie (early demo)
  2:05
• CD 17: Rarities Two: Parklife & The Great Escape Era Rarities
• 1
  Parklife (demo)
  3:08
• 2
  Clover Over Dover (demo)
  2:54
• 3
  Jubilee (demo)
  2:51
• 4
  One a Minute (One Born Every Minute demo)
  2:13
• 5
  Badhead (demo)
  3:07
• 6
  Far Out (demo, electric version)
  3:16
• 7
  The Debt Collector (demo)
  2:11
• 8
  Trouble in the Message Centre (demo)
  3:37
• 9
  Red Necks (Take One)
  2:46
• 10
  Red Necks (Take Two)
  0:59
• 11
  Alex’s Song (demo)
  3:09
• 12
  Cross Channel Love (home demo)
  3:16
• 13
  Ernold Same (demo)
  1:20
• 14
  Saturday Morning (demo)
  4:33
• 15
  Hope You Find Your Suburb (Eine Kleine Lift Musick full band demo)
  4:13
• 16
  Rico (Fade Away demo)
  5:08
• 17
  Bored House Wives (Entertain Me early version)
  4:57
• CD 18: Rarities Two: Blur, 13, Best of & Think Tank Era Rarities
• 1
  Beetlebum (demo)
  3:00
• 2
  On Your Own (Mario Caldato Jr mix)
  4:21
• 3
  Woodpigeon Song (original full length)
  3:01
• 4
  Battle (Jam, Mayfair Studios 11 August 1998)
  5:46
• 5
  Caramel (ambient)
  7:47
• 6
  So You (alternative version)
  3:45
• 7
  Squeezebox (Music Is My Radar alternative version)
  6:34
• 8
  Jawbone (Black Book alternative version)
  5:33
• 9
  “1″
  3:38
• 10
  “3″
  4:49
• 11
  Sir Elton John’s Cock
  1:23
• 12
  Avoid the Traffic
  1:29
• 13
  Money Makes Me Crazy (Deepest Darkest Devon mix)
  2:29
• 14
  Don’t Bomb When You’re the Bomb (Previously Released on a 7″ Promo)
  3:59
• 15
  Nutter
  2:42
• 16
  Piano
  3:19
• 17
  Kissin’ Time

  Marianne Faithfull feat. Blur
  5:38
• 18
  Fool’s Day
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Under the Westway
  4:17
• DVD-Video 19: Showtime: Live at Alexandra Palace, 7 October 1994
• 1
  Intro
  2:36
• 2
  Lot 105
  1:36
• 3
  Sunday Sunday
  3:11
• 4
  Jubilee
  3:18
• 5
  Tracy Jacks
  4:05
• 6
  Magic America
  4:28
• 7
  End of a Century
  3:15
• 8
  Popscene
  3:18
• 9
  Trouble in the Message Centre
  4:20
• 10
  She’s So High
  5:37
• 11
  Chemical World
  4:37
• 12
  Badhead
  4:04
• 13
  There’s No Other Way
  5:25
• 14
  To the End
  4:07
• 15
  Advert
  4:46
• 16
  Supa Shoppa
  2:43
• 17
  Mr Robinson’s Quango
  4:24
• 18
  Parklife
  4:21
• 19
  Girls and Boys
  4:36
• 20
  Bank Holiday
  2:03
• 21
  This Is a Low
  7:40
• DVD-Video 20: The Singles Night: Live at Wembley Arena, 11 December 1999
• 1
  Intro
  0:59
• 2
  I Know
  3:50
• 3
  She’s So High
  5:16
• 4
  There’s No Other Way
  3:41
• 5
  Popscene
  3:38
• 6
  For Tomorrow
  6:25
• 7
  Chemical World
  4:18
• 8
  Girls & Boys
  4:26
• 9
  To the End
  4:15
• 10
  Parklife
  3:02
• 11
  End of a Century
  3:25
• 12
  Country House
  4:25
• 13
  The Universal
  4:15
• 14
  Charmless Man
  3:25
• 15
  Beetlebum
  6:02
• 16
  Song 2
  2:16
• 17
  On My Own
  5:28
• 18
  M.O.R.
  3:11
• 19
  Tender
  6:11
• 20
  Coffee & TV
  6:16
• 21
  No Distance Left to Run
  4:24
• DVD-Video 21: Live 13 & Bonus Footage
• 1
  Intro
  1:31
• 2
  B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
  2:28
• 3
  No Distance Left to Run
  4:20
• 4
  Tender
  6:26
• 5
  Battle
  7:44
• 6
  Beetlebum
  6:29
• 7
  Bugman
  3:39
• 8
  Trimm Trabb
  5:37
• 9
  Mellow Song
  3:38
• 10
  Song 2
  2:01
• 11
  Dizzy

  Seymour
  3:45
• 12
  There’s No Other Way (BBC live version) (1st TV Performance)
  2:46
• 13
  To the End (La Comédie) (French promo video)

  Blur with Françoise Hardy
  4:14
• 14
  It Could Be You (Japanese promo video)
  3:08
• 15
  Music Is My Radar (promo video)
  5:03
• 16
  Out of Time (promo video)
  3:55
• 17
  Crazy Beat (promo video)
  3:18
• 18
  Good Song (promo video)
  3:14
• 7" Vinyl 22: Superman
• 1
  Superman

  Seymour
  3:38

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Release credits

• Addi 800
  assistant [11.1-8, 11.10-13, 12.1, 12.3]
• Adrian Sherwood
  mix [10]
• Alan Branch
  engineer [10]
• Alan Moulder
  mix [8]
• Alan Winstanley
  producer [13]
• Alex James
  background vocals [11.1-13, 13.1-12], bass guitar [2.1-16, 3.1-14, 9.1-14, 1.1-12, 11.1-13, 13.1-12], double bass [1], executive [19.1-21, 2.3], handclaps [3], producer [2.5, 2.7, 2.15, 1.1, 1.11], remixer [6, 11], vocal [16.17, 5.8]
• Andy Partridge
  producer [13-15]
• Angela Murrell
  additional [7], background vocals [7], guest [7]
• Anouck Fontaine
  producer [21.2-10, 20.1-21]
• Arjen Arwert
  recording [16-18]
• Audrey Riley
  guest [9], strings [9]
• Ben Chapman
  remixer [9]
• Ben Hillier
  assistant, re, additional [5], co [13], engineer [13.1-13, 14.1-8], mix [12.13, 13.1-13, 14.1-8], other instruments [7], percussion [5], producer [17.6, 17.11, 17.14, 14.1-8, 18.11-16, 13.1-13], remixer [6, 11]
• Bill Laswell
  producer [9-10]
• Blur
  additional [10.5, 8.2], co [13], producer [4.2-5, 4.7-10, 4.12-14, 4.17-19, 5.9, 2.2, 2.4-7, 2.12-14, 8.1, 8.6-11, 8.18, 9.10, 6.3-4, 6.6-10, 6.12, 15.1-2, 15.7, 15.12-14, 14.1-8, 1.6, 3.7, 3.9-10, 3.14, 10.6-7, 10.9, 11.9, 13.1-13]
• Bob Kraushaar
  engineer [5]
• Cathy Gillat
  additional [15], guest [15]
• Ceri Levy
  producer [1-21]
• Chris Denman
  producer [10-14]
• Chris Pitsillides
  guest [9], strings [9]
• Chris Potter
  mix [14], producer [14]
• Chris Tombling
  guest [9], strings [9]
• Clive Langer
  producer [13]
• Control Freaks
  remixer [4]
• Cornelius
  remixer [10]
• Dalal
  goblet drum [2]
• Damian LeGassick
  programming [12.1, 12.3, 11.1, 11.11]
• Damon Albarn
  Hammond organ [1-14], Moog [12], acoustic guitar [9.1-14, 11.1-13], bell [1], electronic organ [1], executive [2.3, 19.1-21], guitar [13.1-12, 1.1, 1.6, 2.3, 2.9-10], keyboard [1.1-2, 1.5-7, 1.9-12, 11.1-13, 13.1-12, 3.2, 3.11, 2.1, 2.3, 2.9-10, 2.13, 9.1-14], lead vocals [11.1-13, 16.9, 2.1-12, 2.14-16, 13.1-12, 3.2-3, 9.1-14, 1.1-12, 4.1], melodica [11.1-13, 3.6, 3.14], organ [8], piano [9.1-14, 3.6-7, 3.14], producer [2.5, 2.7, 2.15, 12.12, 1.1, 1.11], remixer [4], spoken vocals [2-3, 9], synthesizer [3.12, 11.1-13], vocal [16.17, 3.1, 3.4-8, 3.10-14]
• Dave Bernez
  editor [16-17]
• Dave Rowntree
  background vocals [1-12], drum machine [6, 12], drums (drum set) [1.1-12, 13.1-12, 11.1-13, 2.1-16, 3.1-5, 3.7-11, 3.13-14, 9.1-5, 9.5-14], executive [1-21], guitar [5], handclaps [3], percussion [2.1, 9.1-14, 11.1-13], producer [2.5, 2.7, 2.15, 1.11], remixer [5], timpani [1], vocal [17]
• David Michaelthwaite
  mix [8], producer [8]
• Desyud Mustafa
  orchestrator [2]
• Don Cameron
  video director [15]
• Frank Arkwright
  re
• Françoise Hardy
  guest [2], vocal [2]
• George Shilling
  engineer [5]
• Gerard Navarro
  assistant [12.1, 12.3, 11.1-8, 11.10-13]
• Graeme Holdaway
  engineer [1-2, 4], producer [1-2, 4]
• Graham Coxon
  Moog [5], acoustic guitar [3.1-3, 3.5-8, 3.10-13, 9.1-14], background vocals [3.1-13, 2.1, 2.3-7, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 1.1-12, 9.1-6, 9.8-14], banjo [1-13], drums (drum set) [2, 12], electric guitar [3.1-14, 9.1-14, 11.1-13], executive [1-21], guitar [2.1-16, 3.6, 1.1-12], lead vocals [9.7, 11.1, 11.3], other instruments [4, 10], percussion [10], producer [1.11, 2.5, 2.7, 2.15], remixer [7], saxophone [1-13], slide guitar [8, 14], tambourine [2-3, 12-13], theremin [2, 12], triangle [13], vocal [17]
• Graham Smith
  executive [2-10]
• Groupe regional du Marrakech
  performing orchestra [2]
• Hamish Hamilton
  video director [20.1-21, 21.2-10]
• Iain Roberton
  assistant [12.1, 12.3, 11.1-8, 11.10-13], engineer [9-10]
• Ian Stewart
  executive [1-21]
• Isobel Griffiths
  orchestrator [2]
• Ivan McCready
  cello [2], guest [2]
• Jacques Bolognesi
  accordion [2], solo [2]
• Jamal Gueddam
  cello [2]
• James Dring
  additional [14.1, 14.1-2, 14.2-3, 14.3-4, 14.4-5, 14.5-6, 14.6-7, 14.7-8, 14.8-9, 14.9, 13.1, 13.1-2, 13.2-3, 13.3-4, 13.4-5, 13.5-6, 13.6-7, 13.7-8, 13.8-9, 13.9-10, 13.10-11, 13.11-12, 13.12-13, 13.13], assistant [14]
• Jason Cox
  additional [11.7, 10.5], assistant [12.8-9, 12.13-14, 13.1-13, 14.1-8], drums (drum set) [7], engineer [13.1-13, 14.1-8, 9.10, 10.6-7, 10.9, 11.1-13, 12.1, 12.3-4], membranophone [7], mix [18], recording [18]
• Jeff Knowler
  assistant [13]
• Jo Allen
  producer [15]
• John Metcalfe
  guest [2], strings [2], viola [2]
• John Smith
  engineer [7.1-15, 9.1-9, 9.11-14, 8.3-5, 3.1-14, 12.1-3, 12.5, 12.7-9, 17.6, 10.1-5, 10.10, 11.1-8, 11.10-13, 18.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.12, 2.14, 5.1-16, 4.2-3, 4.6-10, 6.1-8, 6.10-13], mix [2], producer [2.16, 3.7, 3.9-10, 3.14, 4.7-10, 4.12, 6.8-10, 5.9, 8.1, 8.6-8]
• Julia Gardner
  additional [2], assistant [8.3-5, 7.1-15]
• Jürgen Mölders
  recording [12-15]
• Kate St John
  cor anglais [5], oboe [5], soprano saxophone [5]
• Ken Livingstone
  guest [11], spoken vocals [11]
• Khalil Chahine
  strings [2]
• Kick Horns
  alto saxophone [8], baritone saxophone [8], cornet [8], guest [3.8, 5.3, 5.6-7], performer [8], tenor saxophone [8], trombone [8], trumpet [8]
• Leo Grant
  engineer [1.6, 2.13], mix [6]
• Leo Payne
  guest [9], strings [9]
• Live It!
  additional [5], remixer [5]
• London Community Gospel Choir
  choir vocals [12.10, 11.1], guest [12.10, 11.1], vocal [1]
• Louisa Fuller
  guest [2], violin [2]
• Lætitia Sadier
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Madeline Wiltshire
  producer [12]
• Mae McKenna
  background vocals [1]
• Malcolm Hill
  spoken vocals [1]
• Mark Pharoah
  guest [2], violin [2]
• Martin Hayward
  task
• Martin R. Smith
  producer [1-21]
• Matthew Longfellow
  video director [1-21]
• Mick Dempsey
  video director [12]
• Mike Smith
  additional [1], other instruments [7], saxophone [1, 7, 11]
• Mike Thorne
  producer [8, 11-12]
• Miranda Sawyer
  liner notes, task
• Miriam Stockley
  background vocals [1]
• Neil Sidwell
  guest [7], trombone [7]
• Nick Franglen
  programming [5, 7]
• Norman Cook
  producer [13.3, 13.12, 14.1]
• Oz Fritz
  engineer [9-10]
• Pet Shop Boys
  additional [5], remixer [5]
• Pete Gleadall
  programming [5]
• Phil Daniels
  guest [4], spoken vocals [4]
• Phil Thornalley
  engineer [13-15]
• Richard Edwards
  guest [3], trombone [3]
• Rick Koster
  guest [2], violin [2]
• Rick Wentworth
  conductor [2]
• Roddy Lorimer
  flugelhorn [3], guest [3, 6], trombone [6]
• Scott Minshall
  art direction, design
• Sean Spuehler
  programming [11.1, 12.1, 12.3]
• Simon Clarke
  alto saxophone [7], baritone saxophone [6-7], flute [7], guest [6-7]
• Simon Mundy
  mix [10], programming [10]
• Stephen Hague
  accordion [9], additional [9], guest [9], producer [5.9, 8.2, 6.9]
• Stephen Sedgwick
  programming [18], recording [18]
• Stephen Street
  assistant, re, bell [5], cajón [2], editor [16-17], engineer [3], handclaps [2, 13], mix [3.9, 2.3, 8.2, 8.16-17], other instruments [3], producer [2.3, 2.9-11, 2.15-16, 4.6, 4.11, 4.15, 5.1-8, 5.10-16, 18.3, 7.1-15, 15.10-11, 9.1-9, 9.11-14, 10.1-5, 10.8, 10.10, 1.2-5, 1.7, 1.9-10, 6.1-5, 6.11, 6.13, 8.3-5, 12.2, 12.11, 3.1-7, 3.12-13, 17.6]
• Steve Lovell
  producer [1.1, 4.1, 4.16, 2.1, 3.8, 3.11]
• Steve Power
  producer [2.1, 1.1]
• Stuart Lowbridge
  engineer [9]
• TJ Davis
  additional [7], background vocals [7], guest [7]
• The Duke Quartet
  cello [1], guest [2], viola [1], violin [1]
• The Dust Brothers
  producer [11]
• Thijs Peters
  recording [16-18]
• Tim Sanders
  guest [6-7], soprano saxophone [7], tenor saxophone [6-7]
• Tom Girling
  additional [2], assistant [8.3-5, 7.1-15], engineer [14.9, 12.4]
• William Orbit
  engineer [12.1, 12.3, 11.1-8, 11.10-13], producer [11.1-8, 11.10-13, 12.1, 12.3, 13.10]
• Σάββας Ιωσηφίδης
  assistant [14]
• סיימון ויינשטוק
  mix [8, 11]
• 仙波清彦
  drums (drum set) [10]
• 小山田圭吾
  bass [10], guitar [10]
• 美島豊明
  programming [10]
• 髙山徹
  engineer [10]
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Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  B
  Blur 21: The Box

  7" Vinyl, 18x CD, 3x DVD-Video
  27 July 2012
• B
  Blur 21: The Box

  13x Vinyl (vinyl edition)
  27 July 2012
• b
  blur 21 box

  7" Vinyl, 18x CD, 3x DVD-Video (Japanese edition)
  1 August 2012