Album · Blur
Leisure by Blur
Leisure is an album by Blur, released in 1991. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 45 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “There's No Other Way”, on 43 lists with a best position of #20.
Leisure, Blur's debut album, came out on Food on 26 August 1991, and it's four London lads, drummer Dave Rowntree, bassist Alex James, guitarist Graham Coxon and singer Damon Albarn, trying on the baggy clothes of the moment. The Madchester shuffle and shoegaze haze are all over it, a long way from the Britpop they'd kick off two years later with Modern Life Is Rubbish.
Stephen Street produced most of the album's 12 tracks, the start of a partnership that would run and run, and he gives it a dreamy, woozy sheen. "There's No Other Way" rides a loose, loping groove, "She's So High" floats in a psychedelic fog, and "Bang" completes the run of their first three singles. Reviews were mixed, but it went gold at home, and it's mostly heard now as the prelude to what came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Leisure on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There's No Other Way | 43 | #20 | – | 1991–2023 | |
| 2 | She's So High | 2 | #91 | – | 1992–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.