“Turn it Up” by Blur

"Turn it Up" sits on Modern Life Is Rubbish, the second Blur album, released in May 1993 when the band badly needed a win: the backlash after Leisure, a failed American tour and the rise of Suede had left them out of favour, and Food Records was threatening to drop them. Damon Albarn led a makeover, steering them toward classic British guitar pop in the mould of the Kinks and the Small Faces.

Albarn wrote the words and sings, and the music is credited to him, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree: Coxon on electric and acoustic guitar, tambourine, triangle and backing vocals, James on bass, Rowntree on drums. Stephen Street produced and even chips in handclaps, with John Smith engineering. The album that came of it now counts among the defining records of Britpop.

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