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  "slug": "blur",
  "name": "Blur",
  "description": "Blur appears 2 times in our Britpop list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/blur/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1994,
    "last": 1995
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "Britpop"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "britpop",
      "name": "Britpop",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/britpop/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "blur--girls-and-boys",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/blur--girls-and-boys/",
      "title": "Girls & Boys",
      "year": 1994,
      "label": "Food",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A disco bassline, a synth line and Damon Albarn sneering at package holidays. Far stranger than its chart position suggests.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Blur%20Girls%20%26%20Boys",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WDswiT87oo8",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "britpop",
        "name": "Britpop",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/britpop/"
      },
      "artist": "Blur"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "blur--the-universal",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/blur--the-universal/",
      "title": "The Universal",
      "year": 1995,
      "label": "Food",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Strings, a slow build, and a lyric about a future where everything is fine and nothing is. The band's best song and the least like the rest of the movement.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Blur%20The%20Universal",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAqJ7c0zm0",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 4,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "britpop",
        "name": "Britpop",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/britpop/"
      },
      "artist": "Blur"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}