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"As Blur commenced recording on their seventh album, things got a bit weird. Tensions between vocalist/songwriter Damon Albarn and guitarist Graham Coxon reached a boiling point following Albarn's success with his dance-oriented side project, Gorillaz, which was at odds with a newly sober and somber Coxon, whose solo records were doggedly designed to appeal to small audiences. The breaking point was Albarn bringing Fatboy Slim in for production work in Morocco, leading toward Coxon's departure and the turgid mess that is "Think Tank". Given the Gorillaz and Fatboy Slim (who only produced two tracks) connections, it's easy to assume that Albarn is pushing Blur toward dance, which isn't strictly true. Still, there's been a shift in approach. Blur now borrow modern dance's fondness, even reliance, on atmosphere over song and structure -- which is kind of ironic, of course, since the group have always excelled at song and structure in the past." (S.T. Erlewine, Allmusic) Speciale editie met 14 track bonus disc.