On September 11, 1995, “Food” label released “The Great Escape”, the fourth Blur studio album. It was recorded January – May 1995, at “Maison Rouge” in Fulham; “Townhouse Studios” in London, and was produced by Stephen Street. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI” and Platinum in Europe by “IFPI”.
Personnel:
- Damon Albarn– vocals, piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, handclaps
- Graham Coxon– electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, saxophone, handclaps, backing vocals
- Alex James– bass guitar
- Dave Rowntree– drums, percussion
- Simon Clarke – saxophone
- Tim Sanders – saxophone
- Neil Sidwell – trombone
- Roddy Lorimer – trumpet
- Louise Fuller – violin
- Richard Koster – violin
- John Metcalfe – viola
- Ivan McCermoy – cello
- Ken Livingstone– narration
- Theresa Davis – backing vocals
- Angela Murrell – backing vocals
- Cathy Gillat – backing vocals
- John Smith – engineer
- Julie Gardner – engineer assistant
- Tom Girling – engineer assistant
- Nels Israelson – photography
- Tom King – photography
- Jason Cox – studio manager
Track listing:
All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.
- Stereotypes
- Country House
- Best Days
- Charmless man
- Fade Away
- Top Man
- The Universal
- Robinson’sQuango
- He Thought of Cars
- It Could Be You
- Ernold Same
- Globe Alone
- Dan Abnormal
- Entertain Me
- Yuko and Hiro
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