The making of The Great Escape - Blur's dark, twisted masterpiece

[@CaptainBalsaWood]

Great retrospective. I’ve always said that The Great Escape suffered an unfair backlash after the Battle of Britpop bollocks - it’s actually a concept album and it’s themes of loneliness and escapism arguably applies even more in 2024 than it did in 1995. TGE was Albarn noticing the tide early: of technology, greed,m etc. making people more unhappy. That’s why he is such a genius.

[@joelshields8807]

It's my favorite front-to-back Blur record. They have great songs on other records, but this one feels the most consistently good, both musically and lyrically, dark and cynical as it is.

[@Dreyno]

The music press (NME) always turned on bands when they became successful. It’s a great album and the culmination of a trilogy of great records.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

It's a terrible album, embarrassing to listen to now.

[@davegsux]

it's like the britpop version of ok computer, but before ok computer. at least thematically

[@natachajarry1180]

En total accord avec avec Captain Balsa Wood. J’ai toujours mon Album 📀❤ ’’ The Great Escape’’ 🌊👍👌. Vraiment très Bon 🔝🔝🔝 Son duo avec Françoise Hardy❤, intemporel et tellement lyrique dans ses envolés. Cosmique🌌 ❤

[@apocalypsenow317]

Finally!! Someone did a video about how great this album truly is. Kudos...

[@pammoore3447]

It really is ❤

[@mattiemclean9882]

I love Blur but this is a shit album

[@notanotherjamesmurphy5574]

I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a bassist bend the guitar-strings like that @ 4:52
Alex James might be the most underrated bassist in rock / pop

[@lucasoheyze4597]

They're mining on TV there, he's slackened off his strings to do that because idiots will think it looks cool.

[@bigblurfan]

@@lucasoheyze4597haha really?

[@lucasoheyze4597]

@@bigblurfan 100% absolutely

[@lucasoheyze4597]

he IS a great bassist though 👍

[@robertbrown7237]

​@@lucasoheyze4597 But all the coal pits had been closed by then!!

[@HeldByTrees]

The first album I bought with my own money - it changed my life. As a 12 year old at the time, it was all about the immediacy of the melody and pop hooks, it’s only as I got older I came to understand its deep melancholia. It’s a glorious third and final part of a three album trilogy that perfectly captures British life in the second half of the 20th century, awaiting the ‘next century’. So glad they transcended that sound and that era with many more excellent albums and continue to grow in stature as one of the greatest bands these isles have ever produced.

[@TheSomethingWheel]

The Universal became such a commercialised, schmaltzy, Official Britannia anthem that it both drove away from and subversively added to how dark and melancholy that song actually is. It's still completely brilliant. Love the selection of albums so far. Subscribed!

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

I saw them at Wembley last year and despite its sad, haunting subject matter, it's undeniable how great that chorus of The Universal is, haha. Glad you are enjoying the videos, more to come!

[@DelSevenNine]

Can you use proper grammar please😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@davekennedy6315]

Another absolutely incredible video! I'd love to hear more stories of 90s Britpop groups like Pulp, Supergrass, The Verve, The Charlatans, James etc? Or otherwise the Manic Street Preachers? Stereophonics? The Stone Roses? Or Hard-Fi? Or Silent Alarm Bloc Party?

[@patrickel94]

I think a video on the Manic's 'Everything Must Go' would be great! Adore 'The Holy Bible', but I don't think there are really any recent docs on E.M.G...

[@davekennedy6315]

@patrickel94 I'd love it but This Is My Truth is the one that truly hooked me back in the 90s. I still have it in the motor today!

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you for the continued support Dave, it's much appreciated. Great suggestions here which I will add to the drawing board for future videos...

[@robertovalero6186]

​@@TheTitleTrack_MusicThe 90's were a great time to be alive.So much great albums came out of that short period in time.Then came the 2000's and it all turned sour.I liked Travis,Coldplay etc etc.....but they did not have that thing that Oasis,Blur,Pulp etc etc....had.

[@jpwaitforit5801]

Such an overlooked album even in blur fandom.
The 1st half until "The Universal" is really interesting in terms of lyrics and specially the music itself

[@benwherlock9869]

MLIR, Parklife and The Great Escape are brothers but it's The Great Escape which is the oldest more cynical and world weary one. And I kind of love it the most.

[@apocalypsenow317]

Well said!

[@indiesleaze]

This was one of the first albums I remember loving...great to see your channel doing so well!

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you mate! Thanks for tuning in

[@kiroshow]

Great video! The Great Escape has always felt like one of two underdogs in Blur's discography, and I'm happy to see more videos other than mine covering it. Cheers, fella 👍

[@madebyjordan]

This was fantastic. Thank you! I'd love to see something similar with Blur's overlooked masterpiece: 13.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you for the comment - I could do a video on every Blur album really, definitely something I'll consider for the next few videos. Hit sub and stay tuned!

[@madebyjordan]

@@TheTitleTrack_Music looking forward to seeing more of your work! Liked and subbed. I revisited The Great Escape after watching your video - there are some really great tracks in there: Best Days, He Thought of Cars, etc. Such a solid album for one that seems to get mixed reviews amongst the fanbase (it was my first Blur album I picked up in the mid-late 90's so it holds a special place in my heart)

[@tomrobinson5776]

The Great Escape is a phenomenal album.

[@regfries8279]

I just discovered your channel and thought this was really interesting. I remember loving ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’ and ‘Parklife’ when they first came out (and I still do), though when this record came out, my first reaction (after wondering who’d win the Britpop war) was a bit lukewarm. Like, OK, so here’s some more middle class caricatures. But having seen your piece of work, you’ve given me a fresh on the characters on this record and the band who made it.
I think you’re right; there’s a bleakness and even a sadness to this album that I don’t get to the same extent from the previous two albums. I reckon there’s always been a kind of pity for the characters embodied in their songs, but whereas Colin Zeal comes across as eccentric but harmless and the guy who wants to go to Magic America is comically absurd, the Charmless Man is exactly that - the kind of guy who’d suck the life out of you. I think I can understand why the band might dislike this record, but I reckon it’s pretty bloody good especially when you consider the pressure they were clearly under.
I also like how you frame those three albums together, because while they made many new fans with the album that followed, they lost me. That fifth album is a hard listen for me - was then, and still is. Anyway, I’m gonna go back and listen to this trilogy(?) again.
Thanks! Oh, and ideas for future videos? Maybe there’s something in the disintegration of Pixies v1.0. After Doolittle, what the hell happened on the next two records? (Bossanova and TLM are my favourite Pixies records, but relationships were unravelling fast. Why?)

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks a lot for the detailed comment. I think you're right there is a bleakness to this record that you don't find on its predecessors. Damon comes across as more sniffy and cynical here than he ever has before. I hope the video revealed something new about this record that you were unaware of before.
Pixies is a really interesting shout - I may come to this idea in the future.
Thanks again for watching!

[@TheFierceAndTheDead]

Good work including Cardiacs

[@prettyprrrrettaygood]

am am Anglophile american who came up in the 1990s. eternally grateful to the British for their music, especially during that dreary Seattle period

[@bigmaryhelen]

Jesus. It's the opposite for me. I'm eternally grateful for Nirvana.

[@EugeneAxe]

Britpop and grunge have both been in heavy rotation for me since '93.

[@theDiReW0lf]

Haven’t watched but last year, in the peak of an epic, debauched bender and at my wits end of living a life I never wanted, finding this album + MLIR woke me up like no music before. And now, I’m finally making the great escape I dreamed about. ✌️

[@richiesouthall2381]

Worth noting that Dan Abnormal is an anagram of Damon Albarn.

[@elicash233]

The Great Escape is a masterpiece. I’m a huge Kinks guy and that was always my comparison with Blur’s early stuff.

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

Not an easy listen in full, but Mr Robinson’s Quango is such a jam! Great record )

[@williane5122]

ive been a blur fan since 2016 and this album has always been one of my favorites

[@tomlyons8104]

Great video. Brilliant insight and really well put together, making it an easy and enjoyable watch. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you Tom, I appreciate the support!

[@mrg4388]

Thanks ! Iconic album, listened to it hundreds of times back in the day... Subscribed.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks for the sub and the support!

[@clydebasado]

Thank you for the appreciation on the great escape!! my favorite blur album..

[@LaurenE2689]

I do think that makes sense the tone of the album and everything. It is one of my faves from Blur so to get a better understanding of where they are where whilst making it is interesting. One album I might recommend because I know it also has an interesting backstory would be the self titled or gray album by Echo and The Bunnymen. In the fandom for the bunnymen, we kind of revere it as like an end of an era in a way.
Loved this video, maybe also another Blur record breakdown would be cool. Thanks for your effort :)🖤

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you Lauren, I've considered a Bunnymen video, one that I will add to the 'Possibilities' list. Thanks again for tuning in.

[@MrPHILDABASS]

I unexpectedly felt a wave of nostalgic catharsis during the Best Days segment. A

[@stefanssmellsvictory105]

I love how well you articulated yourself on this video. I have a love-hate rekationship with it though. Whilst the lyrics are deep and symbolic, I find several songs either over-produced or just not sounding very good. To this day, I'm still not sure where this album sits with me.

[@thehairyclevage1645]

Another triumph TTT. you're fast becoming my favourite.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you as ever for your continued support mate!

[@elicash233]

One addition, the Parklife-Great Escape era always felt like a Britpop version of Steely Dan in terms of character stories. Like so many songs being mini novels. They painted such vivid stories. Tremendous video.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks mate ! Glad you enjoyed the video, stay tuned for more

[@skeletonstaff]

Best blur album! And a really good video tribute cuz! ❤

[@user-fv7jb1bd3s]

Great video, great album 🙌

[@mas3974]

A very well made video and documentary. I am not a massive Blur fan, but I do find Albarn highly talented. Your commentry is also very relaxing. I do like the background music too. Great job!

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks a lot mate - appreciate the view and support. Glad you like the commentary too! You might enjoy my other video on The Las too

[@mas3974]

@@TheTitleTrack_Music Ok I will check that out. Ps Who makes the background music for your films?

[@churchtaff]

Never made the Cardiacs connection before but now can totally hear it

[@CrimsonCX]

Another Class video man! Glad to start seeing your sub count rise, as it should!

[@paaul028]

Finally finished this one, really good and informative reviews/breakdowns.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@zapplecore]

Bought this album on day of release. Was a smorgasbord of interesting words, sounds, tunes, production. Great video essay. Look forward keenly to more of your drops.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you mate! I still listen to TGE regularly, there is something very compelling about it. Just uploaded a new video which you might enjoy about John Martyn, let me know if there is a band you think worthy of a similar video!

[@gileswestwood]

So interesting to see the influences from the 60's

[@Bibrickal]

Great video, since you're doing a lot of videos of 2000s British albums, id recommend Klaxons debut album "Myths of the near future" Golden Skans was a massive hit in 2007 and ive never seen anyone really talk about their rise and fall, being labelled as landfill indie. I haven't heard of any band that combined that strange sounds with huge pop anthems! Thanks again

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Really interesting suggestion. Klaxons were one of many bands quickly passed over after the whole noughties indie scene had come to settle. Undeservedly so, and they were a big influence for many to come after them. Thanks for the view, comment and support - more to come

[@mal.52]

Great video man
I would love to see you talk about their record 13, it's my favourite blur album and I think there's a lot of things to say about it :)

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you mate, I appreciate the support. I could do a video for every Blur album in honesty. I'll add them to the pipeline. More to come!

[@GregBonks]

It feels like they were being held back production wise, Graham really gets to sound how he wants in Stereotypes and It Could Be You. The rest of the instrumentals are great, but those ones sound so much more powerful. I rediscovered this album coming out of quarantine. The themes of isolation really resonated with me. It has become my favorite album now because I listened to it a lot at a very vulnerable time.

[@TtableWhey]

Yeah, it's a great album. No filler. Even the lesser known and less flashy tracks on side 2 are all really substantial and soulful.

[@DarthMeeka]

Great coverage, really loved this video and The Streets video too.
If I could recommend an album to cover, I'd say Muse - The 2nd Law

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you for the suggestion, I haven't listened to Muse in quite some time, I feel Origin of Symmetry might be worth a video at some point!

[@jorgdietrich5507]

Thanks for interesting insights and backgrounds! Would suggest to hear your perspective on some later PSB records like Fundamental, Release, Yes or Electric.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks a lot, Pet Shop Boys are definitely one I'm thinking of for a future video!

[@arvidherngren3487]

Really great video. Imo tge is heavily slept on and is an incredible record. I even find it to be a more consistent lisen than the likes of parklife. If it weren't for the circumstances and the fact that "morning glory" was released as the "opponent" for this album it would've been getting way more praise. Songs like the universal, stereotypes and Country house are some of their best work and the album has id any, very few skips. 5/5 imo

[@radish6740]

New subscriber. Loving the channel. 🤘🏼

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you very much!

[@EastyyBlogspot]

I was a teen during the 90s and i remember when the song Tender came out and i seem to recall it making a bit of a fuss because at school anyway people really did not know what to make of it as sounded so far away from what blur did

[@Liam-jx4zb]

Brilliant in depth retrospective. Love the clips and attention to detail. Would you do a one on the Happy Mondays next?

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Happy Mondays is a great suggestion - will add to the pipeline. Thank you for tuning in!

[@mfmatthew420]

Fair play good job man!

[@topher_85]

Great review. Great Escape was one of the first albums i bought when i was 10. Relistening to it now after this documentary forget how dark it was in parts. When the self titled album came out in 1997 i remember taken a long while to warm to it but now would rank it as one of their best.

[@elicash233]

One addition, the Parklife-Great Escape era always felt like a Britpop version of Steely Dan in terms of character stories. Like so many songs being mini novels. They painted such vivid stories.

[@Guitarwoerke]

This was a great watch, thanks for putting it together! As an Australian growing up in the 90s and discovering Blur around 9-10 years old through my cool aunt and uncle with Parklife they became my favourite band of all time. Because so much of my discovery of them was pre dawn of The Internet I just wanted to consume absolutely everything they created but it wasn’t readily available. I remember saving up to buy the Great Escape and listening to it for the first time in my bedroom and thinking it was just more of the greatest music I’d ever heard all while being completely oblivious to Britpop and the surrounding culture and zeitgeist, etc. So I really wonder how I would’ve received this album had I grown up in the UK or was already in my twenties or something, because I think this album is almost a forgotten masterpiece. I’m always intrigued by this era of music from the UK, I hope you’ve got something Pulp-based in the works?

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks for your view and support! Great to hear Blur fans exist in Aus, even though they didn't catch on everywhere. Pulp will definitely be in the pipeline. Stay tuned!

[@DungeonTV100]

Yes mate, (human narrator) ✊😎💙

[@whiskyandsynths]

Love it thank you for making this!

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

[@rmontesalvarez]

Great Channel

[@lacrisidiluglio8029]

This record means a lot to me. Probably more than its actual musical value. I’ve got vivid memories of me learning the lyrics by heart, I was a teenager (I got The Great Escape a few years after its release). There are many songs I adore. Especially the not very often mentioned Entertain Me, probably my favourite. This album ranks lower than my favourites: Modern Life Is Rubbish, Parklife and 13. Great video. Please do “Modern Life Is Rubbish”.

[@michaelwilson2340]

How about doing one on the first Electronic album? Benard Sumner getting away from the stress of New Order ( especially Hooky) and working with Johnny Marr and Neil Tennant.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Really interesting suggestion, in fact I was listening to New Order just the other day. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@Exercise-01]

​​@@TheTitleTrack_MusicOr the magnificent
Different Class by Pulp.

[@ChorltonandtheWheelies]

Excellent vid. Will subscribe now as this is the second vid of hours I've liked (The Streets was the other). I've always likes Blur but revisiting them now I have a new appreciation for them. I'm a bit obsessed with "The Universal" at the minute - I would love to hear a deep dive into that song and video.
Would you consider doing "Employment" by The Kaiser Cheifs? I love that album. Thanks for a brilliant vid 👏😊✌

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks for the comment and the views! I'm not super familiar with Employment, but you might enjoy my Bloc Party video as they were contemporaries of Kaiser Chiefs. I may need to relisten to Employment however! Thanks for the sub too!

[@damneddontcry]

Great video❤

[@JackSnit]

The production on this record is exceptional. Not my fave from Blur, but it’s extremely well produced.

[@frankthe669]

I just got to this channel. Really good ideas for videos and also the final result of each of them.🎉

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you mate, I appreciate the comment! Stay tuned for more

[@domfjbrown75]

'The great escape ' is the best Blur album in my opinion... Also helps it was released in 1995 - the best year of the 90s :)

[@arthuranibal1415]

amazing video about a amazing album, lad! just in love with the channel.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thank you Arthur! Stay tuned for more

[@Tohereknowswhen]

Interesting analogy, although I'd never really considered The Great Escape to be a "dark album", but more about being the final part in their "Britpop trilogy". I often felt that the 2 albums they did next (which I preferred better) had a much more darker feel to them, as Damon was expressing himself more lyrically, on songs like "Beetlebum" and most particularly - their 13 album, which I think is the darker and more atmospheric sounding album they've ever done.

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

I always grew up hearing blur & Oasis finding myself thinking they were some of the only rock bands in existence given as a child in the 90s most adults would assume I automatically liked the Spice Girls, Steps or S-Club 7 & not counting the Spice Girls I really grew to resent the latter two bands because where the SG had redeeming qualities & likeable songs the same cannot be said for the others.
Seeing There’s No Other Way music video on TV, funnily enough is one of my earliest memories of blur. I say funny because that was in 91 or 92 when I was barely 3 years old *but* the Universal has always been my top song most of all because of the music videos reference to A Clockwork Orange (probably hinting at the drug infused milk that the characters consume in the film & book) which as a movie nerd really spoke to me. My did wouldn’t let me watch that film till I was a little older though so I was just left to reading about it in movie theory books.

[@IggyGoesPop666]

The mind gets dirty the closer you get to thirty ... forty ... fifty ...

[@EternalTeenwithADHD]

Great stuff. Love the coked-up chaos of The Great Escape. But as a grunge fan, my heart belongs to their eponymous fifth.
Please do The Cure’s Disintegration! 🙏 ❤

[@lufc2278]

Well said, a video on thé libertines would be class

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Great suggestion. Thank you for the view and support!

[@DiM2404]

Second favourite of their albums overall, after 13, and thus my favourite of the britpop/life trilogy ones. It's got a murkier, deeper sound than Parklife and MLIR and some really demented horn and brass parts. It's a less comfortable listen as I get older, so it maintains its power for me.

[@Ukedc259]

Nice vid. Love this album. Very much of its time. Coxon guitar riffs are so inventive.
Syd Barrett would make for an interesting vid.

[@jeff8ball]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks!

[@WezYouTube]

Awesome video man

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Appreciate it!

[@aprofondir]

The best British band after the Beatles

[@hgfdshtrew8541]

great piece and analysis thanks!

[@matthewsmylie9633]

This was great.

[@bigblurfan]

Great video! Very informative. I love Blur and all their albums. "The Great Escape" is a fanastic album with top quality songs. I really like Damon's writing style. I hope you go far with this channel!
Short question: 21:48 is he praying?

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks a lot for the view and comment mate!
I believe he is 'mock' praying - in the way that only cheeky 90s Damon could get away with...

[@jasonsnusberry3654]

I unliked this one so I could like it again, watched this one like 3 times. We need more videos like this one.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Appreciate the multiple views Jason, more videos to come in time.

[@MadeOfStone02]

Great video, I’m gonna have to revisit the album now.
Also, it would be great if you did a video on the second coming by the roses

[@jeffryb]

Great work, thank you

[@Rockstardust69]

I really dig this album very cool and artistic

[@johndotcue]

It’s my personal favorite Blur album haha

[@robertsteinberger5667]

I also hear quite some xtc in their sound

[@melonfarmers1]

No shit

[@helgateresacataldo7907]

Gracias por el análisis de este disco.

[@elliotparkes783]

Great video lad!

[@user-vg7ug7rz6m]

The great escape was one of there best ❤

[@johnmarriott3982]

That was fantastic. Thanks

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Much appreciated, thank you John.

[@pammoore3447]

A great album from such a complex band ❤

[@kingofthesnakes2396]

Ive always loved the album and never understood the hate. Probably my favourite after parklife

[@Jamesp1972]

The whole Country House period of the UK was so depressing

[@Blacksunze]

Epic!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AA-ev4ed]

An album with a troubled path, sometimes disorienting because of many, too many cues (musical and otherwise); but it is still a fantastic work, achieved with a lot of effort and flair. The themes deal with an urban routine of nerve-racking working lives, misunderstandings, forms of snobbery between different social classes. But above all, it is a fresco of wavering emotions and sentiments; sometimes with hopeful outcomes, at other times, with cynical and grotesque overtones, attributes that in any case, were part of 'that 1990s microcosm', and which still today, are ingrained phenomena of this society in which we live. From an artistic point of view, there are many of the most technical songs of their career, genres and styles that merge gracefully, accompanied, however, (if we had to find a flaw), by a surplus of instrumentation, effects and choruses. These cover and detract, sometimes almost childishly, from the true essence of the compositions. Superlative tracks such as He Thought of Cars, Fade Away, Mr Robinson' s Quango; only release their true potential when performed live; a time when the riffs and bass lines are clearly discernible to the ear. I can understand that it was a tense period of identity crisis for the band, but this does not detract from the quality of 'The Great Escape'; and I get the impression that the only ones who don't want to acknowledge this are Blur themselves! Greetings from Italy🙂

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

A brilliant album very well summed up! Thank you.
Great to see viewership in Italy sharing in a love for this iconic band.

[@AA-ev4ed]

@@TheTitleTrack_Music I am about to reveal a 😔bitter truth: in Italy, there are very few fans. Let me explain: their discography has always been easy to find (from the first album, Leisure, included), but TV began to talk about them with a certain respect from the release of Thin Tank, and sales have reached a greater continuity from 'The Magic Whip' onwards. In our peninsula, Blur have always been subject to strong prejudices and received, in most cases, as a second-rate band. In any case, Italian radio stations are among the coarsest in the whole of Europe.😑

[@bancombe1]

Hi, I enjoyed this, thanks. could you have a dive into Pulp's "This is Hardcore" album?

[@danthemaninfierno]

Have you heard Danny Howells' Essential Mix from 2007? It's on UA-cam. Great use of This is Hardcore at the beginning mixed into a great Tom Middleton track. I like Help the Aged on the Ali G show too.

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

Only students & normal ppl listened to em... & if others did they never admitted to it
what the Ruttles meant to the Beatles were these to The Kinks

[@Willogs78]

Brilliant Video, It’s such a great album and unfortunately it wasn’t as popular as what’s the story. The song the Universal is a masterpiece.

[@THEDONTTELLSHOW]

Always been my favourite Blur album, the pathos feels in constant conflict with moments of ecstasy. Also "The Universal" lines about being gone to Karaoke songs seemed so prophetic when BGT and it's shit ilk showed up.

[@teodelfuego]

Good video!

[@jkellytree]

I actually love their grunge-psych change of style. I think they pulled it off really well. Beetlebum is wild! I guess with their earlier tweed style it was more about stories and commentary (in a slightly Sgt Pepper-ish way). Still genius. But they could easily have gone down the darker more guitar drenched psych-rock path.

[@riquiffer]

Great content

[@MikeAbrams-ps5fu]

Really Great video the Title Track, thoroughly enjoyed watching this and reminiscing about that golden era of British music and bands. As for the Great Escape album I think it's a brilliant album and I don't understand why it Got the criticism that it received.

[@TheTitleTrack_Music]

Thanks a lot Mike, appreciate the support! If you like that era of British music you might also enjoy my video on The Las! I also think TGE is a fantastic and often maligned album (as the video shows!)

[@willrobertsmith]

Swerved this album for years because of county house but although uneven, it has loads of good songs and is quite experimental for Britpop!

[@notanotherjamesmurphy5574]

That’s stupid. Country House rules

[@leewoodard5871]

Great Escape does suffer being at the fag end of the era. However, that suits Damon’s unmatched melancholy. Always thought it was an album pretending it was having fun.
If you really want to do a band that deserves a lot more recognition is Hefner. Darren Hayman now considered one of our great song writers.

[@Victorcolongarcia]

Entertain me is my favourite track here. It could be you the second