Blur’s ninth studio album, “The Ballad of Darren,” was released on 21 July 2023 by Parlophone and Warner Records. Produced by James Ford at Studio 13 in London and Devon, it marks the first time since 2003’s “Think Tank” that the longtime producer Stephen Street was not involved. Following their previous album, “The Magic Whip” (2015), this is Blur’s shortest album, with a runtime under 50 minutes.The album has been described as featuring elements of lounge pop and has been compared to Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool” and Blur’s own “Think Tank.”
The Ballad of Darren Tracklist
- The Ballad
- St. Charles Square
- Barbaric
- Russian Strings
- The Everglades (For Leonard)
- The Narcissist
- Goodbye Albert
- Far Away Island
- Avalon
- The Heights