Blur - Think Tank (Audio Enhanced CD - May 6, 2003)

Throughout much of Blur's career, it seemed as if guitarist Graham Coxon was the driving experimental force -- the man most likely to push the envelope. It's interesting, then, that Think Tank, most of which was recorded after Coxon's departure from the band, is Blur's most adventurous outing yet. That's due in large part to what seems like a conscious decision not to "replace" the guitarist's contributions but to fill the void he left behind with other elements. For much of the disc, Alex James's bass playing is at the fore, spiking "Crazy Beat" with futuristic jitters and nudging the minimal "We Have a File on You" into Wire territory. The songs are also colored deeply by Damon Albarn's increasingly restless explorations of nontraditional and non-Western music, as he grafts Gallic-sounding strings onto the melancholy "Out of Time" and festoons "Good Song" with a sunniness that could only come from south of the equator. Even though it's difficult to trace a common thread running through Think Tank's dozen tunes, the album's adventurous spirit lends a unity that's both bracing and enthralling.

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TRACK LISTINGS

1. Ambulance
2. Out of Time
3. Crazy Beat
4. Good Song
5. Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club
6. Brothers And Sisters
7. Caravan
8. We've Got A File On You
9. Sweet Song
10. Jets
11. On The Way To The Club
12. Gene By Gene
13. Battery In Your Leg