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| Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 15 June 2009 (UK)[1] 28 July 2009 (US)[2] | |||
| Recorded | 1990 – 1998; 2002 | |||
| Genre | Britpop, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 107:46 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Stephen Street, William Orbit, Ben Hillier, Steve Lovell, Steve Power | |||
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| Damon Albarn chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (86/100)[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Digital Spy | [5] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.4/10)[7] |
| Rolling Stone |  [8] |
| Uncut | [9] |
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur is a two-disc compilation album by Blur, released by EMI Records on 15 June 2009. It is Blur's second retrospective collection, succeeding 2000's Blur: The Best Of and coincides with the band's 2009 reunion performances.[10]
- ^ Michaels, Sean (21 May 2009). "Blur to release comeback compilation". The Guardian.
- ^ James Brown, Meg White, Steven Tyler, Blur Archived 31 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur by Blur". Metacritic.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Blur: 'Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To'". Digital Spy. 19 June 2009.
- ^ "musicOMH review".
- ^ "Blur: Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur Album Review - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
- ^ "Midlife: A Beginners Guide to Blur". Rolling Stone. 22 June 2009.
- ^ "Album review: Blur - Midlife: A Beginner's - Review - Uncut.co.uk". 5 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Capitol/EMI to Release Career-Spanning Blur Collection, 'Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur,' on... – HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire/" (Press release). California, England: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 1 March 2012.