Title: The beginning of the end
Product review: "Blur's frontman Damon Albarn basically announced that he was withdrawing from the race." This means, apparently, abandoning everything that made Blur's music worthwhile in the first place. The only thing worse than hearing your favorite band descend into unlistenable banality is to witness it being embraced (briefly, of course) by that vast, taste-bereft segment of the american population that made Song 2 such a big hit. I would like to think that Damon would shudder at the thought of his songs being played at frat parties and on Intel commercials (both of which all but negates the value of your art). While their next release didn't produce a ultra-profitable monster hit like Song 2, it did little if anything to restore Blur's integrity. Damon let a LOT of his long-time fans down with this one, who are now mumbling that the Blur's rumored breakup is coming two years (and two albums) too late.
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