"She's So High" and "There's No Other Way" were auspicious debut singles, alternately trancy and melodic, suggesting how shoegazing and baggy beats could be incorporated into pop song structures.
Both songs suggested that Blur was capable of a striking debut album, but Leisure wasn't it.
Mired by directionless soundscapes and incomplete songwriting, Leisure was nevertheless full of promise.
Whenever the group tread close to the warped psychedelia of Syd Barrett, their compositions sprang to life, and "Sing" was an eerie, entrancing minor-key drone reminiscent of the Velvet Underground's "Venus in Furs." Those moments, however, were few and far between on Leisure, since much of the record was devoted to either naïve pop like "Bang" or washes of feedback and effects.
From Leisure, it appeared that Blur was only capable of a pair of fine singles, which is what made the complete reinvention of Modern Life Is Rubbish such a surprise.
[For the American release of Leisure, SBK Records lopped off one of the album's best songs, "Sing," and shuffled the running order for no apparent reason other than having "She's So High" and "There's No Other Way" appear first.].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She's So HighDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | There's No Other WayDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | BangDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Slow DownDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | RepetitionDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 05:25 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Bad DayDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | High CoolDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Come TogetherDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | FoolDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | BirthdayDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Wear Me DownDamon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree | Blur | Play | 04:49 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Sing | Blur | Play | 06:01 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 50 mins | 115 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Albarn | Composer, Vocals |
| 2 | Blur | Primary Artist |
| 3 | Graham Coxon | Composer, Group Member |
| 4 | Alex James | Composer, Group Member |
| 5 | Steve Lovell | Producer |
| 6 | Steve Power | Producer |
| 7 | Dave Rowntree | Composer, Group Member |
| 8 | Stephen Street | Producer |
| 9 | Mike Thorne | Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |