blur - The Great Escape 30th Anniversary

Released 12th December 2025

blur's classic 1995 album The Great Escape turns 30 this year and to celebrate this landmark occasion we're releasing a special 2LP edition of the album on coloured vinyl (each disc a different colour) housed in all-new artwork!

Originally released on 11th September 1995, the album was the follow-up to blur's global breakthrough album Parklife, which charted at no. 1 selling over 120,000 copies in its first week, going on to achieve Triple Platinum status in the UK (900k sales to date). Featuring the hit singles, Country House (no. 1), The Universal (no. 5), Stereotypes (no. 7) and Charmless Man (no. 5), which between them have delivered the following numbers to date: 1.8m UK sales/ 60m global YouTube views (official videos) / 335m+ global streams.

Specs
Gatefold sleeve on decent weight board (300/350gsm tbc) with gloss UV finish
2 x 4-colour printed inner bags with gloss dispersion varnish
2 x 140gm coloured vinyl discs (1 – yellow, 1 – turquoise)
4 x 4-colour vinyl labels
1 x 6mm (h) belly band wrapped around outer sleeve

Track-listing:

LP1 - The Great Escape

A.
01. Stereotypes
02. Country House
03. Best Days
04. Charmless Man
05. Fade Away
06. Top Man
07. The Universal

B.
01. Mr Robinson’s Quango
02. He Thought Of Cars
03. It Could Be You
04. Arnold Same
05. Globe Alone
06. Dan Abnormal
07. Entertain Me
08. Yuko And Hiro

LP2 - The Great Escape - b-sides

A.

01. One Born Every Minute
02. Ultranol*
03. Tame 
04. No Monsters In Me*
05. To The End (La Comedie) (featuring Françoise Hardy)*

B.
01. The Horrors
02. Ludwig* 
03. A Song*
04. St. Louis*
05. The Man Who Left Himself
06. Eine Kleine Lift Musik

*previously unreleased on vinyl