Live at the Budokan (Blur album)

For other uses, see Live at the Budokan (disambiguation).

Live at the Budokan
Live album by
Blur
Released22 May 1996
Recorded8–9 November 1995
VenueBudokan, Tokyo
GenreBritpop
Length96:24
LabelFood/EMI
Blur chronology
The Great Escape
(1995) 		Live at the Budokan
(1996) 		Blur
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Live at the Budokan is a two-disc live album by British band Blur, recorded during the 1995 tour for their album The Great Escape, at the Budokan on 8 November 1995. Two songs performed at concert that didn't make the cut for the album can be found on the Japanese single, "It Could Be You": "Charmless Man" (originally performed before "Jubilee") and "Chemical World" (originally performed before "Coping"). The version of "She's So High" is an anomaly, as it is actually the 9 November 1995 performance from the NHK Hall in Tokyo. Until 2009, Live at Budokan was the only official standalone live Blur album. It was originally released only in Japan (or via the band's UK fan club), but has since been released internationally.[3]

  1. ^ Live at the Budokan at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. ^ Bychawski, Adam (28 July 2014). "Blur to Release 'Live at the Budokan' Album Recorded at 1995 Japan Gig | NME.com". NME. Retrieved 25 June 2016.