Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur

Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
Greatest hits album by
Released15 June 2009 (UK)
28 July 2009 (US)
Recorded1990 – 1998; 2002
GenreBritpop, alternative rock
Length107:46
LabelEMI
ProducerStephen Street, William Orbit, Ben Hillier, Steve Lovell, Steve Power
Blur chronology
Think Tank
(2003)
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
(2009)
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park
(2009)
Damon Albarn chronology
Journey to the West
(2008)
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
(2009)
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The A.V. ClubA
Digital Spy
The Line of Best Fit90%
musicOMH
Pitchfork9.4/10
Q
Record Collector
Rolling Stone
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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.