Initial pressings of THE BEST OF included a live bonus disc.

Blur: Damon Albarn (vocals, keyboards); Graham Coxon (guitar); Alex James (bass); Dave Rowntree (drums).

Producers include: Stephen Street, William Orbit, Steve Lowell, Steve Power, Stephen Hague.

This Blur collection consists of a two-CD/one-DVD set that presents the revered Britpop group's BEST OF anthology, a disc of live performances, and a comprehensive assemblage of the band's videos. Along with Damon Albarn and the lads' best-known tunes ("Girls & Boys," "Song 2"), the studio disc includes the funky, previously unreleased "Music Is My Radar," while the concert album presents some tracks not on the former disc, including the spiky "Stereotypes" and the revved-up "M.O.R." Rounding out the set are the group's videos, which include visually stunning clips for "To the End" and "The Universal," among others.

Entertainment Weekly (12/1/00, pp.103-4) - "...Some of the best singles of the '90s..." - Rating: A-

Q (1/01, p.95) - Included in Q's "5 Best Re-Issues of 2000".

Q (11/00, p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A bloody good group...whizzing through the history of Blur in fractionally under 80 minutes..."

Melody Maker (11/7/00, p.56) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...16 fantastic tracks....they could justifiably call themselves the most important band of the '90s..."

Mojo (Publisher) (11/00, p.108) - "...Cherry-picks from the singles....it's all pretty essential stuff....But you've probably got them anyway, right?"

NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.79) - Ranked #1 in NME's "Top 5 Compilations Of The Year".

NME (Magazine) (10/28/00, p.39) - 9 out of 10 - "...Brilliant....monuments to the power of pop..."