Released on 15/02/1999
Label: Food

Blur's continued reinvention of themselves is a breath of fresh air in the stale British rock arena.

The folk/country song Tender is a beautiful hymn of consolation aided by the London Community Gospel Choir singing "ComeOn", the phrase Richard Ashcroft originally adopted to equal Liam Gallagher's "Mad For It".

William Orbit does wonders making the drums - actually planks of wood being hit by Dave Rowntree and Graham Coxon - keep the idea rolling, although also sounding like Lennon's Give Peace A Chance.

With widespread media interest and radio support guaranteed, it's probably as well this tracks release date has been brought forward to challenge a Japanese import - thus preventing it from suffering the exposure problem that affected Robbie Williams' Millennium.