All the People: Live in Hyde Park

Usually, a six-year gap in activity isn't long enough to qualify a band for reunion status -- that's just one year longer than it took the Stone Roses to record a second album -- but in Blur's case, their 2003 album Think Tank felt more like a coda than a conclusion, arriving several years after guitarist Graham Coxon left in a storm of bad blood. Instead of carrying on with the name, Damon Albarn pursued Gorillaz and the Good, the Bad & the Queen while Coxon carved out a career as an indie popster, Alex James retired to a farm to make cheese, and Dave Rowntree unsuccessfully ran for office. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, at least for certain fans and bandmates, so Blur kissed and made up for a quick summer reunion tour in 2009, playing only their beloved England and going no further than that. Even the double-disc live souvenir All the People: Blur Live in Hyde Park July 2 2009 didn't appear outside of the U.K., and the album reveals that Blur's playlist was also Brit-centri