Positive reviews for The Magic Whip

The Magic Whip received positive reviews. Awarding the album a full five stars, The Daily Telegraph called The Magic Whip “a triumphant comeback that retains the band’s core identity while allowing ideas they’d fermented separately over the past decade to infuse their sound with mature and peculiar new flavour combinations”. The NME concurred, saying Blur were “a reunited band making music to rival their very best”. It was also a commercial success, becoming the sixth consecutive Blur LP since Parklife (1994) to top the British charts. The Guardian also noted that at times during its first week of release, The Magic Whip sold “more than the rest of the top five combined”. The Magic Whip also became Blur’s highest charting album in the United States when it peaked at number 24 on the Billboard 200 . That December New World Towers , a documentary on the recording process of The Magic Whip , was released in select British theatres.