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The band completed their second album Modern Life Is Rubbish in December 1992, but Food Records said the album required more potential hit singles and asked them to return to the studio for a second time.

The band complied and Albarn wrote " For Tomorrow ", which became the album's lead single.

" For Tomorrow " was a minor success, reaching number 28 on the charts.

Modern Life Is Rubbish was released in May 1993.

The announcement of the album's release included a press photo featuring the phrase " British Image 1 " spraypainted behind the band ( who were dressed in a mixture of mod and skinhead attire ) and a mastiff-breed dog.

At the time, such imagery was viewed as nationalistic and racially insensitive by the British music press ; to quiet concerns, Blur subsequently released the " British Image 2 " photo, which was " a camp restaging of a pre-war aristocratic tea party ".

Modern Life Is Rubbish peaked at number 15 on the British charts, but failed to break into the US Billboard 200, selling only 19, 000 copies there.