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by
Graham Coxon
- Record Label: Astralwerks / Parlophone
- Release Date: Jan 25, 2005
- Summary: Stephen Street produces the former Blur guitarist's fifth solo disc.
- Record Label: Astralwerks / Parlophone
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 23
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Mixed: 6 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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The defining characteristic of ‘Happiness In Magazines’ isn’t its full sound, nor its sharp reminder of what a great band Blur used to be; its in the sheer imaginative scope.
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Happiness in Magazines feels like Coxon's first true solo album -- it's the first to present a complex, robust portrait of him as an artist, and the first that holds its own next to what he accomplished in Blur.
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UncutHis most accessible work since Parklife. [Sep 2004, p.101]
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Happiness in Magazines is a huge stride forward for Coxon, who here seems to have jettisoned his scattershot aural experimentation in favor of meaty melodies that actually stick with you.
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Exploring the vacated ghosts of stale forms, Coxon has breathed new life into some of rock's most bankable clichés.
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Happiness In Magazines is one of the best garage rock hybrids to have been released since The Strokes hit it big.
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Shouldn't he be trying something a bit more ambitious by now?
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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TuskajMar 9, 2006the best artist rock of the year..... graham coxon is my all.
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joaopMay 18, 2004The best album of the year
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LiamHFeb 8, 2005
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stuartiMay 27, 2004Possibly the best album of the year.... If this was released by a better known artist, it would sell millions, lets hope people give it a chance.
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GordonRJun 3, 2004An excellent album that is on a par with any of the best stuff of Blur he was involved in
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[Anonymous]Apr 1, 2005
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EbeneezerGoodeJun 21, 2004
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