The Golden D
by Graham Coxon
  • Record Label: EMI
  • Release Date: Aug 15, 2000
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    60
    Whereas the first solo effort was somewhat lo-fi and reminiscent of Lou Barlow, Golden D, which is named after the musical chord, focuses on rock -- the hard and fast variety -- and suggests Sonic Youth and Sex Pistols.
  2. Nude As The News
    60
    Sounds more like a toss-off by a drunk band in the studio.
  3. Select
    60
    The Golden D is unconcerned with hanging together with any particularly musical coherence. [July 2000, p.102]
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  5. Q Magazine
    60
    It's not for everyone. It's certainly not for Blur fans of Country House vintage. Nor is it the best dinner party album in the world ever. But it's no knottier than 13 and in its own noisy way, great fun.
  6. Mojo
    60
    An endearingly petulant collection of nasty hardcore guitar tunes.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    it paints crudely and schematically a portrait of the artist as messed-up, disillusioned, self-indulgent twerp with an unhealthy appreciation of the mid-'80s US guitar underground, whose demo-quality doodlings (Graham plays, sings, produces and paints everything. And all to a rather average standard) should probably have never seen the light of day.
  8. Wall of Sound
    58
    Too often Coxon's sketches-in-song come off as coy experiments -- fascinating to himself, perhaps, but holding little interest for those of us outside the lab.
  9. Sonicnet
    50
    It's hard to imagine The Golden D as having much of an impact.
  10. Rolling Stone
    50
    He's gotten the Chicago basement vibe down exactly right... What's missing are songs -- instead, we get sketches, riffs and doodles.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. MattQ
    Oct 17, 2003
    7
    Graham's such a character. He's shy and yet he spews forth such angry squiggles on his guitar. It's not perfect, but it's Graham's such a character. He's shy and yet he spews forth such angry squiggles on his guitar. It's not perfect, but it's a stack better than all that punk pop and emo out there.… Full Review »
  2. samg
    Apr 23, 2004
    10
    This is pure gold.
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