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Happiness in Magazines | ||||
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Released | 17 May 2004 | |||
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Length | 45:01 | |||
Label | Transcopic, Parlophone | |||
Producer | Stephen Street | |||
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Singles from Happiness in Magazines | ||||
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Happiness in Magazines is the fifth solo album by Graham Coxon. It was produced by Stephen Street who also produced Blur's first five albums and is Coxon's most commercially successful album to date. Happiness in Magazines reached 19 in the UK Albums chart and was certified Gold.
Happiness in Magazines was produced by Stephen Street, accompanied by engineer Cenzo Townshend. It was then mastered by Bunt Stafford-Clark at Townhouse Studios in London. The artwork was designed by Alex Hutchinson, with images provided by Coxon.[1] Alongside Coxon, other musicians contributed to the recordings: organ and piano on "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery", "All Over Me", "Hopeless Friend", "Are You Ready?", "Bottom Bunk", and "Ribbons and Leaves" by Louis Vause; backing vocals on "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" and "Don't Be a Stranger", and marimba on "Don't Be a Stranger" by Angie Pollock; strings on "All Over Me", "Hopeless Friend", and "Are You Ready?" by the Duke Street Quartet; French horns on "Ribbons and Leaves" by Marcus Bates, Pip Eastop, and Phillip Woods. John Metcalf arranged the strings and horns parts that the Duke Street Quartet, Bates, Eastop, and Woods played.[2]
Four singles have been released from Happiness in Magazines.
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 77/100[3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Pitchfork | 7.5/10[5] |
PopMatters | 7/10[6] |
Q | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [9] |
Uncut | [10] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [11] |
Happiness in Magazines was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 23 reviews.[3]
All lyrics and music written by Graham Coxon.[1]
Personnel per booklet and sleeve.[1][2]
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