Happiness in Magazines

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Happiness in Magazines
Studio album by Graham Coxon
Released	May 17, 2004
Recorded	?
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:01
Label	Transcopic, Parlophone
Producer	Stephen Street
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (7.5/10) 6/22/2004 PopMatters (7/10) 1/27/2005 Q (June 2004) Rolling Stone 1/10/2005
Graham Coxon chronology
The Kiss of Morning (2002) Happiness in Magazines (2004) Love Travels at Illegal Speeds (2006)

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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Singles 4 Release details

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Graham Coxon.

1. "Spectacular" – 2:48
2. "No Good Time" – 3:21
3. "Girl Done Gone" – 3:57
4. "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" – 4:53
5. "All Over Me" – 4:16
6. "Freakin' Out" – 3:42
7. "People of the Earth" – 3:04
8. "Hopeless Friend" – 3:22
9. "Are You Ready?" – 4:42
10. "Bottom Bunk" – 3:16
11. "Don't Be a Stranger" – 3:29
12. "Ribbons and Leaves" – 4:11

Bonus tracks

• "Life It Sucks" (Japan)
• "Right to Pop!" (United States)

[edit] Personnel

• Graham Coxon - everything except:
• Louis Vause - organ and piano on tracks 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10
• Angie Pollock - backing vocals on tracks 4 and 11; marimba on track 11
• The Duke Street Quartet - strings on tracks 5, 8 and 9
• John Metcalf - string arrangement on tracks 5, 8 and 9; horn arrangement on track 12
• Marcus Bates - French horn on track 12
• Pip Eastop - French horn on track 12
• Phillip Woods - French horn on track 12
• Stephen Street - producer
• Cenzo Townshend - engineer
• Alex Hutchinson - sleeve design

[edit] Singles

Four singles have been released from Happiness in Magazines.

• "Freakin' Out", released March 8, 2004 - charted at #37
• "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery", released May 3 2004 - charted at #22
• "Spectacular", released July 26 2004 - charted at #32
• "Freakin' Out" / "All Over Me", released October 25 2004 - charted at #19

[edit] Release details

The album has been released in various countries.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	May 7, 2004	Capitol	CD	5777472
United Kingdom	May 17, 2004	Transcopic, Parlophone	LP	5775191
			CD	5775192
Japan	May 26, 2004	Toshiba-EMI	CD	TOCP 66292
US	January 25, 2005	Astralwerks	CD	ASW 60387