Graham Coxon - Happiness In Magazines [CD]

Cat. no: TRANS935CD
Format: CD
Barcode: 5063176119223
Release Date: 11 Sep 2026
Genre: Indie

Recorded with producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, The Cranberries), Happiness In Magazines is Graham Coxon's ffth solo album
His most successful solo venture up to that point, Happiness In Magazines went top 20 in the UK album charts and earned the guitarist the Best Solo Artist prize at the 2005 NME Awards.
Spearheaded by 'Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery's note- perfect pop and the riotous, Skids-like 'Freakin' Out', it plugged him into a lineage of classic power pop, UK punk and '60s songwriting. 
"'Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery' and 'Freakin' Out' were two of the frst things I wrote," recalls Graham. "I remember thinking, Oh, actually, maybe my songwriting is getting a bit better? Maybe I should take this seriously and not be such a control freak? Stephen just got it. He loved what I was getting at, the sound of it and the era it was infuenced by - things like The Cars and The Jam."
"perfect pop" - The Guardian 4/5
"his most accessible work since Parklife" - Uncut 8/10

CD Tracks: Spectacular / No Good Time / Girl Done Gone / Bittersweet Bundle of Misery / All over Me / Freakin' Out / People of the Earth / Hopeless Friend / Are You Ready? / Bottom Bunk / Don't Be a Stranger / Ribbons and Leaves / Right To Pop!