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The Sky Is Too High

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The Sky Is Too High
Studio album by
Released10 August 1998
Recorded1998
Length36:20
LabelTranscopic TRAN005CD
ProducerGraham Coxon
Graham Coxon chronology
The Sky Is Too High
(1998)
The Golden D
(2000)

The Sky Is Too High is the debut solo album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.[1] Released in 1998, he wrote, recorded and produced all the music himself. Most of the album consists of lo-fi acoustic songs with some overdubbed electric guitar and percussion, similar in style to the Blur songs "Miss America" (from Modern Life is Rubbish) and "You're So Great" (from Blur, one of the few Blur songs with Coxon singing lead vocals).

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NME7/10[3]
Pitchfork Media5.6/10[4]
Select[5]
Spin1/10[6]

The Guardian said that, "while there's nothing here to rival the fragility of Syd Barrett's 'Dark Globe' or the irreverence of the Silver Jews, Coxon displays an unsuppressable gift for musical bumbling, one that is impressive even when he doesn't seem to care at all."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Graham Coxon

No.TitleLength
1."That's All I Wanna Do"4:29
2."Where'd You Go?"3:36
3."In a Salty Sea"2:46
4."A Day Is Far Too Long"4:27
5."R U Lonely?"2:52
6."I Wish"4:47
7."Hard and Slow"2:26
8."Me You, We Two"2:38
9."Waiting"2:45
10."Who the Fuck?"3:16
11."Mornin' Blues"2:18

On the album cover, another song titled "(pause)" is listed in the track list between "Who the Fuck?" and "Mornin' Blues" but it has been crossed out, making it unreadable. There are however only 11 songs on the album and there is no track between "Who the Fuck?" and "Mornin' Blues".

References

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  1. ^ Flick, Larry (13 June 1998). "Nuggets". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 24. p. 32.
  2. ^ "The Sky Is Too High Review by Nitsuh Abebe". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. ^ Beamont, Mark. "Graham Coxon The Sky Is Too High". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000.
  4. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Graham Coxon The Sky Is Too High". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ Barnes, Mike. "Graham Coxon The Sky Is Too High". Select. p. 85.
  6. ^ Walters, Barry (October 1998). "Reviews". Spin. Vol. 14, no. 10. pp. 143–144.
  7. ^ Walsh, Nick Paton (14 August 1998). "Graham Coxon The Sky Is Too High". Features. The Guardian. p. 17.