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It's a thing of beauty to see one of the best guitarists in recorded history reach his creative peak after so many years of effort and doubt.
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Graham Coxon
The Spinning Top
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AMG Review of The Spinning Top
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideIt would have been too easy for Graham Coxon to settle into the pop groove he established with his excellent albums Happiness in Magazines and Love Travels at Illegal Speeds, and Coxon has never been one for taking things easy. Ever since he pushed Blur away from Brit-pop and into indie, Coxon has eagerly, earnestly explored new directions, and so it is with his seventh album, The Spinning Top, a loose song cycle that finds the singer/songwriter indulging in a new desire to be a British folk singer in the vein of Bert Jansch. Coxon abandons the tightly controlled punk-pop of Happiness and Love for delicate fingerpicking that's occasionally punctuated by weird, churning art rock (witness the roiling "Caspian Sea"), detours that arrive just often enough to accentuate the fragility of the rest of the record, a fragility that's enhanced by Graham's quivering sincerity. In a manner not too far removed from his earliest solo albums, where he upped the lo-fi ante so far he wound up being harder to digest than his idols, Coxon almost goes too far in replicating the pastoral sweep of Jansch, Davy Graham, and Nick Drake, not so much succumbing to hero worship but rather making his blueprint too evident. Such skeptical thoughts wash away upon repeated listens, when it becomes easier to admire the subtle shifts in arrangements, Coxon's always impeccable and imaginative fretwork and, most of all, his ever-increasing skill as a songwriter. Perhaps these songs aren't as immediate as his pop tunes, but they're finely crafted and rewarding, as is this quietly surprising album is as a whole.
Graham Coxon: The Spinning Top (Review)
Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
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Seeming to be at peace with his former bandmates and life in general, Coxon delivers an eccentric album that manages to be loose and coherent in equal measures. Simon Rueben reviews.
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For better or worse, Blur's reformation is certainly getting people talking, their Sunday evening Glasto headlining set certainly reconnected them with a whole new generation of fans who weren't there the first time round. Making those who were just a little misty eyed for the days of Modern Life Is Rubbish era Blur.Lest we forget Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is still a well loved solo performer...
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Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
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Seeming to be at peace with his former bandmates and life in general, Coxon delivers an eccentric album that manages to be loose and coherent in equal measures. Simon Rueben reviews.
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Graham Coxon to release new album in May
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Graham Coxon has announced plans to release a new album in May, with a host of live dates (as yet unannounced) to follow later in the year.
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Graham Coxon Tours Around LP Release
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Graham Coxon has posted details of a headline tour of his own, which will precede his summer shows with Blur. In May, the guitarist and singer-songwriter will perform six dates, as he promotes his next solo album 'The Spinning Top', which we posted about HERE.
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Graham Coxon: The Spinning Top (Review)
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Three UK Graham Coxon Dates Announced
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Graham Coxon has announced plans to play just three dates around the UK this coming November. The Blur guitarist will be playing his latest album, this years Spinning Top in its entirety as well as songs that inspired him during the writing process.
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