Happiness in Magazines is the fifth solo album by Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon

Graham Leslie Coxon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter. He came to prominence as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of rock band Blur, and is also a critically acclaimed solo artist, having recorded seven solo albums...

. It was produced by Stephen Street

Stephen Street

Stephen Street is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s. Street also collaborated with Morrissey on some of his most popular work after The Smiths broke up, playing instruments and co-writing songs...

 who also produced Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

's second, third, fourth and fifth albums and is Coxon's most commercially-successful album to date. Happiness in Magazines reached 19 in the UK Albums chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Graham Coxon.

1. "Spectacular
   Spectacular (song)
   "Spectacular" is the opening track to the album Happiness in Magazines by British singer-songwriter Graham Coxon. It was released as the third single from that album in 2004 and peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles Chart....
   
   " – 2:48
2. "No Good Time" – 3:21
3. "Girl Done Gone" – 3:57
4. "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery
   Bittersweet Bundle of Misery
   "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" is a song by Graham Coxon and was released as the second single from his fifth solo album Happiness in Magazines in 2004...
   
   " – 4:53
5. "All Over Me" – 4:16
6. "Freakin' Out
   Freakin' Out
   "Freakin' Out" is a song by Graham Coxon and was released as the lead single from his fifth solo album Happiness in Magazines in 2004 . It was released as a very limited 7" and charted at number 37 in the UK Singles Chart. "Freakin' Out" was later re-released as a double A-side with "All Over Me"...
   
   " – 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
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  )
• "Right to Pop!" (United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  )

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
  Stephen Street
  Stephen Street is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s. Street also collaborated with Morrissey on some of his most popular work after The Smiths broke up, playing instruments and co-writing songs...
  
   - producer
• Cenzo Townshend - engineer
• Alex Hutchinson - sleeve design

Singles

Four singles have been released from Happiness in Magazines.

• "Freakin' Out
  Freakin' Out
  "Freakin' Out" is a song by Graham Coxon and was released as the lead single from his fifth solo album Happiness in Magazines in 2004 . It was released as a very limited 7" and charted at number 37 in the UK Singles Chart. "Freakin' Out" was later re-released as a double A-side with "All Over Me"...
  
  ", released 8 March 2004 - charted at #37
• "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery
  Bittersweet Bundle of Misery
  "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" is a song by Graham Coxon and was released as the second single from his fifth solo album Happiness in Magazines in 2004...
  
  ", released 3 May 2004 - charted at #22
• "Spectacular
  Spectacular (song)
  "Spectacular" is the opening track to the album Happiness in Magazines by British singer-songwriter Graham Coxon. It was released as the third single from that album in 2004 and peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles Chart....
  
  ", released 26 July 2004 - charted at #32
• "Freakin' Out" / "All Over Me
  Freakin' Out / All Over Me
  "Freakin' Out" and "All Over Me" are songs by Graham Coxon and were featured on his 2004 album Happiness in Magazines. The two songs were later released as the final single from the album as a double A-side in October 2004...
  
  ", released 25 October 2004 - charted at #19

Release details

The album has been released in various countries.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	7 May 2004	Capitol Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	5777472
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	17 May 2004	Transcopic, Parlophone Parlophone Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...	LP	5775191
			CD	5775192
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	26 May 2004	Toshiba-EMI Toshiba-EMI (formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...	CD	TOCP 66292
US United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	25 January 2005	Astralwerks Astralwerks Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....	CD	ASW 60387