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With The Golden D, Graham Coxon--Blur's lead guitarist--appears to have achieved his life-long dream: to create the ultimate American indie rock album. In a huge departure from his somewhat limp, lo-fi solo debut, The Golden D is not afraid to crank up the volume and rock. From the outright thrash of album opener "Jamie Thomas" through the angst-ridden "Leave Me Alone" and into the trashy punk of "Fags + Failure", this is the sound that Blur themselves hinted at on their self-titled, international hit album. It's to Coxon's credit that none of these songs would sound out of place on albums by American indie icons such as Sonic Youth or Dinosaur Jr. And that's very high praise indeed. --Robert Burrow
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This was one of my favourite albums from last year. Graham Coxon's second solo album was a real shock for me as he went into overdrive on this excellent 12 song set and it was a real departure from Blur. Although it seems like some of the songs are just cheesy metal tunes (like Fags & Failure and Jamie Thomas) he infuses his own terrific guitar style to make the songs special. The cover songs of "Fame and Fortune" and "Thats when I reach for my revolver" are without doubt the best songs on the album and feature great vocals from Graham. Although my favourite was the gloomy but powerful instrumental "The Lake" with its momentous buildup. All in all this is one of the best albums from last year and it shows Graham Coxon's strength at writing solo material.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The Golden D is a lot like the older, more rebellious and spottier brother of "the sky is too high", there are tracks like "jamie thomas" and "leave me alone" which are so brash and raw, that merely make Grahams earlier tracks like "I Wish" and "Who The Fuck?" seem like nursery rhymes. But it is not all loud and fast, there are quieter more reflective moments such as "Dont think about always". This album will appeal to alternative music fans, from blur fans to slipknot fans, I challenge everyone not to find a track on this album they like.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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the best thing about 'the sky is too high' was the raw, can't-sing-for-toffee kinda style. 'the golden d' is still good but it's a shame there isn't more acoustic strumming and fewer samplers.
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Quite like this
Took a while to get into this one but when I did I loved it. Great to hear Graham do something so different to Blur and creating his own sound.
Published 17 months ago by kelly
Best of and most consistent of Grahams solo albums
After the mellow and lofi debut this is the P-U-R-E R-O-C-K solo album we all expected. Some good tunes on here, but also some bad ones: "Leave me alone" is just cheesy metal... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2002
oww! oohh! ARGH! Music to break bones to
Okay, you're directing a film, with a provisional title of'Skateboarders falling dramatically, somehow managing to get it in thegroin, big time!'. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2000
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