Happiness in Magazines
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Production
Happiness in Magazines was produced by Stephen Street, accompanied by engineer Cenzo Townshend. It was then mastered by Bunt Stafford-Clark at Townhouse Studios in London. The artwork was designed by Alex Hutchinson, with images provided by Coxon.[1] Alongside Coxon, other musicians contributed to the recordings: organ and piano on "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery", "All Over Me", "Hopeless Friend", "Are You Ready?", "Bottom Bunk", and "Ribbons and Leaves" by Louis Vause; backing vocals on "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" and "Don't Be a Stranger", and marimba on "Don't Be a Stranger" by Angie Pollock; strings on "All Over Me", "Hopeless Friend", and "Are You Ready?" by the Duke Street Quartet; French horns on "Ribbons and Leaves" by Marcus Bates, Pip Eastop, and Phillip Woods. John Metcalf arranged the strings and horns parts that the Duke Street Quartet, Bates, Eastop, and Woods played.[2]
Singles
Four singles have been released from Happiness in Magazines.
- "Freakin' Out", released 8 March 2004 - charted at #37
- "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery", released 3 May 2004 - charted at #22
- "Spectacular", released 26 July 2004 - charted at #32
- "Freakin' Out" / "All Over Me", released 25 October 2004 - charted at #19
Reception
Template:Album ratings Happiness in Magazines was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 23 reviews.[3]
Track listing
All lyrics and music written by Graham Coxon.[1]
- "Spectacular" – 2:48
- "No Good Time" – 3:21
- "Girl Done Gone" – 3:57
- "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" – 4:53
- "All Over Me" – 4:16
- "Freakin' Out" – 3:42
- "People of the Earth" – 3:04
- "Hopeless Friend" – 3:22
- "Are You Ready?" – 4:42
- "Bottom Bunk" – 3:16
- "Don't Be a Stranger" – 3:29
- "Ribbons and Leaves" – 4:11
Personnel
Personnel per booklet and sleeve.[1][2]
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External links
- Happiness in Magazines at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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