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The Sky Is Too High
Graham Coxon (Transcopic 1998)
One of the finest albums made. An astonishing moody piece of work. However the listener has to be clever and be prepared to hear noises that are not aesthetically pleasing. If you can do this then you are in for a real treat.
The Blur guitarist is an expert at making himself sound very fragile. On these tracks the listener is forced to see things from his point of view and your heart is hollowed of everything bar the mood the song induces. Then he becomes angry and that’s when he makes ‘nasty’ noises on his guitar.
Graham plays all the instruments on the album. Extremely innovative guitar stretching the limits of the guitars emotion inducing ability. The drums are excellent, usually only included on the heavier tracks.
Tracks that stick out: Who The F**k? An absolute mental metal angst fuelled rebellion song. Either sarcastically shouting “Who the f**k you looking at?” obviously taking the Mick of ‘Hard people’ or shouting it because that’s what he wants to say but without his guitar he isn’t big and ‘hard’ enough to say it.
“That’s all I wanna do” is one of the best love songs ever.
“I wish” is an incredibly powerful songs. It’s so powerful with his acoustic guitar you barley notice when the drums and electric guitar come hammering in.
It’s unfair to pick out any of the in terms In fact all the songs stick out. They’re all amazing.
Great, great lyrics. That are so beautifully poetic and sum up his viewpoint so well that you end up (well err..) loving him.
A gauche, powerful beautiful album.