Happiness in Magazines is the fifth solo album by Graham Coxon. It was produced by Stephen Street who also produced Blur's first five albums and is Coxon's most commercially successful album to date. Happiness in Magazines reached 19 in the UK Albums chart and was certified Gold.

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.

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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.

Musicians

  • Graham Coxon – performer<!-- booklet doesn't list anything for him beyond performer -->
  • Louis Vause – organ <small>(tracks 4, 5, 8–10 and 12)</small>, piano <small>(tracks 4, 5, 8–10 and 12)</small>
  • Angie Pollock – backing vocals <small>(tracks 4 and 11)</small>, marimba <small>(track 11)</small>
  • The Duke Street Quartet – strings <small>(tracks 5, 8 and 9)</small>
  • John Metcalf – stringer arranger <small>(tracks 5, 8 and 9)</small>, horns arranger <small>(track 12)</small>
  • Marcus Bates – French horns <small>(track 12)</small>
  • Pip Eastop – French horns <small>(track 12)</small>
  • Phillip Woods – French horns <small>(track 12)</small>

Production and design

  • Stephen Street – producer
  • Cenzo Townshend – engineer
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering
  • Graham Coxon – images
  • Alex Hutchinson – design

References

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  • Happiness in Magazines at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)