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Love Travels at Illegal Speeds [094635051926]

Graham Coxon
1 disc

1. Standing on My Own Again
2. I Can't Look at Your Skin
3. Don't Let Your Man Know
4. Just a State of Mind
5. You & I
6. Gimme Some Love
7. I Don't Wanna Go Out
8. Don't Believe Anything I Say
9. Tell It Like It Is
10. Flights to the Sea (Lovely Rain)
11. What's He Got?
12. You Always Let Me Down
13. See a Better Day
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 3505
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On his sixth solo album, LOVE TRAVELS AT ILLEGAL SPEEDS, former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon builds on the momentum of his well-received previous outing, HAPPINESS IN MAGAZINES. Like that record, LOVE finds Coxon once again working with renowned producer Stephen Street, and the album generally avoids the lo-fi experimentalism of earlier releases in favor of energetic power-pop, as best revealed on the revved-up "Standing on My Own Again" and the Kinks-like "You & I." Clearly comfortable as a singer by this point, Coxon lets his charmingly off-key voice carry largely acoustic tunes such as the wistful "Just a State of Mind" and the plaintive "See a Better Day," resulting in a varied and engaging album that is sure to please many Britpop fans.
Critic Reviews

Spin (p.97) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The guitarist's sixth album is his most accessible yet, crammed with melodic Brit punk played at maximum speed."
Q (p.118) - Ranked #51 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006."
Alternative Press (p.200) - "'You Always Let Me Down' is capable of making all the garage-rock singles in indie stores curl up and wilt."
Magnet (p.95) - "[H]is heartsick melancholy comes through perfectly on 'Tell It Like It Is'..."
CMJ (p.37) - "Coxon is more than capable of crafting solid pop, and his guitar work is still impressive."