The Spinning Top

For other uses, see Spinning top (disambiguation).

The Spinning Top
Studio album by
Graham Coxon
Released11 May 2009
Recorded2008–2009
GenreEnglish folk
Length68:26
LabelTransgressive
ProducerStephen Street
Graham Coxon chronology
Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
(2006) 		The Spinning Top
(2009) 		A+E
(2012)
Singles from The Spinning Top
  1. "In the Morning" (limited 10" vinyl)"
    Released: 18 April 2009
  2. "Sorrow's Army"
    Released: 18 May 2009
  3. "Dead Bees" / "Brave the Storm" (7" vinyl)"
    Released: 28 Sep 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash(7/10)[3]
Gigwise.com[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
Pitchfork Media(4.7/10)[7]
Planet Sound(7/10)[8]
PopMatters(8/10)[9]
NME(8/10)[10]
Uncut[11]

The Spinning Top is the seventh studio album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on new record label Transgressive Records. The album is produced by Stephen Street and was released on 11 May 2009. It was Coxon's first album since Crow Sit on Blood Tree (2001) to be released while concurrently a member of Blur, and the first to be released following his returned to Blur in 2008.[12] It is a concept album that follows a narrative of a man from birth to death.[13]

The album was supported by the single "Sorrow's Army", released on 18 May.

  1. ^ "The Spinning Top by Graham Coxon". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ The Spinning Top at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top". Clashmusic.com. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Graham Coxon - 'The Spinning Top' (Transgressive) Released 11/05/09". Gigwise.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Pop review: Graham Coxon, the Spinning Top". TheGuardian.com. 18 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Album: Graham Coxon, the Spinning Top (Transgressive)". Independent.co.uk. 24 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Graham Coxon: The Spinning Top". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ "Teletext Planet Sound Album/Live Reviews - Graham Coxon/The Spinning Top". Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  9. ^ "Graham Coxon: The Spinning Top < PopMatters". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Album Review : Graham Coxon". NME. 8 May 2009.
  11. ^ "Album review: Graham Coxon - the Spinning Top - Review - Uncut.co.uk". Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Graham Coxon previews new album at SXSW | NME.COM". NME. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Modern Music: Graham Coxon - the Spinning Top". Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.