Graham Coxon discography

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Graham Coxon discography
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Studio albums8
Live albums2
Video albums1
Singles14

Solo discography of the Blur guitarist and member Graham Coxon .

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1] [2]
The Sky Is Too High
  • Released: 10 August 1998
  • Label: Transcopic
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
31
The Golden D
  • Released: 12 June 2000
  • Label: Transcopic
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
81
Crow Sit on Blood Tree
  • Released: 6 August 2001
  • Label: Transcopic
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
131
The Kiss of Morning
  • Released: 21 October 2002
  • Label: Transcopic
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
126
Happiness in Magazines
  • Released: 17 May 2004
  • Label: Transcopic, Parlophone
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
19
Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
  • Released: 13 March 2006
  • Label: Transcopic, Parlophone
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
24
The Spinning Top
  • Released: 11 May 2009
  • Label: Transgressive
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
36
A+E
  • Released: 2 April 2012
  • Label: Transgressive
  • Format(s): CD, LP, download
39

Live albums

DVD

Singles

SingleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[4]
"Oochy Woochy"2000 The Golden D
"Thank God for the Rain" / "You Will Never Be" 200192 Crow Sit on Blood Tree
"Escape Song" / "Mountain of Regret" 200296 The Kiss of Morning
"Freakin' Out"200437 Happiness in Magazines
"Bittersweet Bundle of Misery"22
"Spectacular"32
"Freakin' Out" / "All Over Me" 19
"Standing on My Own Again"200620 Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
"You & I"39
"I Can't Look at Your Skin" / "What's He Got?"
"What Ya Gonna Do Now?" / "Bloody Annoying" Non-album singles
"This Old Town" (with Paul Weller)200739
"In the Morning" (limited 10" vinyl)2009 The Spinning Top
"Sorrow's Army"
"Dead Bees" / "Brave the Storm" (7" vinyl)
"What'll It Take"2012 A+E
"Ooh, Yeh Yeh" / "Seven Naked Valleys"
"Falling"2017Non-album single
SingleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[4]
US AAA
[5]
"Vegas" (with Sleeper)199533 Smart
"Visit from the Dead Dog" (with Ed Harcourt)200676 The Beautiful Lie
"Hurry Up England" (with Sham 69)10 Hurry Up England
"The Last of the English Roses" (with Pete Doherty)200967 Grace/Wastelands
"Desire" (with Paloma Faith & Bill Ryder)2012 ?Converse
"What You Gonna Do???" (with Bastille)2020 ?18Goosebumps
"My America Is Not Your America" (with Mexican Institute of Sound)2021 Distrito Federal

Compilation appearances

Guest appearances

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