The Kiss of Morning

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The Kiss of Morning
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Studio album by
Released21 October 2002
RecordedTitanic Studios, London
Genre Alternative rock, psychedelic folk
Length46:23
Label Transcopic TRANSCD018
Producer Graham Coxon, Mike Pelanconi
Graham Coxon chronology
Crow Sit on Blood Tree
(2001)
The Kiss of Morning
(2002)
Happiness in Magazines
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME (8/10) [3]

The Kiss of Morning is the fourth solo album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, released on 21 October 2002 in the UK, being the first of Coxon's albums since his initial departure from Blur.

Contents

Background

In an interview with Q , Coxon explained that the title of the album stemmed from his changed outlook on life after struggling with alcoholism and becoming sober. [4]

Track listing

All words and music by Graham Coxon. [5]

No.TitleLength
1."Bitter Tears"5:18
2."Escape Song"2:26
3."Locked Doors"3:45
4."Baby, You're Out of Your Mind"1:56
5."It Ain't No Lie"2:55
6."Live Line"3:37
7."Just Be Mine"4:44
8."Do What You're Told To"4:34
9."Mountain of Regret"4:50
10."Latte"1:19
11."Walking Down the Highway"3:09
12."Song for the Sick"1:55
13."Good Times"5:55
14."All I Wanna Do Iz Listen to Yuz (Bonus track on the Japanese CD)"4:42

"All I Wanna Do Iz Listen to Yuz" was later released in the UK as a B-side to "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" in 2004.[ citation needed ]

Personnel

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