| The Sky Is Too High | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Graham Coxon |
| Cover: | GrahamCoxonSkyIsTooHigh.jpg |
| Released: | 10 August 1998 |
| Recorded: | 1998 |
| Length: | 36:20 |
| Label: | Transcopic TRAN005CD |
| Producer: | Graham Coxon |
| Next Title: | The Golden D |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
The Sky Is Too High is the debut solo album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.[1] Released in 1998, he wrote, recorded and produced all the music himself. Most of the album consists of lo-fi acoustic songs with some overdubbed electric guitar and percussion, similar in style to the Blur songs "Miss America" (from Modern Life is Rubbish) and "You're So Great" (from Blur, one of the few Blur songs with Coxon singing lead vocals).
The Guardian said that, "while there's nothing here to rival the fragility of Syd Barrett's 'Dark Globe' or the irreverence of the Silver Jews, Coxon displays an unsuppressable gift for musical bumbling, one that is impressive even when he doesn't seem to care at all."[2]
On the album cover, another song titled "(pause)" is listed in the track list between "Who the Fuck?" and "Mornin' Blues" but it has been crossed out, making it unreadable. There are however only 11 songs on the album and there is no track between "Who the Fuck?" and "Mornin' Blues".