The Golden D

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use British English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = The Golden D | type = studio | artist = Graham Coxon | cover = GrahamCoxonTheGoldenD.jpg | released = 12 June 2000 | recorded = January 2000 | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, indie rock, noise punk, lo-fi | length = 44:20 | label = Transcopic | producer = Graham Coxon | prev_title = The Sky Is Too High | prev_year = 1998 | year = 2000 | next_title = Crow Sit on Blood Tree | next_year = 2001 }}

'''''The Golden D''''' is the second solo album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, released in 2000. This outing saw him come back with some heavier, even lower-fi guitars and vocals. With only one track reminiscent of ''The Sky Is Too High'', "Keep Hope Alive," the album was a departure from both Blur and his previous work. The album features two covers, "Fame and Fortune" and "That's When I Reach for My Revolver", both from early eighties post punk band Mission of Burma. All other tracks were written by Coxon, who recorded all instruments, produced and mixed the album as well. The title of the album is a tongue in cheek reference to his favourite guitar chord, possibly at the time or a constant preference.

The album cover is a portion of Coxon's painting "The Blue Dog".

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 56/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-golden-d/graham-coxon|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2 April 2021}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-golden-d-mw0000093592|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Schroeder|first=Amy|accessdate=2 April 2021}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Dotmusic'' | rev2score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/albums/June2000/reviews14265.asp|title=GRAHAM COXON – 'THE GOLDEN D' (TRANSCOPIC)|website=Dotmusic|last=Flynn|first=Jackie|date=16 June 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000711043828/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/albums/June2000/reviews14265.asp |access-date=10 November 2025 |archive-date=11 July 2000 }}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/4549-graham-coxon-the-golden-d.php|title=Graham Coxon - The Golden D|website=Album of the Year|access-date=November 10, 2025}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Mojo'' | rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="MC"/> | rev5 = ''The New Zealand Herald'' | rev5score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/igraham-coxoni-the-golden-d/KPAVPVJTHGFGZMGX2UHMNN5GWQ/|title=Graham Coxon: The Golden D|website=The New Zealand Herald|last=Baillie|first=Russell|date=30 June 2000|access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-2371-335311|title=NME Review|website=NME|date=12 September 2005|accessdate=2 April 2021}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Q'' | rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="MC"/> | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=11742&cf=10770|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010529084030/http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=11742&cf=10770|title=Rolling Stone Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Work|first=Douglas|archive-date=29 May 2001|url-status=dead|accessdate=2 April 2021}}</ref> | rev9 = Select | rev9Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2012/09/braalbums.jpg|title=album reviews|website=Select|last=Lowe|first=Steve|date=July 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719153452/http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2012/09/braalbums.jpg |access-date=November 10, 2025 |archive-date=19 July 2017 }}</ref> }}

''The Golden D'' was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 56 based on 13 reviews.<ref name="MC"/>

In a review for AllMusic, Amy Schroeder said: "''Golden D'' which is named after the musical chord, focuses on rock - the hard and fast variety - and suggests Sonic Youth and Sex Pistols."<ref name="AM"/>

==Track listing== All songs are written by Graham Coxon, except where noted otherwise. {{tracklist | title1 = Jamie Thomas | length1 = 2:32 | title2 = The Fear | length2 = 3:02 | title3 = Satan I Gatan | length3 = 3:18 | title4 = Fame and Fortune | writer4 = Roger Miller | length4 = 3:35 | title5 = My Idea of Hell | length5 = 2:14 | title6 = Lake | length6 = 7:34 | title7 = Fags and Failure | length7 = 1:54 | title8 = Leave Me Alone | length8 = 3:10 | title9 = Keep Hope Alive | length9 = 3:56 | title10 = Oochy Woochy | length10 = 4:24 | title11 = That's When I Reach for My Revolver | writer11 = Clint Conley | length11 = 3:58 | title12 = Don't Think About Always | length12 = 4:43 | total_length = 44:20 }}

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==External links== * {{Discogs master|148726|type=album}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=88e05257-a466-323c-8df2-4df1300b68c3|name=The Golden D}} {{Graham Coxon}}

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