# The Golden D
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Golden D
| type = studio
| artist = [Graham Coxon](/source/Graham_Coxon)
| cover = GrahamCoxonTheGoldenD.jpg
| released = 12 June 2000
| recorded = January 2000
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock), [indie rock](/source/indie_rock), [noise punk](/source/noise_rock), [lo-fi](/source/lo-fi_music)
| length = 44:20
| label = [Transcopic](/source/Transcopic_Records)
| producer = Graham Coxon
| prev_title = [The Sky Is Too High](/source/The_Sky_Is_Too_High)
| prev_year = 1998
| year = 2000
| next_title = [Crow Sit on Blood Tree](/source/Crow_Sit_on_Blood_Tree)
| next_year = 2001
}}
'''''The Golden D''''' is the second solo [album](/source/album) by [Blur](/source/Blur_(band)) [guitarist](/source/guitarist) [Graham Coxon](/source/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](/source/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](/source/That's_When_I_Reach_for_My_Revolver)", both from early eighties post punk band [Mission of Burma](/source/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[{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-golden-d/graham-coxon|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)|accessdate=2 April 2021}}]
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-golden-d-mw0000093592|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|last=Schroeder|first=Amy|accessdate=2 April 2021}}]
| rev2 = ''[Dotmusic](/source/Dotmusic)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|1|5}}[{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/albums/June2000/reviews14265.asp|title=GRAHAM COXON – 'THE GOLDEN D' (TRANSCOPIC)|website=[Dotmusic](/source/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 }}]
| rev3 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev3score = C+[{{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}}]
| rev4 = ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))''
| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{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](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)|last=Baillie|first=Russell|date=30 June 2000|access-date=10 November 2025}}]
| rev6 = ''[NME](/source/NME)''
| rev6Score = 6/10[{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-2371-335311|title=NME Review|website=[NME](/source/NME)|date=12 September 2005|accessdate=2 April 2021}}]
| rev7 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{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](/source/Rolling_Stone)|last=Work|first=Douglas|archive-date=29 May 2001|url-status=dead|accessdate=2 April 2021}}]
| rev9 = [Select](/source/Select_(magazine))
| rev9Score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{cite web|url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2012/09/braalbums.jpg|title=album reviews|website=[Select](/source/Select_(magazine))|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 }}]
}}
''The Golden D'' was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an [average](/source/weighted_arithmetic_mean) score of 56 based on 13 reviews.