I Should Coco

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Sporting sideburns almost as big as himself, Gaz Coombes more or less led Supergrass as the trio charged through a very goofy selection of pop-punk; think of them as the Who influenced by 1977 punk, or a British version of Green Day and you're getting somewhere close to the sound. The kids were more than alright, however, having more fun than was probably legal, with choruses that velcroed themselves to the brain ("Alright," "She's So Loose") while still being decidedly off-the-wall. The album included their first two singles, "Caught by the Fuzz" and "Mansize Rooster," just to add to its top pop quotient. --Chris Nickson --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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I'm Cuckoo for I Should Coco....

Two fantastic songs, lots of enthusiasm, not much else

I should Coco

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I'd like to know

I Should Coco
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Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B000002TXE
Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

I'd Like To Know
Caught By The Fuzz
Mansized Rooster
Alright
Lose It
Lenny
Strange Ones
Sitting Up Straight
She's So Loose
We're Not Supposed To
Time
Sofa (Of My Lethargy)
Time To Go

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Sporting sideburns almost as big as himself, Gaz Coombes more or less led Supergrass as the trio charged through a very goofy selection of pop-punk; think of them as the Who influenced by 1977 punk, or a British version of Green Day and you're getting somewhere close to the sound. The kids were more than alright, however, having more fun than was probably legal, with choruses that velcroed themselves to the brain ("Alright," "She's So Loose") while still being decidedly off-the-wall. The album included their first two singles, "Caught by the Fuzz" and "Mansize Rooster," just to add to its top pop quotient. --Chris Nickson

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I'm Cuckoo for I Should Coco...........2007-03-31

I Should Coco - The debut from Brit-pop trio Supergrass. In 1995 when this was released these Oxford boys were only teenagers creating a burst of delightful energy!
Slick production, fun hooks and fizz galore, a joy to listen all the way through, even though Gaz Coombes vocals shows it's limits. This is the only one to date that made any impact here in the United States. Supergrass' second effort "In It For The Money" is a bit darker and not as mischievious or exciting as "I Should Coco."
They were even offered their own television series by a U.S. TV producer in 1995; kind of like The Monkees in the '60s, but the band wasn't interested in his offer. I think that was a smart decision.
Their Hit Singles include songs "Lenny" - "Caught by the Fuzz" - "Mansize Rooster" & "Alright" - a Teen anthem and HUGELY popular and in heavy rotation on MTV. My absolute favorite song would have to be the opening track - "I'd Like to Know." - Very fast, fun teenage spirit. The only "somewhat" less up-beat song is the closing track "Time to Go" a bit Beatle-esque of a sound.
Truly remarkable! -For me- Somewhere in between 4 & 5 stars

Two fantastic songs, lots of enthusiasm, not much else.......2006-07-12

This CD starts out great, with "I'd Like To Know", a really energetic power-pop song and gets even better with "Caught By The Fuzz". It's a song about getting arrested, but instead of the usual bravado, it's a song about fear and shame, which makes it very uniquely human. I think it's an absolutely excellent song, that's way unappreciated.

For the rest of the CD, well, the band has plenty of energy and enthusiasm, but unfortunately, that isn't enough to make the rest of the songs all that worthwhile. The band has a few more moments, but I found this to be basically a two song CD.

The first two songs are 5+ star songs. The whole CD merits 3 1/2 stars, so in the generous Amazon rating system, it gets 4 stars from me.

I should Coco.......2006-03-20

Went to a concert here recently and it was the best one of my life. This cd is a little punkier with faster beats then other ones, still completely awesome.

Prodigy Pop Kings.......2005-11-26

Lot's of fun yet again, then at the end winds down to cool things off for the next supergrass cd which is "In It For The Money"

I Love Supergrass, Never Change

I'd like to know.......2005-08-29

It's funny how a name sticks in your head sometimes. In my blunted early youth, around when I began college, I heard of a band named Supergrass. Their hit single at the time, Pumping On Your Stereo, was receiving a modest amount of airplay in Los Angeles and I thought the tune was infectious. Fast forward to 2004. I was twenty-three, finished with school and gobbling up as many shows as I could catch in the New York area. Supergrass happened to be playing a show in Manhattan. I remembered Pumping On Your Stereo and quickly bought tickets to the show and their first album, I Should Coco. I read the reviews here and elsewhere and they were unanimously glowing.

What did I think? Well, being a voracious music listener I hope my own glowing review counts in influencing your decision to purchase a Supergrass album. They're all good, by the way, but this one is better than the rest and I recommend you start here. As stated earlier, I Should Coco is the lads' first album and it was written and recorded when frontman Gaz Coombes was still in his teens. This is a key fact you must keep in mind when listening to the record. Doing so will leave you in awe and will help you to appreciate the maturation exhibited on subsequent releases. How could a band of teenagers have their fingers on the pulse of pop music to this high a degree? It is an aberration to say the least. The last lads I saw do pop this well and this melodically went on to an unrivaled legendary status.

But don't let me get ahead of myself. I Should Coco begins sprinting out of the gate. I'd Like to Know, the opener, is so infectious that its hard to believe it was chosen to open the album. One would figure that exhausting this exhuberant a song so early might portend banality later on. Not so. Every subsequent song raises the bar over its predecessor. This album is fun, it is energetic, it is youthful, and it is silly to the point that it will make you smile. To paraphrase, it is everything that pop music should be. Mansized Rooster, Strange Ones, Alright, Lenny, Sit Up Straight, She's So Loose, and Time are all killer. The whole album is a classic and a nugget of the Britpop genre of the early-mid 90's.

It is tantamount to a crime that Supergrass never achieved mainstream recognition in the States but it is also a blessing. It means that those of us lucky enough to hear about Supergrass by keeping our ears to the ground are in on something special that most of our contemporaries are not.

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I Should Coco

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ASIN: B000HOJBO0
Release Date: 2006-10-17

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ASIN: B0000B0A1D
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Album Description

Full Title - I Should Coco / In It For The Money. 2 for 1 CD pack combines the band's albums originally released in 1995 & 1997. EMI.

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