The Spinning Top

The Spinning Top
Studio album by
Released11 May 2009
Recorded2008–2009
GenreEnglish folk
Length68:26
LabelTransgressive
ProducerStephen Street
Graham Coxon chronology
Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
(2006)
The Spinning Top
(2009)
A+E
(2012)
Singles from The Spinning Top
  1. "In the Morning" (limited 10" vinyl)"
    Released: 18 April 2009
  2. "Sorrow's Army"
    Released: 18 May 2009
  3. "Dead Bees" / "Brave the Storm" (7" vinyl)"
    Released: 28 Sep 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Clash(7/10)
Gigwise.com
The Guardian
The Independent
Pitchfork Media(4.7/10)
Planet Sound(7/10)
PopMatters(8/10)
NME(8/10)
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The Spinning Top is the seventh studio album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on new record label Transgressive Records. The album is produced by Stephen Street and was released on 11 May 2009. It was Coxon's first album since Crow Sit on Blood Tree (2001) to be released while concurrently a member of Blur, and the first to be released following his returned to Blur in 2008. It is a concept album that follows a narrative of a man from birth to death.

The album was supported by the single "Sorrow's Army", released on 18 May.