Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)

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NM Original UK 1st Pressing
 
Parlophone Records: PCS 7373
Format: 12" LP, Black Vinyl
Includes: NM Heavy Custom Graphic Inner Sleeve
Cover Condition: NM! Just a touch of wear to the lower corners.
No ring wear, holes, creases, or saw-cuts. Very nice collectible condition.
Always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: NM! Great copy, plays and looks great! Labels are NM

Release Info:  I Should Coco is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Supergrass, released through Parlophone in May 1995. Supergrass were formed in 1993 by Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey and they released their debut single from the album, "Caught by the Fuzz", in May 1995 on the small independent local label Backbeat Records and was re-released with Parlophone. The title of the album is cockney rhyming slang for "I should say so", although the band have stated that the album doesn't have a particular meaning.

I Should Coco was recorded in Cornwall and produced by Sam Williams, who had been impressed by the band while scouting in Oxford. At the height of the Britpop era, the album became the band's most successful release when it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and subsequently gained platinum status for sales of album, which reached 900,000 copies worldwide and 500,000 in the UK. The most successful single released from I Should Coco is "Alright", it peaked at number-two in the UK Singles Chart, and gained silver status.

Supergrass have stated that the album title has no particular meaning; however, in Cockney rhyming slang "I should coco" (or "I should cocoa!") can be interpreted to mean "I should say so", a sarcastic exclamation of disbelief or anger. There is also a café on Oxford's Cowley Road, an area the group used to frequent, called Café Coco, and this may also have influenced the album's title.

The front cover of the album is a painting based on three separate photos of Gaz, Danny, and Mick. The portraits of Gaz & Danny were taken by Mick in the summer of 1994 when he was experimenting with a macro lens. The photo of Mick was taken that same year by a friend, while they were on tour in Wolverhampton. The painting was then created by the Moody Painters who were based on Oxford's Cowley Road. The white band at the top was inspired by an old Donovan record that Mick owned and is an homage to old 1950s and 1960s records, with the stereo-mono signs. The photo on the back of the album was taken at a club in London about five minutes after they came off stage. The photo actually consists of two separate shots because, as Mick explains it, "I was pulling a disgusting face in the original so we grafted my head onto this one from a nearly identical shot from the same session." All of these elements were then put together by Nick Bax of The Designers Republic to create the finished sleeve. The Bonus 7" featured a more kaleidoscope-style front cover.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Supergrass.

1. "I'd Like to Know" 4:02
2. "Caught by the Fuzz" 2:16
3. "Mansize Rooster" 2:34
4. "Alright" 3:01
5. "Lose It" 2:37
6. "Lenny" 2:42
7. "Strange Ones" 4:19
8. "Sitting Up Straight" 2:20
9. "She's So Loose" 2:59
10. "We're Not Supposed to" 2:03
11. "Time" 3:10
12. "Sofa (of My Lethargy)" 6:18
13. "Time to Go" 1:56