Vinyl Record
Supergrass
Supergrass on LP vinyl. A 1999 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 1999
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 1999 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Supergrass is the band's third album, released in 1999, and it is where the cartoon speed of I Should Coco and the swaggering confidence of In It For The Money start to cast longer shadows. The self-titled move feels deliberate: this is still a bright, funny, physical guitar band, but the record is stranger and more adult than the public image suggested. Moving opens with tour-weariness rather than adolescent glee, Your Love and What Went Wrong (In Your Head) carry heavier textures, Beautiful People keeps the pop wit sharp, Mary turns melodrama into one of their oddest singles, and Pumping On Your Stereo supplies the big grin without making the whole album live there. Rob Coombes' role in the writing and arrangements helps broaden the harmonic colour, while the production keeps enough grit around the hooks. It is a key Supergrass record because it refuses to stay young on command, choosing a darker, denser pop language without losing the band's kinetic charm.
Supergrass matters because it catches the band moving beyond Britpop shorthand at the end of the 1990s. The album keeps their melodic force but adds fatigue, shadow and wider arrangement detail, making it a more complex statement than its hit-single surface suggests.
For collectors, the self-titled album is the essential middle chapter between the first two breakthrough records and the later experimental turns. Moving, Pumping On Your Stereo and Mary give it recognisable anchors, while the deeper cuts reveal the band's maturing craft.
Late-1990s British guitar pop with glam-rock stomp, darker lyrical edges, organ and keyboard colour, sharp hooks, punchy drums, elastic Gaz Coombes vocals and a balance of weariness and exuberance.
Recommended for: Collectors filling the core Supergrass studio run; Listeners who want Britpop energy with a darker late-1990s edge; Fans of Moving, Pumping On Your Stereo and Mary.
When was Supergrass originally released? Supergrass was released in 1999 as the band's third studio album. Which singles came from Supergrass? Pumping On Your Stereo, Moving and Mary are the main singles associated with the album. How does the album differ from I Should Coco? It is less purely teenage and more textured, with darker moods and broader arrangements alongside the band's familiar hooks.