Supergrass Is 10: The Best of 1994-2004

Performer: Supergrass
Producer: Sam Williams; Supergrass; John Cornfield; Tony Hoffer
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Initial pressings of this US release includes a Limited Edition Live Bonus Disc of 11 songs. Initial pressings of Supergrass Is 10 included a bonus CD. Supergrass: Gaz Coombes (vocals, guitar); Mick Quinn (bass guitar); Danny Goffey (drums). Without rock bands like Supergrass life would be a bleaker thing. We don't need many such bands, just a couple here and there to remind us what rock music is really about: exuberance, loud guitars, a catchy melody, a good beat, and attitude. Since the release of 1994's single "Caught by the Fuzz," Supergrass has been churning out a consistently satisfying blend of the aforementioned items, a hopped-up rock blueprint that lifts from the best of Britpop--Bowie, the Beatles, the Buzzcocks, the Stones--yet manages to feel fresh and vital. SUPERGRASS IS 10: THE BEST OF 94-04, a retrospective of the band's first decade, is packed with fun, well-crafted tunes. Whether on T. Rex-inspired anthems ("Seen the Light"), topsy-turvy pop pastiches ("Mansized Rooster"), electro-boogie new wave ("Kiss of Life"), or absurdly catchy singalongs ("Pumping on Your Stereo"), Supergrass pushes the right buttons. They can groove slowly, as on "Time," or launch a full-on rock assault, as on "Richard III," but at their infectious, hooky best ("All right") they can make even the creakiest listeners feel like they're reliving teenage glories. A distillation of the best the band has to offer, SUPERGRASS IS 10 is an irresistible dose of high-octane rock & roll.

Entertainment Weekly (p.120) - "Still super. As refreshing as the smell of, um, newly cut grass." Magnet (p.96) - "[T]hese Oxford lads have compiled a best-of teeming with tightly wound pop projectiles..."

On its debut in 1995, the Oxford, U.K. trio Supergrass belied its youth with a precocious knowledge of British pop trends both past and present. Were they the new Small Faces or the British Monkees? The answer came two years later with the release of IN IT FOR THE MONEY, on which they shook off the sophomore jinx and demonstrated conclusively that they were among Britpop's finest proponents.

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