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((Infobox album
| name       = I Should Coco
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Supergrass]]
| cover      = I Should Coco.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 15 May 1995
| recorded   = February–August 1994
| studio     = [[Sawmills Studios]] in Cornwall
| genre      = ((hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[Britpop]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[pop punk]]))
| length     = 40:25
| label      = [[Parlophone]] (UK)<Br/>[[Capitol Records|Capitol]] (US)<Br/>[[The Echo Label|Echo]]/[[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] (2018 reissue)
| producer   = [[Sam Williams (record producer)|Sam Williams]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[In It for the Money]]
| next_year  = 1997
| misc       = ((Singles
 | name        = I Should Coco
 | type        = Album
 | single1     = [[Caught by the Fuzz]]
 | single1date = 17 October 1994
 | single2     = [[Mansize Rooster]]
 | single2date = 6 February 1995
 | single3     = Lose It
 | single3date = March 1995
 | single4     = [[Lenny (Supergrass song)|Lenny]]
 | single4date = 1 May 1995
 | single5     = [[Alright (Supergrass song)|Alright]]
 | single5date = 3 July 1995
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'''''I Should Coco''''' is the debut studio album by English [[alternative rock]] band [[Supergrass]], released on 15 May 1995 by [[Parlophone]]. The title of the album is [[Rhyming slang|Cockney rhyming slang]] for "I should think so".<ref name=Spin/>

Supergrass were formed in 1993 by [[Gaz Coombes]], [[Mick Quinn]] and [[Danny Goffey]], and they released their debut single, "[[Caught by the Fuzz]]", in October 1994 on the small independent local [[Record label|label]] Backbeat Records. Success of the single brought a major label record deal. ''I Should Coco'' was recorded in [[Cornwall]] and produced by [[Sam Williams (record producer)|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]],<ref name="#1">((cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=''British Hit Singles & Albums'' |publisher=[[HIT Entertainment]]|year=2006|edition=19|page=541|isbn=1-904994-10-5|title-link=Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums))</ref> and subsequently gained [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] status, selling over a million copies worldwide and 500,000 in the UK.<ref name="Dot Music">((cite news|title=SUPERGRASS Second LP features a more mature sound|publisher=Dot Music|date=April 1997))</ref> The most successful single released from ''I Should Coco'' is "[[Alright (Supergrass song)|Alright]]", which peaked at number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="#1"/> and gained [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] status.<ref>((cite web| url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=20127| title=Alright cecrtified award| publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]| access-date=23 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010054501/https://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=20127| archive-date=10 October 2017| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all))</ref>

==Recording and production==

Supergrass formed in 1993 after the break-up of [[The Jennifers]] and consists of Gaz Coombes (lead vocals), Danny Goffey (drums), Mick Quinn (bass), and [[Rob Coombes]] (keyboards). Gaz Coombes, Goffey, and Quinn had been playing gigs around Oxford when they were spotted by producer Sam Williams, who said he wanted to work with them. Between the months of May and August, the band recorded a six track demo at Sawmills Studio and, having signed a deal with Backbeat Records, a limited number of copies of "[[Caught by the Fuzz]]" and "[[Mansize Rooster]]" were released. The demo had also quickly reached [[EMI]], however, and that led to the group being signed by the [[Parlophone]] label, which would re-release the two songs. Quinn said "it took about three and a half months total recording time and cost less to make than the video for Alright."<ref>((cite web|last=Quinn|first=Mick|author-link=Mick Quinn|title=I Should Coco|publisher=Children of the Monkey Basket|url=http://www.childrenofthemonkeybasket.com/discography/discomain.htm|access-date=16 June 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515121318/http://www.childrenofthemonkeybasket.com/discography/discomain.htm |archive-date = 15 May 2008))</ref>

A recording made at [[Carfax, Oxford|Carfax Tower]] in Oxford provided the bell chimes heard at the end of "Strange Ones".<ref>((cite web  | last = Quinn  | first = Mick  | author-link = Mick Quinn  | title = Oxford – The Apollo Theatre  | publisher = Children of the Monkey Basket  | url = http://www.childrenofthemonkeybasket.com/diarynew1/oxford/D11.htm  | access-date = 17 June 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816230103/http://www.childrenofthemonkeybasket.com/diarynew1/oxford/D11.htm |archive-date = 16 August 2007))</ref> These chimes were only heard on the ''I Should Coco'' version, not on ''[[Supergrass Is 10]]'', because on the ''I Should Coco'' album the chimes are used as a transition to the next track, "Sitting Up Straight", which was not included in ''Supergrass Is 10''. "Strange Ones" was written about [[Cowley Road, Oxford]],<ref>((cite news   | last = Hughes  | first = Tim  | title = Supergrass put on super show  | newspaper = [[Oxford Mail]]  | date = 21 December 2007  | url = http://www.oxfordmail.net/whatson/musics/musicreviews/display.var.1923246.0.supergrass_put_on_super_show.php  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120908100746/http://www.oxfordmail.net/whatson/musics/musicreviews/display.var.1923246.0.supergrass_put_on_super_show.php  | url-status = dead  | archive-date = 8 September 2012  | access-date = 18 June 2008))</ref> a place where the band once lived. It was originally intended to be the "throwaway song" on the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to "Caught by the Fuzz". Another song on the album with the same theme, "I'd Like To Know", was inspired by listening to "Strange Ones" played backwards on tape [[Compact Cassette|cassette]]. Supergrass took this sound, wrote new lyrics for it, and had another song for their album.<ref name="NME">((cite news|title=Little Cred Roosters|last=Robinson|first=John|date=18 February 1995|publisher=[[NME]]))</ref> Gaz Coombes says, "One of the highlights of this album was recording 'Sofa (Of My Lethargy)'.&nbsp;... I remember everybody got in the live room and had an instrument, including Sam [Williams] on bass, a friend of his on [[Hammond organ]] and we played the rest, all live, one take.&nbsp;... We made ''I Should Coco'' so fast because we wanted to catch the energy and excitement of the songs on tape, and do it before the money ran out!"<ref>''Supergrass Is 10'' album booklet</ref> In a 2005 interview with [[BBC Radio London]] Quinn remembered "writing that song ['Time'] in my living room on a rainy day and Gaz sort of turned up with this chord sequence and we just went straight through it and just did it on [[Multitrack recording|4 track]]".<ref>((cite web| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/entertainment/music/supergrass_interview.shtml| title=Supergrass live on BBC London – Part one (8', 53")| publisher=[[BBC Radio London]]| year=2002| access-date=18 June 2008))</ref>

==Cover art and title==
The album title is [[Cockney rhyming slang]] for "I should think so".<ref name=Spin/> The front cover of the album is a painting based on three separate photos of Coombes, Goffey, and Quinn. The portraits of Coombes and Goffey were taken by Quinn in the summer of 1994 when he was experimenting with a [[Macro photography|macro]] lens.<ref name=Quinn/> The photo of Quinn 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 Quinn 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 consists of two separate shots grafted together because Quinn was "pulling a disgusting face in the original".<ref name=Quinn/> All of these elements were then put together by [[Nick Bax]] of [[The Designers Republic]] to create the finished sleeve.<ref name=Quinn>((cite web| url= http://www.childrenofthemonkeybasket.com/artwork/coco/index.html| title=I Should Coco Artwork| publisher=Children of the Monkey Basket| access-date=13 June 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090530044223/http://www.childrenofthemonkeybasket.com/artwork/coco/index.html |archive-date=30 May 2009 ))</ref> The Bonus 7" featured a more [[kaleidoscope]]-style front cover, based on an original 1960's Parlophone paper 'company sleeve'.

==Music==
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The group's primary musical influences came from bands such as [[Buzzcocks]], [[The Jam]], [[Madness (band)|Madness]] and [[The Kinks]].<ref>((cite web|url=((AllMusic|class=artist|id=p142415|pure_url=yes))|title=Supergrass Biography|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=19 October 2008))</ref> Supergrass took this contemporary music and mixed it with [[pop punk]]'s characteristic fast, three-chord, guitar-based, catchy tunes to produce a sound uniquely their own; "we were just the three of us in my bedroom or someone's house, just making&nbsp;... we played really hard and just made loads of noise. Most of our early songs were just three chord grooves and stuff that was fun to play. So that's why the first album sounded so 'punky', I think&nbsp;... it's just 'cause we were all used to playing in this small room and it being really loud, so we just made the album sound like that."<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/supergrass.html |title=Supergrass- interview and show review |publisher=Furious.com |date=29 July 1997 |access-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525011141/http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/supergrass.html |archive-date=25 May 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all ))</ref><ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/supergrass |title=Beyond: Supergrass |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=17 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419053420/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/supergrass |archive-date=19 April 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy ))</ref> ''[[Songs for Beginners]]'' by [[Graham Nash]] was another possible influence on ''I Should Coco''. Gaz Coombes told ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2003, "We used to listen to it a lot when we lived in Cowley Road in Oxford in 1994, just when the band were getting big."<ref>((cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|title=Pumping on my stereo|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 August 2003|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/homeentertainment/story/0,12830,1009681,00.html|access-date=18 June 2008))</ref>

The musical styles and their particular inspirations for the songs on this album were extremely diverse. For example, there is the cheerful, fast, keyboard-augmented "I'd Like to Know", the guitar-driven [[Punk rock|punk]] narrative "Caught by the Fuzz", the mainly piano-based rhythm of the teen [[anthem]] "[[Alright (Supergrass song)|Alright]]", and the [[country music]]-influenced [[steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]] in "Time to Go". Even in the varied genre of Britpop, ''I Should Coco'' was seen as eclectic. Overall, the album has been described as Britpop, influenced in equal parts by Buzzcocks and The Kinks, with strong hints of [[Supertramp]] in "She's So Loose", "Lose It" and the intro of "Strange Ones".<ref>((cite web| url=http://www.themodernmusic.com/2006/03/supergrass-i-should-coco.html| title=Supergrass – I Should Coco| publisher=Modern Music| access-date=16 June 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616092634/http://www.themodernmusic.com/2006/03/supergrass-i-should-coco.html| archive-date=16 June 2008| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all))</ref>

In a 1995 interview with ''[[Metro Silicon Valley|Metro]]'', Mick Quinn said, "We listen to a lot of different kinds of music. We're ''not'' a '60s-revival band! We like things from the '70s and beyond as well; everything from [[Sly and the Family Stone]] and [[Motown]] to Frank Black and Tricky."<ref>((cite news|last=Baxter|first=Nicky|title=Supergrass borrows from '60s hippie music and '70s soul|newspaper=[[Metro Silicon Valley|Metro]]|date=22 November 1995|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/11.16.95/supergrass-9546.html|access-date=16 June 2008))</ref>

"Strange Ones" and "I'd Like to Know" are both songs about the strange people on [[Cowley Road, Oxford]]. Mick Quinn tried to describe the concept: "There's a few people who are just really out there. There's a lot of people around Oxford who are real [[Drug addiction|spliffheads]] and that, who go and lie down in Port Meadow, but I'm not really sure about them. I'm not really sure that they're individuals: they're part of a much larger thing." Danny Goffey added, "They're the sort of people who don't fit in anywhere, who don't link up with everyday life at all."<ref name="NME"/>

"Caught by the Fuzz" was based on a real-life event: Gaz Coombes's arrest and caution for possession of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] aged fifteen.<ref>((cite episode|title=Going Underground 476|series=Going Underground on Gouwestad Radio|airdate=2008-07-11|number=476))</ref><ref>((cite web
 |title=Supergrass 
 |publisher=[[The Biography Channel]] 
 |url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1284:1499/1/Supergrass.htm 
 |access-date=5 November 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524000529/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1284%3A1499/1/Supergrass.htm 
 |archive-date=24 May 2009 
 |df=dmy-all 
))</ref> In a 2004 interview, Coombes said "It wasn't trying to be a real statement, but at the time we knew that it was a big deal. Kids all around England were getting nicked for having a bit of hash on them. In Oxford that kind of thing happened quite a lot. It's all true so it was easy to write. It was a funny experience – not too funny at the time 'cause I was only 15 and shitting myself. The song has that disturbing energy. It's comparable to your heart racing. The adrenaline rush you get when your mum walks into the police station is similar to the energy of the song."<ref>((Cite news|last=Collins|first=Robert|date=May 2004|title=Still on the Buzz!|periodical=Play Music))</ref>

"[[Mansize Rooster]]" is said to be about a young boy with a large [[human penis|penis]], although this is not obvious from the lyrics.<ref name="Q">((cite magazine|title=Hey! Hey! We're The Cheeky Monkeys!|last=Maconie|first=Stuart|author-link=Stuart Maconie|date=October 1995|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=109))</ref> Gaz Coombes once stated in an interview that "the most embarrassing moment in pop is on our album where it goes: 'Oi Mum! Got any [[Methaqualone|mandies]]?'"<ref>((cite news|title=Coco Pop|last=Parkes|first=Taylor|date=20 May 1995|publisher=[[Melody Maker]]))</ref> This was one of the many exclamations made between tracks on ''I Should Coco'' in the sped-up voices of the band members. It was said before the song "We're Not Supposed To" began.

==Release and reception==
((Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = ((Rating|5|5))<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-should-coco-mw0000174212 |title=''I Should Coco'' – Supergrass |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine))</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2Score = ((Rating|3.5|4))<ref>((cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-07-27/features/9507270012_1_star-lene-lovich-guitars |title=Supergrass: ''I Should Coco'' (Capitol) |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=27 July 1995 |access-date=11 May 2016 |last=Caro |first=Mark))</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = A<ref>((cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1995/07/21/i-should-coco |title=''I Should Coco'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |issue=284 |date=21 July 1995 |access-date=8 September 2011 |issn=1049-0434 |last=Flaherty |first=Mike))</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = ((Rating|5|5))<ref>((cite news |title=CD of the week: Supergrass |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 May 1995 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline))</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5Score = ((Rating|5|5))<ref>((cite magazine |title=Supergrass: ''I Should Coco'' |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=264 |date=November 2015 |last=Myers |first=Ben |page=105))</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6Score = 9/10<ref name="NME2">((cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000324reviews.html |title=Supergrass – ''I Should Coco'' |magazine=[[NME]] |date=13 May 1995 |access-date=11 May 2016 |last=Sutherland |first=Steve |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817181117/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000324reviews.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 |url-status=dead))</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref>((cite magazine |title=Supergrass: ''I Should Coco'' |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=105 |date=June 1995 |page=118))</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev8Score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref>((cite magazine |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/coco |title=Supergrass – ''I Should Coco'' |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |issue=447 |date=December 2015 |access-date=12 May 2020 |last=Kennedy |first=Jake))</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = ((Rating|3.5|5))<ref>((cite magazine |title=Supergrass: ''I Should Coco'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=10 August 1995 |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |page=59))</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10Score = 6/10<ref name="Spin">((cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ra1GApGshtQC&pg=PA113 |title=Supergrass: ''I Should Coco'' |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=11 |issue=6 |date=September 1995 |access-date=11 May 2016 |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |page=113))</ref>
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''I Should Coco'' reached number one on the UK Albums Chart,<ref name="#1"/> stayed there for three weeks,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/numberalb5.html|title=Number 1 Albums – 1990s|publisher=Every Hit))</ref> and still remains the only number-one album Supergrass has ever achieved.<ref name="charts">((cite web |title=Supergrass &#124; full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9825/supergrass/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=16 September 2019))</ref> It sold 500,000 copies domestically, earning [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum]] status in the UK, and has sold over a million copies worldwide.<ref>((cite web| url= http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/me990728.htm| title="Supergrass" Press Release|publisher=The Strange Ones Supergrass Site|date=July 1999))</ref>((bsn|reason=needs independent source|date=February 2024)) ''[[NME]]'' writer Steve Sutherland gave the album a nine-out-of-ten rating. He wrote, "They play with the skill and assurance of a band who've been going for decades yet they still burn off the buzz of being new to the game." He added, "There's nothing contrived about ''I Should Coco'', nothing added for effect."<ref name="NME2"/>

Culturally, the album's glorification of teenage freedom made a very big impact on the overall Britpop music scene. The whole genre was seen as the voice of youth, but Supergrass, still teens themselves when the album was made, addressed the subject with more insight than most. The most well-known song from the album, "Alright", is still played regularly in Britain and Ireland, and held up as a musical example of teenage rebellion. Though it is one of their most popular songs, the band rarely play "Alright" in their live sets any more. In a 1999 interview, Gaz Coombes joked, "We don't play 'Alright' anymore. We should play it in a minor key, and in the past tense."<ref>1999 interview with Johnathan Cohen from [https://web.archive.org/web/20030114110729/http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/43 nudeasthenews.com]</ref> Around the time of its release Coombes said that "it wasn't written as an anthem. It isn't supposed to be a rally cry for our generation. The stuff about (('))''We are young/We run green&nbsp;...''((')) isn't about being 19 but really 13 or 14 and just discovering girls and drinking. It's meant to be light-hearted and a bit of a laugh, not at all a rebellious call to arms." Danny Goffey noted, "It certainly wasn't written in a very summery vibe. It was written in a cottage where the heating had packed up and we were trying to build fires to keep warm."<ref name="Q"/>

All five singles released in the UK from ''I Should Coco'' were well received by the British public. The first single from the album, "Caught by the Fuzz", peaked at number 43 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="charts" /> The second single from the album, "Mansize Rooster", was played as Supergrass's first [[live television]] performance on ''[[The Word (TV series)|The Word]]'' in 1995, and reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="charts" /> "Lose It", officially the third single taken from the album, was a vinyl-only US release from [[Sub Pop]] records.<ref>((cite web| url=http://www.supergrass.tv/discography/CDloseit.php| title=Supergrass Discography: Lose It| publisher=Supergrass.tv| access-date=17 June 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526175929/http://www.supergrass.tv/discography/CDloseit.php| archive-date=26 May 2008| df=dmy-all))</ref> "[[Lenny (Supergrass song)|Lenny]]" was the fourth single from ''I Should Coco''; it reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained there for four weeks.<ref name="charts" /> The final release from the album, "Alright/Time", proved to be their breakthrough single, largely due to the popularity of the song "Alright". Supergrass's highest ranked single to date, along with "[[Richard III (song)|Richard III]]", "Alright" reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart,<ref name="charts" /> remained in the top three for a month, and still receives airplay in the UK.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.music-city.org/Supergrass/biography/ |title=Supergrass biography: beginnings, career, success |publisher=Music City |access-date=13 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524014200/http://www.music-city.org/Supergrass/biography/ |archive-date=24 May 2009 |df=dmy-all ))</ref> ''I Should Coco'' was nominated for Best Album at the 1995 [[Mercury Prize]] awards, and the single "Alright" from the album won an [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for Best Contemporary Song.<ref>((cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456975/html/nn1page5.stm |title=Highs and Lows of the Mercury Music Prize – 1995 |work=BBC Online |access-date=12 June 2008  | date=20 June 2005))</ref><ref name="BBCSuffolk">((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/entertainment/music/V2002/v2002_supergrass.shtml |title=Award winning Supergrass |publisher=BBC Suffolk |access-date=13 June 2008 ))</ref>

In a 2005 interview with ''[[The Times]]'', Coombes said, "It's insane that people think we would ever sound like that again&nbsp;... We're proud of 'Alright' and how well it did, but we never wanted to find a formula and stick to it. Our aim was always to progress and keep the music interesting, for us and for the fans. So the people who see us in the street and still shout 'We are young' may not like the new album, but fans who have grown up with us and know to expect change probably will."<ref>((cite news|last=Verrico|first=Lisa|title='Grass get greener|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=13 August 2005|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/whats_on/listings/article553445.ece|access-date=16 June 2008 | location=London))</ref>

''I Should Coco'' was included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>((cite book |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition |editor1-last=Dimery |editor1-first=Robert |publisher=[[Universe Publishing|Universe]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2|title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ))</ref> In a 2007 retrospective review of the album, Al Fox of [[BBC Music]] hailed it as "an iconic 90s masterpiece".<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/wn9x/ |title=Supergrass ''I Should Coco'' Review |publisher=[[BBC Music]] |date=2 November 2007 |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Fox |first=Al))</ref>

==Track listing==
((tracklist
| total_length    = 40:25
| all_writing     = [[Supergrass]], unless otherwise noted.
| title1          = I'd Like to Know
| length1         = 4:02
| title2          = [[Caught by the Fuzz]]
| length2         = 2:16
| title3          = [[Mansize Rooster]]
| length3         = 2:34
| title4          = [[Alright (Supergrass song)|Alright]]
| length4         = 3:01
| title5          = Lose It
| length5         = 2:37
| title6          = [[Lenny (Supergrass song)|Lenny]]
| length6         = 2:42
| title7          = Strange Ones
| length7         = 4:19
| title8          = Sitting Up Straight
| length8         = 2:20
| title9          = She's So Loose
| length9         = 2:59
| title10          = We're Not Supposed To
| length10         = 2:03
| title11          = Time
| length11         = 3:10
| title12          = Sofa (of My Lethargy)
| length12         = 6:18
| title13          = Time to Go
| length13         = 1:56
))

((tracklist
| headline        = Limited Edition Bonus 7"
| total_length    = 48:40| title1          = [[Stone Free]]
| note1           = [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] cover
| writer1         = [[Jimi Hendrix]]
| length1         = 3:10
| title2          = Odd?
| note2           = [[John Peel]] Session
| writer2         =
| length2         = 5:05
))

==Personnel==
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;<big>'''Supergrass'''</big>
* [[Gaz Coombes]] – vocals, guitar
* [[Danny Goffey]] – drums, backing vocals
* [[Mick Quinn]] – bass guitar, backing vocals

'''Additional musicians'''
* [[Rob Coombes]] – keyboards

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;<big>'''Production'''</big>
* Sam Williams – record producer, bass on "Sofa (Of My Lethargy)"
* John Cornfield – [[Audio engineering|engineer]]
* The Moody Painters – [[Cover art|cover design]] ([[illustration]])
* [[The Designers Republic]] – cover design ([[Record sleeve|sleeve]])
* Paul Stanley – photography
((col-end))

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''I Should Coco''
! scope="col"| Chart (1995–1996)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>((cite Ryan|page=272))</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| 57
|-
((album chart|Netherlands|73|artist=Supergrass|album=I Should Coco|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2021))
|-
((album chart|Finland|32|artist=Supergrass|album=I Should Coco|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2021))
|-
((album chart|Germany4|70|id=18923|artist=Supergrass|album=I Should Coco|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2021))
|-
((album chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Supergrass|album=I Should Coco|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2021))
|-
((album chart|Sweden|36|artist=Supergrass|album=I Should Coco|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2021))
|-
((album chart|UK2|1|date=19950723|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2021))
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Ceremony
! Award
! Result
|-
|1996
| [[List of Ivor Novello Award winners and nominees (1990s–2000s)|Ivor Novello Awards]]
| Best Contemporary Song ("Alright")
| Won
|-
|1995
| [[Mercury Prize]]
| Best Album
| Nominated<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nationwidemercurys.com/ |title=Search for I Should Coco |publisher=Mercury Prize |access-date=20 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207135854/http://nationwidemercurys.com/ |archive-date=7 February 2011 |df=dmy ))</ref>
|}

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
<!-- This is a licensed stream for the album, which is allowed under Wikipedia polices -->
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVn8euBSpKlwrtEocz7BLhO4Bk6txYrB- ''I Should Coco''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)
*[http://www.last.fm/music/Supergrass/I+Should+Coco I Should Coco] at [[Last.fm]]
*[http://www.strangeones.co.uk/music/78_01.htm I Should Coco] at The Strange Ones
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090530044223/http://www.childrenofthemonkeybasket.com/artwork/coco/index.html I Should Coco Artwork]

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