Diamond Hoo Ha

Diamond Hoo Ha was recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin where David Bowie, amongst others, had also previously recorded albums. "The whole place hasn't changed much since the Seventies – the furniture hadn't been cleaned, loads of the stuff didn't work. The mixing desk was quite fucked, so it took three or four days to get the first backing track done. But the atmosphere was great. It was a bit of a shaky start but we were flying after that," recounted Danny Goffey. Nick Launay, who had worked with names such as PiL, Kate Bush, Gang of Four, Midnight Oil and Nick Cave was nominated as producer for the record; "He [Launay] knew Danny was like an animal on the kit, about Rob's experimentation on the keyboards, what Mick could do on the bass. Nick just understood us. He's loved our band for a long time, seen us live, recognized the energy. At the start he said, I know what you can do, and I've seen you do it, but I'd love to make a record where you all go for it," said Gaz Coombes. The track "Bad Blood" is featured in the video game Need for Speed Undercover. == Packaging ==

The front cover displays the band in a group photo with their instruments; (the photography for this is credited to Kevin Westenberg) the guitar Gaz Coombes is pictured with is a Fender Telecaster Deluxe and the overall album artwork design was compiled by Traffic. == Reception ==

Diamond Hoo Ha was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on 22 reviews. The three singles from Diamond Hoo Ha received a fair amount of airplay on rock radio stations with all three entering the Xfm playlist. However, because the three singles did not enter the top 40 they did not receive very regular airplay on the more mainstream radio stations. The NME said that the album was "definitely worth making a Hoo Ha over", and Uncut claimed that it was "Twenty four carat stuff guaranteed." == Singles ==

• "Diamond Hoo Ha Man" – vinyl limited to 1500 copies • "Bad Blood" – No. 73 UK • "Rebel in You" – vinyl limited to 1500 copies == Track listing ==

All tracks written and composed by Supergrass (Coombes/Coombes/Goffey/Quinn). • "Diamond Hoo Ha Man" – 3:25 • "Bad Blood" – 3:03 • "Rebel in You" – 4:41 • "When I Needed You" – 2:31 • "345" – 3:39 • "The Return Of..." – 3:35 • "Rough Knuckles" – 3:24 • "Ghost of a Friend" – 3:54 • "Whiskey & Green Tea" – 4:16 • "Outside" – 3:32 • "Butterfly" – 5:10 == Personnel ==

Band • Gaz Coombes – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar • Mick Quinn – bass, backing vocals • Rob Coombes – keyboards, backing vocals • Danny Goffey – drums and percussion, lead vocals on 8 Additional personnel • Pete Wareham – saxophone on track 6 and track 9 • Jodie Rose – additional vocals on track 8 Production • Nick Launay – producer, mixing • Steven Marcussen – mastering • Stuart Whitmore – editing • Rich Costey – mixing on track 3 • Ian Davenport – additional recording • Sam Williams – additional arrangements on tracks 2, 3, 5, 10 and 11 == Charts ==