About a Boy | ||||
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Released | 8 April 2002 | |||
Genre | Folk rock, folk pop | |||
Length | 44:22 | |||
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Producer | Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Rothrock, Steve McLaughlin | |||
Badly Drawn Boy chronology | ||||
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Singles from About a Boy | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 79/100 [1] |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
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NME | 8/10 [7] |
Pitchfork | 4.9/10 [8] |
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About a Boy is the second album by English singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough), released in 8 April 2002 under Twisted Nerve Records and XL Recordings, and in America under the short-lived ARTISTdirect Records, as the soundtrack to the film About a Boy . Gough was chosen to compose and perform the entire soundtrack.
In his book 31 Songs , About a Boy author Nick Hornby lists Gough's track "A Minor Incident" as one of the songs that has had an effect on his life.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Exit Stage Right" | 0:21 |
2. | "A Peak You Reach" | 4:33 |
3. | "Something to Talk About" | 3:41 |
4. | "Dead Duck" | 0:45 |
5. | "Above You, Below Me" | 2:40 |
6. | "I Love NYE" | 3:19 |
7. | "Silent Sigh" | 4:44 |
8. | "Wet, Wet, Wet" | 0:42 |
9. | "River, Sea, Ocean" | 2:24 |
10. | "S.P.A.T." | 3:24 |
11. | "Rachel's Flat" | 0:34 |
12. | "Walking Out of Stride" | 1:48 |
13. | "File Me Away" | 3:23 |
14. | "A Minor Incident" | 3:44 |
15. | "Delta (Little Boy Blues)" | 4:00 |
16. | "Donna and Blitzen" | 4:19 |
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