About a Boy (soundtrack)

About a Boy
Soundtrack album by Badly Drawn Boy
Released April 23, 2002
Genre Folk rock, folk pop
Length 44:22
Label Stoinked Paramount, Viacom, Epic
Producer Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Rothrock, Steve McLaughlin
Badly Drawn Boy chronology

The Hour of Bewilderbeast
(2000)
About A Boy
(2002)
Have You Fed the Fish?
(2002)
Singles from About a Boy
  1. "Something to Talk About"
    Released: 30 July 2002
  2. "Silent Sigh"
    Released: 12 August 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
musicOMH favorable[2]
Pitchfork Media (4.9/10)[3]
The Austin Chronicle [4]

About a Boy is an album by Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) released in 2002 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.

Track listing

No. Title Length
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

Personnel

Additional musicians

References

  1. Bush, John. "Review: About A Boy, Badly Drawn Boy". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  2. Murphy, John (April 8, 2002). "Review: Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy (XL)". musicOMH. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  3. Haywood, Brad (August 13, 2002). "Review: Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  4. Savlov, Mark (May 17, 2002). "Review: About A Boy". Nick Barbaro. Retrieved 19 June 2009.