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	Twisted Nerve XL ARTISTdirect
Producer	Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Rothrock, Steve McLaughlin
Badly Drawn Boy chronology
The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000)The Hour of Bewilderbeast2000 About A Boy (2002) Have You Fed the Fish? (2002)Have You Fed the Fish?2002
Alternative cover
Singles from About a Boy
"Something to Talk About" Released: 30 July 2002 "Silent Sigh" Released: 12 August 2002

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 the second album by English singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy, released in 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.

Track listing

Personnel

• Damon Gough – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, celeste, Fender Rhodes, xylophone, harmonica, backing vocals, horns, strings, flute, percussion, triangle, co-producer

Additional musicians

• Sasha Krivstsov – bass
• Joey Waronker – drums
• Pete Thomas – drums
• Tom Rothrock – drum programming, synth sweeps, synth, bass, co-producer
• Jon Brion – fuzz guitar, Chamberlin, bass, vibes, voices
• Mike Brenner – lap steel, lap steel noises
• Steve McLaughlin – keyboards, co-producer
• Patrick Seymour – keyboards, conductor
• Jonathan Reese – orchestra leader
• Pete Beechill – trombone
• Jeff Turmes – saxophone
• Chuy Flores – backward noises
• Suzie Katayyama – orchestra arranger & conductor
• Sharon Celani – backing vocals
• Gia Ciambotti – backing vocals
• Ashley Arrison – backing vocals
• London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings

References