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About a Boy
Soundtrack album by Badly Drawn Boy
Released	8 April 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) About a Boy (2002) Have You Fed the Fish? (2002)
Singles from About a Boy
"Silent Sigh" Released: 25 March 2002 "Something to Talk About" Released: 10 June 2002

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blender
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	4.9/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Uncut

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.

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

Charts

References

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2. Bush, John. "About a Boy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] – Badly Drawn Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
3. Harris, John (June–July 2002). "Badly Drawn Boy: About a Boy". Blender (7): 103. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
4. Hermes, Will (3 May 2002). "About a Boy / Chelsea Walls". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
5. Sullivan, Caroline (5 April 2002). "Badly Drawn Boy: About a Boy OST". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
6. Hilburn, Robert (21 April 2002). "Badly Drawn Boy 'About a Boy' ARTISTdirect Records/XL Recordings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
7. Segal, Victoria (6 April 2002). "Badly Drawn Boy : About A Boy OST". NME. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
8. Haywood, Brad (13 August 2002). "Badly Drawn Boy: About a Boy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
9. "Badly Drawn Boy: About a Boy". Q (189): 106. April 2002.
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• 2002 soundtrack albums
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