Badly Drawn Boy in general

Badly Drawn Boy first came to wide public attention when his album 'The Hour of the Bewildebeest' won the Mercury Music Award and the single from that album, 'Once More Around the Block', was used on just about every TV programme at the time. Damon Gough, the man who is BDB, must have almost suffocated under the avalanche of praise that deservedly was heaped upon him. Next came the soundtrack to 'About a Boy', and this month saw the release of his latest album, 'Have You Fed the Fish?' The title alone (and that of the first album) should tell you that a unique and slightly quirky (I HATE that word) mind is at work behind the ...

This opinion may offend some people because it isn't an informative track by track review of the album, but after watching Badly Drawn Boy's performance on "Later" I felt I had to say something. Despite the critical acclaim he has received (praised in some quarters as "the British Beck" and culminating in his album winning the Mercury Music Prize), I think he is a terrible artist. The 1st track he performed on "Later" (I think it was the recent single with the video that featured him carrying people on his back round the streets of NY) reminded me strongly of a school or 4th division pub band of c1975 struggling ...

I first heard Badly Drawn Boy on the radio, and I really didn't like it much, but recently I have heard more and more, and it really has grown on me. I'm wasn't really into the 'indie' side of music either, as I prefer bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead and Green day. Anyway, now Coldplay, the Doves and Badly Drawn Boy have arrived in my ears I am enjoying it a lot more. I haven't heard all of the album, and I haven't seen them perform live, but my favourite songs by them at the moment would have to be 'Once around the block', and 'Disillusion', which both have funny videos. One video is of the man ...