ARTIST: Badly Drawn Boy
TITLE: Born in the U.K.
LABEL: Astralwerks Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 219kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 53m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-10-17
RIP DATE: 2006-10-06
Track List
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1. (Swimming Pool) 1:32
2. Born in the U.K. 2:35
3. Degrees of Separation 4:17
4. Welcome to the Overground 3:23
5. A Journey From A to B 3:44
6. Nothing's Gonna Change Your 5:20
Mind
7. Promises 5:06
8. The Way Things Used To Be 4:46
9. Without A Kiss 5:31
10. The Long Way Round (Swimming 4:53
Pool)
11. Walk You Home Tonight 3:45
12. The Time Of Times 3:19
13. One Last Dance 4:51
Release Notes:
http://www.badlydrawnboy.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/badlydrawnboy
http://www.astralwerks.com/
Easily the finest Badly Drawn Boy album since 2002's ABOUT A BOY soundtrack,
BORN IN THE U.K. finds the British alternative-pop artist (a.k.a. Damon Gough)
playing to his strengths after a period of creative stagnation. While the title
track (a nod to Gough's musical hero, Bruce Springsteen) is energetic and
assured as it careens over a Beatlesque drum line, "Nothing's Going to Change
Your Mind" is a lush, plaintive ballad that reinforces earlier comparisons to
Harry Nilsson. Although BORN IN THE U.K. doesn't feature the overt eclecticism
of Gough's lauded debut, THE HOUR OF BEWILDERBEAST, it benefits not only from
Gough's renewed focus on crafting compelling pop songs, but from a new creative
foil, Lemon Jelly's Nick Franglen, who helped to flesh out the album's
arrangements. Although the record will readily appeal to Badly Drawn Boy
diehards, it should also win over some lapsed fans, and garner some new admirers
as well.