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About A Boy [Soundtrack] - Badly Drawn Boy
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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16

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  1. KathrynK.
    Apr 30, 2002
    9
    BDB is incredible!! more please!!!!
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  2. GilbertMulroneycakesVersusTheMartians
    Dec 3, 2002
    9
    I don't usually like to review music as the medium is so objective that few people's opinions can stretch largely beyond themselves. However, you can still be terribly unfair on it. The About A Boy OST is exactly that: an OST. It doesn't work as an album because it's not supposed to. It's still got some great tunes thereon.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MonkeyMalone
    Apr 23, 2002
    8
    Rolling Stone can bite my butt!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  4. HenryH.
    May 25, 2002
    8
    Sound of the new century John Lennon.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  5. JayE.
    Jun 27, 2002
    10
    i'd give more than 10 if i could. brilliant stuff. 'nuff said.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. MaynardJ.Keenan
    Jul 19, 2002
    8
    It sounds pretty and lovely!!! The best one for listening on the morning when you wake up, it'll make you feel pretty good. Thanks a lot Badly Drawn...
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. JN
    Jul 25, 2002
    10
    feelgood album of the summer and probably the year!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  8. DaveN.
    Sep 13, 2002
    10
    It does not get much better than this.....
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. GeorgeF.
    May 28, 2002
    10
    this album rules!! the best thing life has ever brought me!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. DaveL
    Aug 22, 2002
    8
    Very good album....solid songwriting, great singing. "Silent Sigh" is one of the best songs of the year.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  11. JaredSS
    May 24, 2004
    9
    Absolutely brilliant...what we've come to expect from Badly Drawn Boy. I like seeing somebody who has the balls to experiment while he's supposed to be making a radio-friendly soundtrack for the masses...and succeeding on both levels. Can't wait for what else he has to offer. Bring it on!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  12. matta
    Jul 19, 2005
    9
    A pair of badly sculpted breast implants? What the F? The folks over at Pitchfork need to pull their heads out of their asses. A great follow-up to Bewilderbeast and just a flat-out great album. His "proper" follow-up later this same year proved that Badly Drawn Boy is a genius, and that Pitchfork knows nothing.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  13. Ricko
    Oct 26, 2011
    7
    As good a soundtrack album as you'll probably hear and a very strong follow up to Hour of Bewilderbeast.While it doesn't have the same depth as Bewilderbeast, it is a soundtrack so is a completely different album. Lots of lovely short tracks in between proper songs. It's centre piece I love NYE and Silent Sigh are worth having this record alone. Donna & Blitzen is a classic alternative Christmas anthems that unfortunately never gets played.… Expand
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Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    A vibe of maverick playfulness married to fabulous tunes. [Apr 2002, p.106]
  2. Mojo
    70
    The seemingly effortless confidence displayed throughout is startling. [Apr 2002, p.108]
  3. Pitchfork
    49
    Every card Gough plays is painfully transparent from the first time you play the disc. It's elementary stuff. It sounds manufactured, refined, cosmetic and sterile; in a word, silicone, like a pair of Badly Sculpted Breast Implants.
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