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Even if it seems unassuming and underwhelming upon its first listen, Baby I'm Bored with each spin reveals the uniform strength of the songs and the sweet, understated charms of Dando as a performer.
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Alternative PressThere's nothing bad here, but also nothing new. [June 2003, p.103]
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BlenderShambling and confessional. [May 2003, p.116]
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Dando conjures up a combination of The Lemonheads' It's a Shame About Ray, Buffalo Tom's Smitten and Wilco's Summerteeth - fashioning this year's most essential post-rehab record in the process.
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'Baby I'm Bored' is the album Dando's fans hoped he would return with.
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Entertainment WeeklyYawn. [25 Apr 2003, p.150]
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MojoBaby I'm Bored's knotty guitars and ramshackle production values recall the Lemonheads' swansong, Car Button Cloth. [Mar 2003, p.94]
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A blissful happiness pervades 'Baby I'm Bored', but then that's Evan all over.
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As with his last two releases, Baby I'm Bored is gutted by under-worked, inconsequential two-minute ideas.
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We don't dislike anything on here, and each time we listen, we like what we hear even more.
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Q MagazineA very understated record, the kind that will be treasured by diehards, pull in one or two casual bystanders and leave the world pretty much unchanged. [Apr 2003, p.106]
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Thirty-eight minutes of co-writes and covers feels slight for seven years' work.
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SpinFrank folk-rock songs that are too sketchy to be great but too good to write off. [May 2003, p.116]
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A fantastic revelation.
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The biggest problem with Baby I'm Bored is that getting to the good stuff requires slogging through the initial four tracks.
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UncutWhile Baby I'm Bored is way too modest to be a masterpiece, it's far more than a join-the-dots account of a life on the rocks, and grows brighter, and more optimistic, with every play. [Apr 2003, p.102]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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PaulaDFeb 25, 2004
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ChrisTFeb 17, 2004This is album is stunning! It hurts its so good! sweet rock and roll
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jasonaApr 9, 2003