Born In The U.K.
by Badly Drawn Boy
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23

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  1. MattD.
    Oct 26, 2006
    5
    Some good ideas, but everything feels like it's in slow motion. It gets annoying.
  2. daveh
    Oct 21, 2006
    4
    paradoxically this is both bland and over-done. why can't Gough stick to solid songwriting and leave the theatrics and 'wink-wink aren't i clever' melodic twists on the back shelf. i though One Plus One was a sign that Have You Fed The Fish was a momentary lapse of judgement but it now seems that he outgrew his boy genius long ago.....
  3. matta
    Oct 27, 2006
    4
    One Plus One is One was not a return to form and neither is this tripe. At least One Plus One had a few okay songs (Another Devil Dies, Four Leaf Clover). This album really only has three that I kind of liked, but that I probably won't ever really go back to that often. Very disappointing to see how far Gough has slipped.
  4. Mccusky
    May 5, 2020
    4
    Quite a dull album, one of the most disappointing albums after the such high quality of his predecessors

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 30
  3. Negative: 5 out of 30
  1. Urb
    60
    An odd album... this might well have been called Badly Drawn Boy: The Musical. [Oct 2006, p.117]
  2. BBC collective
    70
    This may not measure up to The Hour Of Bewilderbeast, but it does boast a batch of sweet and deceptively unfussy, scruffily heartfelt tunes dealing with love, loss and the messiness of life that help redeem his unarguable songwriting talent.
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  3. The Guardian
    60
    Gough has tried several new directions here. The results are mixed.
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