Just got the Badly Drawn Boy album in this morn for the About A Boy soundtrack. I've had chance
to play it once so far. I would have played it again to get a better feel
of it but the smirking face of Hugh (schlong) Grant on the cover is enough to put
any self respecting human/ animal off this. The cover aside I can confirm
this is OK On 1st hearing. Very very polished as you may have gathered
from the single (which I've worked out sounds like old Scottish rockers
Deacon Blue). The songs are very Badly Drawn Boy but I can't
help feeling it's lost some of it's edge to make it popular for the general
masses. Still Rivers and Oceans is an absolute classic and I'd say it's
probably worth owning the album for that one track There's probably more
gems on there but I need more listens. I still don't understand the need
to put Hugh Grant on the cover? Maybe if he was being decapitated or something
or being attacked by wild dogs but smirking with a child is even more
than 100% unnecessary.
