About a Boy (soundtrack)

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Released April 23, 2002 Artist Badly Drawn Boy Movie About a Boy		Length 44:22 Release date 23 April 2002

Label Twisted Nerve XL ARTISTdirect Producers Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Rothrock Genres Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock Similar Badly Drawn Boy albums, Folk music albums

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About a Boy is the second album by English singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy, released in 2002 under Twisted Nerve Records and XL Recordings, and in America under the short-lived ARTISTdirect Records, as the soundtrack to the film About a Boy. Gough was chosen to compose and perform the entire soundtrack.

In his book 31 Songs, About a Boy author Nick Hornby lists Gough's track "A Minor Incident" as one of the songs that has had an effect on his life.

Personnel

Damon Gough – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, celeste, Fender Rhodes, xylophone, harmonica, backing vocals, horns, strings, flute, percussion, triangle, co-producer

Additional musicians

Sasha Krivstsov – bass

Joey Waronker – drums

Pete Thomas – drums

Tom Rothrock – drum programming, synth sweeps, synth, bass, co-producer

Jon Brion – fuzz guitar, Chamberlin, bass, vibes, voices

Mike Brenner – lap steel, lap steel noises

Steve McLaughlin – keyboards, co-producer

Patrick Seymour – keyboards, conductor

Jonathan Reese – orchestra leader

Pete Beechill – trombone

Jeff Turmes – saxophone

Chuy Flores – backward noises

Suzie Katayyama – orchestra arranger & conductor

Sharon Celani – backing vocals

Gia Ciambotti – backing vocals

Ashley Arrison – backing vocals

London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings

Songs

1Exit Stage Right0:22
2A Peak You Reach4:34
3Something to Talk About3:41

References

About a Boy (soundtrack) Wikipedia

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Personnel

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