About a Boy (soundtrack)
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| Released | 8 April 2002 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, folk pop | |||
| Length | 44:22 | |||
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| Producer | Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Rothrock, Steve McLaughlin | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
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| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork | 4.9/10 |
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About a Boy is the second album by English singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough), released in 8 April 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.