The Hour of Bewilderbeast
| The Hour of Bewilderbeast | ||||
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| Released | 26 June 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie folk, chamber pop | |||
| Length | 63:25 | |||
| Label | XL, Twisted Nerve | |||
| Producer | Badly Drawn Boy, Gary Wilkinson, Joe Robinson, Ken Nelson | |||
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The Hour of Bewilderbeast is the debut studio album by British musician Badly Drawn Boy, released on 26 June 2000. Damon Gough, who performs as Badly Drawn Boy, wrote, produced, and played several instruments on the album's eighteen tracks, several of which also feature accompaniment by members of the British indie rock bands Alfie and Doves. The Hour of Bewilderbeast was released to great critical acclaim and went on to win the 2000 Mercury Prize, and has sold 455,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of September 2011.