The Hour of Bewilderbeast

The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Studio album by
Released26 June 2000
GenreIndie rock, indie folk, chamber pop
Length63:25
LabelXL, Twisted Nerve
ProducerBadly Drawn Boy, Gary Wilkinson, Joe Robinson, Ken Nelson
Badly Drawn Boy chronology
The Hour of Bewilderbeast
(2000)
About a Boy
(2002)
Singles from The Hour of Bewilderbeast
  1. "Once Around the Block"
    Released: August 1999
  2. "Another Pearl"
    Released: 5 June 2000
  3. "Disillusion"
    Released: 4 September 2000
  4. "Pissing in the Wind"
    Released: 7 May 2001

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.