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Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One Audio CD

A fair review of the Badly Drawn Boy "One Plus One Is One" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Badly Drawn Boy reviews here, or go back to the Badly Drawn Boy tabs.

Badly Drawn Boy Band: Badly Drawn Boy
Title: One Plus One Is One
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Release Date: 2004-07-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: One Plus One Is One 2: Easy Love 3: Summertime In Wintertime 4: This Is That New Song 5: Another Devil Dies 6: The Blossoms 7: Year Of The Rat 8: Four Leaf Clover 9: Fewer Words 10: Logic Of A Friend 11: Stockport 12: Life Turned Upside Down 13: Take The Glory 14: Holy Grail 15: Don't Ask Me I'm Only The President* (exclusive to US version) 16: Plan B* (exclusive to US version)

Solidly descending
The result is still a solid disc, containing at least a few exemplary tracks, but the urgency feels less potent then it did- a rather subtle apathy seems to have pervaded the songwriting, sometimes compensating with over-production and heavy arrangements. Never one to disappoint fans of the acoustic-based singer/songwriter tradition, Gough has expanded his horizons and produces his ambitious folk pop now with wider instrumentation. .


Sorely Disappointed
The tunes on this are unimpressive, and the lyrics are monotonous and similarly unimpressive. I do not like this album. I ordered it on reading a few reviews and let me make clear it is nothing like Bewilderbeast (which is excellent), if you are a BDB fan. I even think Have you Fed the Fish Today is a better album overall. .


The Best BDB Album!
It nearly apporaches perfection. If I could I would give this album 4 stars and a half. If the hour of the bewilderbeast is an amazing album. This for me, was done with more effort. This album remindsme of being in a nice and comfortable bar listening to a guy playing his acoustic guitar and singing these songs. Easy to digest, easy to like. My fave tracks are: One plus one is one, This is that new song, Another devil dies, Year of the rat (probably my BDB fave), and Logic of a friend. This album won't dissapoint you. Give it a try.


Return to Bewilderbeast
His previous two releases were a bit of a detour: they were interesting but didn't have the same emotional impact. One Plus One Is One is a return to the emotional modern folk sound BDB cultivated on the magnificient Hour of Bewilderbeast album. 1+1=1 sounds like Damon Gough has gotten back onto the path of Bewilderbeast, but matured along the way and progressed from there into new territory. The album has nothing but great songs on it. The lyrics in "This is That New Song" about a failed relationship are wonderful. "Summertime in Wintertime" sounds like Damon is channeling Jethro Tull with some wild rock'n'roll flute. Another Devil Dies, Four Leaf Clover, and Holy Grail stand out as memorable favorites, but really it's hard to pick favorites because all the songs are so good. .


Like a fine wine...
He's extremely talented and refreshing compared to a lot of the junk out there. Being a huge BDB fan, I really wanted to love this CD.

Having listened to it many times through, I have decided this CD gets better with time. My first listen to One Plus One is One left me feeling dissapointed. I didn't like the direction he went in, and I felt like he was trying too hard after getting so much criticism with Have You Fed the Fish.

I gave the CD a rest, but then one day I felt like giving it another try. To my suprise, some of the songs I originally didn't care for, I started to like. As I kept listening to it, I really began to enjoy it.

Something tells me this CD will be on the extremes--Either you love it or hate it--Don't be too quick to dismiss this CD, though. . . give it some time. You just may end up really liking it!.


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