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Rating: With “Have you Fed the Fish?” Badly Drawn Boy temporarily leaves his lo-fi roots for sunnier and more rhythmic terrains.
At the production helm, we find Tom Rothrock, as in “About a Boy” (soundtrack of the film of the same name), unlike the first album which lacked the presence of a producer. The sound is affected, the arrangements are more complex, and there is more room for brass, strings, and keyboards than in the previous “The Hour of Bewilderbeast.”
The result? Equally surprising, in my opinion.
Damon Gough, despite his shy and introverted nature, his slow and verbose way of speaking, manages to distill poetic pearls in the form of three-minute pop songs. All perfect, all romantic and dreamy.
Most considered this second album (third if you count the “About A Boy” soundtrack) slightly inferior to the debut. I believe that the two are simply different. Both beautiful in their own way.
If the debut favored the successful Damon/guitar duo, enhancing the author's writing, in this second stage of his career, the “badly drawn boy” prefers to give more space to the grandeur of the arrangements.
An album capable of igniting the slow-paced everyday life.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Have You Fed the Fish? (04:18)
The keys to your heart
Open the door to the world
You've got to give me two days
And woman, I'll make you a girl
CHORUS
Sometimes you've got to
Rewind, to go forward
There's some
Good times, around the corner
But have you fed the fish today?
Have you made your wish today?
I need a new eiderdown
I want some binoculaurs
Don't want to be obvious
I want to surprise myself
I've killed all the mockingbirds
I've wrestled the octopus
I came out with extra arms
To carry your baggage
CHORUS
05 All Possibilities (03:54)
All possibilities
Are landing at my feet
There's nothing I can see
But possibilities
All colours are changing in my eyes
Your hopes are all fading, that will never do
You're seeing the world through cynical eyes
I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new
Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart
Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love
All possibilities
Are landing at my feet
There's nothing I can see
But possibilities
All the colours are changing in my eyes
Your hopes are all fading, that will never do
You're seeing the world through cynical eyes
I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new
Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart
Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love
10 The Further I Slide (03:47)
Starting
Today
We're on
Holiday
Everybody sees you in the wrong way
No one else sees you my way
OoooooOoooOoooOooo
Your gazes cripple me
Keep life a mystery
I don't want it to change
Just keep 'em coming my way
But that's all a lie
I can't rationalise
The further I slide
I can't seem to get back to your side
Cos you're a summer child
And I'm winter mild
I can't stay with the heat
As you blossom out around me
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
What if
There is
Nothing
After this?
Your gazes cripple me
Keep life a mystery
I don't want it to change
Just keep 'em coming my way
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
15 Bedside Story (04:53)
Goodnight my answer, your dreams are still sweet
Goodnight, be careful with yourself
Don't worry about the money, forget about the wealth
You'll be my angel, divert me from hell
Help me, protect me from myself
Don't worry, don't worry
Goodnight my answer, goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
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