Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Wilderbeast XL Recordings Loads of American bands tried

Loads of American bands tried to emulate the fab tackiness of 1960s French pop

“Quality Pints” deals with the pressing concerns of any conscientious touring outfit

Over the course of two years

in this special album that showcases a two-decade long friendship that has resulted in an album that follows Madlib’s classics like Quasimoto’s The Unseen

Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Wilderbeast XL Recordings Loads of American bands triedReleased in May 2000 to widespread acclaim, 'The Hour Of Bewilderbeast' beat other shortlisted nominees including Coldplay, Doves, Leftfield and Richard Ashcroft to that year's Mercury Music Prize. Like all great debuts, it captured the zeitgeist of the moment, managing that rare feat of sounding both completely of its time, and utterly timeless. The album went platinum and Damon was then asked to write the soundtrack the film of Nick Hornby's book