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Banana Skin Shoes

Banana Skin Shoes is the ninth studio album by Badly Drawn Boy, released on 22 May 2020.[1] The track "Is This a Dream?" was released in January 2020.[2] Gough called the song "a sound collage of chaos and confusion to reflect the ridiculous times we live in... A deliberately cartoonesque sonic poke in the eye, to those in whom we place trust, yet instead supply constant barrage of misinformation followed by bad decisions."[3]

Banana Skin Shoes
Studio album by
Badly Drawn Boy
Released22 May 2020
StudioEve Studios, Stockport
Length50:40
LabelOne Last Fruit
ProducerGethin Pearson
Badly Drawn Boy chronology
Being Flynn
(2012) 		Banana Skin Shoes
(2020)

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
Exclaim!7/10[6]

Banana Skin Shoes was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 7 reviews.[4]

Track listing edit

Track listing adapted from Tidal.[7]

Banana Skin Shoes track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Banana Skin Shoes"
  • Damon Gough
  • Gethin Pearson
2:49
2."Is This a Dream?"
  • Gough
4:08
3."I Just Wanna Wish You Happiness"
  • Gough
3:34
4."I'm Not Sure What It Is"
  • Gough
3:32
5."Tony Wilson Said"
  • Gough
4:18
6."You and Me Against the World"
  • Gough
3:35
7."I Need Someone to Trust"
  • Gough
3:57
8."Note to Self"
  • Gough
3:36
9."Colours"
  • Gough
4:00
10."Funny Time of Year"
  • Gough
3:04
11."Fly on the Wall"
  • Gough
3:32
12."Never Change"
  • Gough
  • Max Pope
3:19
13."Appletree Boulevard"
  • Gough
3:07
14."I'll Do My Best"
  • Gough
4:09

Charts edit

Chart performance for Banana Skin Shoes
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 34
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] 4

References edit

  1. ^ Roberts, Christopher (20 March 2020). "Badly Drawn Boy Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'Banana Skin Shoes'". Under the Radar. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ Lavin, Will (21 March 2020). "Badly Drawn Boy announces first album in a decade, 'Banana Skin Shoes'". NME. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ Tucker, Kelly (21 March 2020). "Badly Drawn Boy Announces New Album, Banana Skin Shoes, After 10 Years". Mxdwn.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  6. ^ Crook, Oliver (30 May 2020). "'Banana Skin Shoes' Puts an Upbeat Spin on Badly Drawn Boy's Classic Sound". Exclaim!. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Banana Skin Shoes - Badly Drawn Boy". Tidal. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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