About a Boy

Tracklist

• 1
  Exit Stage Right
  0:21
  2.3 ★
• 2
  A Peak You Reach
  4:33
  4.4 ★
• 3
  Something to Talk About
  3:40
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Dead Duck
  0:46
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Above You, Below Me
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 6
  I Love N.Y.E.
  3:20
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Silent Sigh
  4:44
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Wet, Wet, Wet
  0:42
  3.0 ★
• 9
  River-Sea-Ocean
  2:24
  3.4 ★
• 10
  S.P.A.T.
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Rachel's Flat
  0:34
  2.0 ★
• 12
  Walking Out of Stride
  1:48
  3.0 ★
• 13
  File Me Away
  3:23
  3.0 ★
• 14
  A Minor Incident
  3:44
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Delta (Little Boy Blues)
  4:00
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Donna & Blitzen
  4:19
  3.5 ★
• 17
  A Better Way
  2:47

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Release credits

• Alan Sanderson
  assistant [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16]
• Ashley Arrison
  background vocals [3, 9]
• Badly Drawn Boy
  producer [1-16]
• Chuy Flores
  editor [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16], effects [15], engineer [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16]
• Damon Gough
  French horn [12], Rhodes piano [2, 7, 13, 15], acoustic guitar [2-3, 5], background vocals [2-3, 9], bass guitar [10, 13, 16], bell [16], celesta [12-13], electric guitar [2-3], flute [15], guitar [1, 4, 6-15], harmonica [14], horn [2, 7, 10], keyboard [1, 4, 6, 8-13, 15-16], percussion [10], piano [2-3, 7, 16], strings [7, 15-16], synthesizer [3], triangle [7], vocal [2-3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16], xylophone [12]
• Errin Familia
  assistant [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16]
• Gia Ciambotti
  background vocals [2, 7, 13]
• Jeff Moses
  assistant [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16]
• Jeff Turmes
  saxophone [15]
• Joey Waronker
  drums (drum set) [2-3, 5, 7]
• John Czornyj
  assistant [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16]
• Jon Brion
  bass guitar [9], chamberlin [2, 5, 15-16], guitar [15], vibraphone [9], vocal [16]
• London Metropolitan Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1, 4, 6, 8, 11], strings [13]
• Mike Brenner
  lap steel guitar [2, 7]
• Pat Seymour
  conductor [1, 4, 6, 8, 11], keyboard [1, 4, 6, 8, 11]
• Pete Beachill
  trombone [10]
• Pete Thomas
  drums (drum set) [2, 9]
• Ricky Graham
  assistant [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16]
• Sasha Krivtsov
  bass guitar [2-3, 5, 7]
• Scott Francisco
  assistant [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16]
• Sharon Celani
  background vocals [2, 7, 13]
• Stephen McLaughlin
  keyboard [1, 4, 6, 8, 11], producer [1, 4, 6, 8, 11]
• Suzie Katayama
  arranger [5], conductor [5]
• Tom Rothrock
  bass [15], drum machine [2, 10, 13, 15-16], engineer [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16], mix [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16], producer [2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 12-16], synthesizer [7, 15]
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Issues

• A
  (Combined release view)
• 

  A
  About a Boy

  CD
  8 April 2002
• 

  A
  About a Boy

  Digital Media
  8 April 2002
• 

  A
  About a Boy

  CD
  23 April 2002
• A
  About a Boy

  CD
  24 April 2002
• A
  About a Boy

  CD
  2002