The Hour of Bewilderbeast

The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Studio album by Badly Drawn Boy
Released	June 26, 2000
Genre	Rock and Roll/Folk Music
Length	63:25
Label	XL Recordings/Twisted Nerve Records
Producer	Badly Drawn Boy, Gary Wilkinson, Joe Robinson, Ken Nelson
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com link musicOMH.com (Positive) link Pitchfork (8.6/10) link
Badly Drawn Boy chronology
The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000) About A Boy (2002)

The Hour of Bewilderbeast is an album that was released by Badly Drawn Boy in 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album won the 2000 Mercury Prize. The cover art, produced by Andy Votel, is loosely based on Leonardo Da Vinci's drawing "Vitruvian Man". The original art also featured Woody Allen, however his picture had to be removed due to copyright issues. Other modifications to the album include the removal of a selection of lyrics from track 12; Magic In the Air. The lyrics were replaced by an instrumental after hip hop artist Taja Sevelle claimed they were too similar to those in her first single.

Track listing

1. "The Shining" – 5:18
   • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, String Arrangements
   • Matt McGeever - Cello
   • Sam Morris - French Horn
   • Ian Smith - Vibraphone
2. "Everybody's Stalking" – 3:39
   • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Acoustic, Electric, Lead, Bass and Slide Guitars and Tambourine
   • Ian Smith - Drums
3. "Bewilder" – 0:48
   • Badly Drawn Boy - Organ Solo
4. "Fall in a River" – 2:17
   • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Drum Machine
   • Joe Robinson - Sound F-X
5. "Camping Next to Water" – 3:50
   • Badly Drawn Boy - All Vocals, Acoustic, Electric, Lead and Bass Guitars and Keyboards
   • Ian Smith - Drums
6. "Stone on the Water" – 3:58
   • Badly Drawn Boy - All Vocals, Acoustic Guitars
   • Andy Votel - Piano, Drum Programming, Strings Samples and Effects
7. "Another Pearl" – 4:27
   • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Electric and Lead Guitars, Piano
   • Andy Votel - Keyboards, Drum Programming, Samples and Effects
8. "Body Rap" – 0:45
   • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Machine
   • Joe Robinson - Drum Programming and The Body Rap
9. "Once Around the Block" – 3:44
   • Badly Drawn Boy - All Vocals, Acoustic, Electric, Lead and Bass Guitars and Vibraphone
   • Adrian Dacre - Drums
10. "This Song" – 1:32
    • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
11. "Bewilderbeast" – 3:30
    • Badly Drawn Boy - Piano, Xylophone and Acoustic Guitar
    • Ian Smith - Electric Guitar
    • Matt McGeever - Cello
    • Sam Morris - Bass and Distorted Keyboards
    • Sean Kelly - Drums
    • Handclaps - Ian Rainford, Alfie and Damon
12. "Magic in the Air" – 3:43
    • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Wurlitzer and Harps
13. "Cause a Rockslide" – 5:55
    • Badly Drawn Boy - All Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Piano, Keyboards and Effects
    • Ian Smith - Drums and Percussion
    • Joe Robinson - Loops, Theremin and Effects
14. "Pissing in the Wind" – 4:19
    • Badly Drawn Boy - All Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica and Tambourine
    • Jez Williams - Electric and Slide Guitars
    • Jimmy Goodwin - Bass
    • Andy Williams - Drums
    • Martin Rebelski - Keyboards
    • Gary Wilkinson - Extra Keyboards
15. "Blistered Heart" – 1:50
    • Badly Drawn Boy - Lead Keyboards and Acoustic Guitar
    • Gary Wilkinson - Drum Programming and Keyboards
16. "Disillusion" – 5:19
    • Badly Drawn Boy - All Vocals, Acoustic, Electric and Lead Guitar
    • Jez Williams - Electric and Slide Guitars
    • Jimmy Goodwin - Bass
    • Andy Williams - Drums
    • Martin Rebelski - Wurlitzer Piano and Clavinet
    • Paul Taylor - String Arrangements
    • Handclaps - Sophie Williams, Derrick Santini and Damon
17. "Say It Again" – 4:41
    • Badly Drawn Boy - All Vocals, Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitar, Piano, Drum Machine Organs, Crash Cymbal and Percussion
    • Spencer Birtwhistle - Drums
    • Gary Wilkinson - Sirens and other Noises
    • Horns by the Northern New Orleans Brass Band
18. "Epitaph" – 3:50
    • Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Whistling and Acoustic Guitar
    • Joe Robinson - Drum Programming
    • Clare Hewitt - Backing Vocal

Personnel

• Badly Drawn Boy - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Guitar, Drum Machine, Tambourine, Handclaps, Whistling, Slide Guitar, Harmonica, Wurlitzer, Lead Keyboards, Organ Solo, Drum Machine Organs, Percussion, Crash Cymbal, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Harp, String Arrangement, Effects
• Matt McGeever - Cello, Handclaps
• Sam Morris - Bass, Distorted Keyboards, French Horn, Handclaps
• Ian Smith - Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vibraphone, Handclaps
• Joe Robinson - Drum Programming, The Body Rap, Loops, Theremin, Effects, Sound F-X
• Andy Votel - Drum Programming, Effects, Piano, Keyboards, Strings Samples, Samples
• Adrian Dacre - Drums
• Sean Kelly - Drums, Handclaps
• Ian Rainford - Handclaps
• Jez Williams - Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar
• Jimmy Goodwin - Bass
• Andy Williams - Drums
• Martin Rebelski - Wurlitzer Piano, Clavinet, Keyboards
• Gary Wilkinson - Keyboards, Extra Keyboards, Drum Programming, Sirens, Noises
• Paul Taylor - String Arrangements
• Sophie Williams - Handclaps
• Derrick Santini - Handclaps
• Spencer Birtwhistle - Drums
• Northern New Orleans Brass Band - Horns
• Clare Hewitt - Backing Vocals