Is There Nothing We Could Do?

Badly Drawn Boy

Is There Nothing We Could Do?

Damon Gough with his second soundtrack album for Caroline Aherne's TV film

ADM rating[?]

6.0

Label
BDB
UK Release date
14/12/2009
  1. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    A candidate for the bedsit record of the year
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  2. 7.0 |   The Observer

    ...departing the decade as he entered it, on his own label at a creative peak. The boy is back in town
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  3. 6.6 |   Pitchfork

    The qualities that made his music so appealing the first time around remain pleasantly intact and, thankfully, no longer dormant
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  4. 6.0 |   The Sunday Times

    Gough’s fans refuse to give up on him, fitful and maddening though he can be; and this update from his woolly-capped head shows why
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  5. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   The Independent

    As with most soundtracks, a little is made to go a long way, with a few themes recurring several times in slightly different guises
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  7. 6.0 |   The List

    the overall outcome... serves to remind that there’s a fine line between jubilantly humdrum and plain unremarkable
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  8. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    It's subtler than recent albums, and if it often drifts into the background it's merely doing its job
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  9. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    ...Gough’s take on the tale, set against muted piano, autumnal finger-picking and subtle strings, is touchingly empathetic
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  10. 6.0 |   Culture Deluxe

    The material here suffers from a lack of musical variation
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  11. 4.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only


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