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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)

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]

Critical reception

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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

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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

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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

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  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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