Banana Skin Shoes
2020 studio album by Badly Drawn Boy
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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]
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| Released | 22 May 2020 | |||
| Studio | Eve Studios, Stockport | |||
| Length | 50:40 | |||
| Label | One Last Fruit | |||
| Producer | Gethin Pearson | |||
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Critical reception
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
Track listing adapted from Tidal.[7]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Banana Skin Shoes" |
| 2:49 |
| 2. | "Is This a Dream?" |
| 4:08 |
| 3. | "I Just Wanna Wish You Happiness" |
| 3:34 |
| 4. | "I'm Not Sure What It Is" |
| 3:32 |
| 5. | "Tony Wilson Said" |
| 4:18 |
| 6. | "You and Me Against the World" |
| 3:35 |
| 7. | "I Need Someone to Trust" |
| 3:57 |
| 8. | "Note to Self" |
| 3:36 |
| 9. | "Colours" |
| 4:00 |
| 10. | "Funny Time of Year" |
| 3:04 |
| 11. | "Fly on the Wall" |
| 3:32 |
| 12. | "Never Change" |
| 3:19 |
| 13. | "Appletree Boulevard" |
| 3:07 |
| 14. | "I'll Do My Best" |
| 4:09 |
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] | 9 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 34 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] | 4 |