Badly Drawn Boy - Born in the U.K.

After a bout with writer's block left most of what would have been the fifth Badly Drawn Boy album on the scrap heap, Damon Gough regrouped by writing a set of songs inspired by growing up in the United Kingdom. The results are Born In The U.k., an album that, of course, nods to Bruce Springsteen's rousing-yet-searching Born In The U.s.a. (the Boss is also thanked in the liner notes), but also feels like it's trying to win -- and impress -- as big an audience as possible. At times, Born In The U.k. is impressive, but not necessarily with its most ambitious moments. Read More