“The Shining” by Badly Drawn Boy

"The Shining" comes from The Hour of Bewilderbeast, the June 2000 debut from Badly Drawn Boy, the name British songwriter Damon Gough performs under, and Gough is at the center of everything on it. He wrote it, sings it and plays acoustic guitar and piano, and he produced it as well, with Ken Nelson co-producing and engineering and Andrea Wright assisting.

What lifts it is the company he keeps: Matt McGeever on cello, Sam Morris on French horn and Ian Smith on vibraphone lend the song a warm, chamber-pop color around Gough's voice. The album itself took the 2000 Mercury Prize.

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