Claim: The Hour of Bewilderbeast, a debut studio album by Badly Drawn Boy, had sold 455,000 copies in the U.K. and received both A— ratings from Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice while it received a higher score of eight point six out of ten from Pitchfork as opposed to the five over ten rating from Spin.
Evidence: The Hour of Bewilderbeast is the debut studio album by British musician Badly Drawn Boy, released on 26 June 2000. The Hour of Bewilderbeast was released to great critical acclaim and went on to win the 2000 Mercury Prize, and has sold 455,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of September 2011. Entertainment Weekly A− The Village Voice A− 8.6/10 Pitchfork Spin 5/10