A Piece of What You Need

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A Piece of What You Need
A Piece of what you need Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Teddy Thompson
Released17 June 2008
GenreFolk, alternative country
LabelVerve Forecast
ProducerMarius de Vries
Teddy Thompson chronology
Upfront & Down Low
(2007) 		A Piece of What You Need
(2008) 		Bella
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars link
BBCPositive
Crawdaddy!not rated link
The Guardian4/5 stars link
Mojo4/5 stars (Sep. 2008, p.118)
musicOMH.com4/5 stars link
PopMatters8/10 stars link
Q4/5 stars (Sep. 2008)
The Times4/5 stars link
Uncut4/5 stars link

A Piece of What You Need is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson. The album contains all new Teddy originals and was produced by Marius De Vries, whom Teddy met while recording background vocals on Rufus Wainwright's Want records in 2002. Included are new songs Teddy had been testing out live, such as "Turning the Gun On Myself", "In My Arms" and "Can't Sing Straight".[1]

The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at No. 10.[2] The first single from A Piece of What You Need is "In My Arms". The music video features a cameo appearance by Rufus Wainwright dressed up as Elvis Presley. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 107.[3]

The song "Turning the Gun on Myself" contains a slowed down gunshot adding a percussion-effect along with the drums on the track.

Track listing[]

  1. "The Things I Do"
  2. "What's This?!!"
  3. "In My Arms"
  4. "Where to Go From Here"
  5. "Don't Know What I Was Thinking"
  6. "Can't Sing Straight"
  7. "Slippery Slope"
  8. "Jonathan's Book"
  9. "One of These Days"
  10. "Turning the Gun on Myself"
  11. "A Piece of What You Need"

– Hidden Track (starts at 14:55): "The Price of Love" (The Everly Brothers) with Ed Harcourt

iTunes Bonus Track: "Long Life"

References[]

  1. ^ "Verve Music Group: A Piece of What You Need". Verve Music. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Official UK Albums Chart for the week ending 6 Sept. 2008". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (367): 5–8.
  3. ^ "Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 30 Aug. 2008". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (366): 1–4.

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