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| A Piece of What You Need | 
 enlarge | Artist: Teddy Thompson
Label: Verve Forecast
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 627
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001093002
UPC: 602517643482
EAN: 0602517643482
ASIN: B0019ESNDM
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: CD is absolutely BRAND NEW! Buy here with confidence!
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| Tracks:
| • | The Things I Do | | • | What's This?! | | • | In My Arms | | • | Where to Go from Here | | • | Don't Know What I Was Thinking | | • | Can't Sing Straight | | • | Slippery Slope | | • | Jonathan's Book | | • | One of These Days | | • | Turning the Gun on Myself | | • | A Piece of What You Need |
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Album Description
"I think this album is my pop record but I'm not really sure because I'm not sure what that word means anymore." - Teddy Thompson No matter how you classify it, Thompson's third release on Verve Forecast is a gem! Produced by Marius de Vries (Bjork, Madonna, Rufus Wainwright) Piece is a sonically brilliant recording of upbeat songs filled with Teddy's impassioned vocals and clever but heartfelt lyrics.
Album Description
No matter how you classify it, Thompson's third release on Verve Forecast is a gem! Produced by Marius de Vries (Bjork, Madonna, Rufus Wainwright) Piece is a sonically brilliant recording of upbeat songs filled with Teddy's impassioned vocals and clever but heartfelt lyrics. Per Teddy Thompson "I think this album is my pop record but I'm not really sure because I'm not sure what that word means anymore."
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Shame on you if you don't get this album! June 19, 2008
12 out of 19 found this review helpful
I have been a Teddy Thompson fan for years. I have turned all my family and friends on to him and they marvel that they hadn't heard of him before because he's so damn good. This album, I believe will change all that. Forget his DNA (extraordinary), he is his own man. His voice is so rich, versatile and caressing it's got to be the voice of a generation. I was fortunate enough to see him live. Got to speak with him briefly and I think he was actually surprised someone knew all his material. His star will "Shine So Bright" (a satirical song he wrote) for a long, long time. Do yourself a favor, get this album.
TRM June 21, 2008
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is a great album. Teddy has become his own artist with own unique singing style that is extremely open and expansive. It appears his singing of country classics from his last album has allowed him to experiment with his voice this time that is so rich and creative that it appears at times to be effortless. I believe that natural would best describe it. The arrangements are varied and colorful with guitars, pianos, horns and strings flowing in and out of all the songs that expands and never distracts from any of the songs. This album also sounds great through headphones if you are a audio freak like I am. Teddy has done both of his parents proud by just being himself and letting his muse take him on a journey that is never limited by his lack of imagination either though the quality of his song writing or the eloquent way he sings them. I believe he now has one up on his friend Rufus Wainwright and has become the better songwriter and arranger of the two.
 Inner war and PIECE June 26, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
As other reviewers have noted, Teddy Thompson's latest effort A PIECE OF WHAT YOU NEED finds the Brit-born/NY based singer-songwriter craftily playing every side of his lonely, self-loathing persona, and all with the lacerating wit in lyrics for which the younger Thompson is justly celebrated. The horror of actually finding happiness that opens the insanely catchy "What's This?!!" eventually gives way, many songs later, to the mordantly funny lament of "Turning the Gun on Myself", with several interesting and well-observed stops in between. Thompson's incredible voice remains one of the finest in contemporary music and though PIECE doesn't showcase it as well as his previous release, 2007's now classic UP FRONT AND DOWN LOW - mostly covers of C&W chestnuts with one tremendous original - PIECE'S rich, multilayered production still makes a rich setting for Thompson's vocals. ("Jonathan's Book", with a cinematic opening, finds Thompson flirting with a Beatles vibe, to good effect.) The CD package gets a shwack for not including any notes or credits - listeners have to go to Thompson's Web site for those - and for burying one of the albums best tracks ("Price of Love") many, many minutes after the last listed one, the title tune. Anyone who left before the very end of IRON MAN will know what I mean, so have patience. These are minor quibbles compared to the true work of art that Thompson's achieved here. If you don't have any of his CDs, start here. The title really does say it all.
Happy Or Something June 28, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Teddy Thompson's new set "A Piece of What You Need" starts out with one of the best one-two-three song selections. The opener "The Things I Do" is a hook-laden track with an addictive melody, Thompson's gorgeous and expressive voice, and his trademark wit in the lyric, "It's getting harder & harder to live with myself, the things I do." It's Teddy's trick that feeling bad can sound this good. "What's This?!!" arrives with punch, a ripping stutter-style guitar lead, and Teddy's tremendous vocals, "Oh sh*t, Oh sh*t, am I happy or something? Is it you? Is it me? Is it us? Is it we?" It's another totally addictive track. "In My Arms" is also a beautiful track with the pace mellowed & Thompson's vocals silky and caressing. "Can't Sing Straight" & "Jonathan's Book" are also favorites of mine. Teddy Thompson continues to deliver excellent music on a CD that is sure to hit many "best of 2008" lists. Enjoy!
excellent album but... July 2, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is classic Teddy Thompson and well worth the purchase.
Two complaints though. There are absolutely no liner notes with the CD - aside from listing the song titles. The CD sleeve invites you to go to the website but the credits are shown there in such a complicated way. (I wanted to print them and put them with the CD).
Second complaint... what is the point in having a hidden track (The Everly's 'Price Of Love') that to access requires you to fast forward 10 minutes along from the end of the final listed track. The easier solution (if you must have a hidden track) is to add it as an extra track, and thereby is readily accessible. Great album - sloppy finishing work.
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