A Piece of What You Need

A Piece of What You Need
Studio album by Teddy Thompson
Released	17 June 2008
Genre	Folk, alternative country
Label	Verve Forecast
Producer	Marius de Vries
Teddy Thompson chronology
Upfront & Down Low (2007) A Piece of What You Need (2008) Bella (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
BBC	Positive
Crawdaddy!	not rated link
The Guardian	link
Mojo	(Sep. 2008, p.118)
musicOMH.com	link
PopMatters	link
Q	(Sep. 2008)
The Times	link
Uncut	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 #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 #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: "The Price of Love" (The Everly Brothers) with Ed Harcourt

iTunes Bonus Track: "Long Life"

References

External links

• Teddy Thompson's official site

External links

• Teddy Thompson's official site
• In My Arms on YouTube
• Don't Know What I Was Thinking on YouTube