The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
2006 studio album by Psapp
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The Only Thing I Ever Wanted is the second album by Psapp.
| The Only Thing I Ever Wanted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cover art by Galia Durant | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 6, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 41:48 | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
| Producers | Carim Clasmann, Galia Durant | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Carim Clasmann and Galia Durant at Fishtank Studios, London.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hi" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "King of You" | 4:16 |
| 3. | "This Way" | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Needle And Thread" | 4:21 |
| 5. | "New Rubbers" | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Tricycle" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Hill of Our Home" | 5:29 |
| 8. | "The Words" | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Make Up" | 2:21 |
| 10. | "Eating Spiders" | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Upstairs" | 3:47 |
Personnel
Psapp
- Carim Clasmann
- Galia Durant
Additional personnel
- Markus Liebetanz - drums, "Hi" and "Hill of Our Home"
- Ben Eshmade - French horn, "This Way" and "Upstairs"
- Gwen Cheeseman - violin, "This Way"
- Sybarite - samples, "King of You"
- Pete Norman - mastering
Notes
- As an example of Psapp's use of found sounds, some of the sounds used on "Needle and Thread" include:[3]
- The bass drum sound is made of two cardboard boxes; one wet, one dry.
- Some of the additional percussion sounds are "bits of wood being hit together."
- The low rattling at the end of the song is Durant's mother's garden table.
- The repeated melody throughout is a kalimba.
- A Rhodes piano.
- Another thumping sound was made with drumsticks banging on the couch.
- Kitchen utensils.
- The sound samples used for "Upstairs" were recorded at Clasmann and Durant's shared flat shortly before it was demolished. The pair "spent hours recording the creak of the floorboards and the dry electricity of the carpet. They knocked on the hollow spaces in the walls; they stomped up the staircase."[4]