One Plus One Is One

2004 studio album by Badly Drawn Boy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One Plus One Is One is the fourth studio album by Badly Drawn Boy, released in 2004. It is his last album for XL Recordings.

Released21 June 2004
RecordedJune 2003
StudioMoolah Rouge Studio, Stockport, UK
Quick facts Studio album by Badly Drawn Boy, Released ...
One Plus One Is One
Studio album by
Released21 June 2004
RecordedJune 2003
StudioMoolah Rouge Studio, Stockport, UK
GenreFolk rock, indie folk
Length55:13 (61:37 U.S version)
LabelXL Recordings, Twisted Nerve Records
ProducerBadly Drawn Boy, Andy Votel
Badly Drawn Boy chronology
Have You Fed the Fish?
(2002)
One Plus One Is One
(2004)
Born in the U.K.
(2006)
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More information Aggregate scores, Source ...
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Dotmusic8/10[3]
musicOMH(favorable)[4]
Pitchfork Media3/10[5]
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Track listing

  1. "One Plus One Is One" – 4:18
  2. "Easy Love" – 3:02
  3. "Summertime in Wintertime" – 3:02
  4. "This Is That New Song" – 4:07
  5. "Another Devil Dies" – 5:01
  6. "The Blossoms" – 2:01
  7. "Year of the Rat" – 4:43
  8. "Four Leaf Clover" – 4:19
  9. "Fewer Words" – 1:13
  10. "Logic of a Friend" – 4:38
  11. "Stockport" – 2:37
  12. "Life Turned Upside Down" – 3:24
  13. "Take the Glory" – 5:02
  14. "Holy Grail" – 8:13
  15. "Don't Ask Me I'm Only the President" (U.S. version only) – 1:36
  16. "Plan-B" (U.S. version only) – 4:47

Personnel

  • Damon Gough – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, celeste, Clavinet, Wurlitzer Fun-Maker, Hammond organ, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes piano, glockenspiel, banjo
  • Alex Thomas AKA Earl Shilton – drums, timpani, gong, bells, orchestral crash cymbal
  • Sean McCann – bass
  • Andy Votel – tubular bells, cymbals, cowbell, chimes, samples and effects
  • Bob Marsh – trumpet on track 1&5
  • Roger Wickham – flute on track 2,3,5,6,14
  • Chris Worsey – cello on track 1,4,13; electric cello on track 14
  • Oliver Heath – violin on track 1,4,13
  • Charles Ashby – percussion on track 5
  • Norman Mcleod – slide guitar on track 14
  • Colin Mcleod – accordion on track 14
  • Stockport Music Project (STOMP) – vocals on tracks 7 and 14

Charts

More information Chart (2002), Peak position ...
Chart performance for One Plus One Is One
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 95
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]98
French Albums (SNEP)[8]160
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]92
Irish Albums (IRMA)[10]39
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11]63
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12]9
UK Albums (OCC)[13]9
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