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One Plus One Is One

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{{Infobox album

| name = One Plus One Is One

| type = studio

| artist = Badly Drawn Boy

| cover = Badlyoneisoneboydrawn.jpg

| alt =

| released = 21 June 2004

| recorded = June 2003

| studio = Moolah Rouge Studio, Stockport, UK

| venue =

| genre = Folk rock, indie folk

| length = 55:13 (61:37 U.S version)

| label = XL Recordings, Twisted Nerve Records

| producer = Badly Drawn Boy, Andy Votel

| prev_title = Have You Fed the Fish?

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Born in the U.K.

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Album ratings

|MC = 60/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/one-plus-one-is-one/badly-drawn-boy|title=One Plus One Is One by Badly Drawn Boy|website=Metacritic |accessdate=3 October 2016}}

|rev1=Allmusic

|rev1score={{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r700489/review|first=Heather|last=Phares |accessdate=19 December 2011}}

|rev2=Dotmusic

|rev2score=8/10{{cite web |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/040706/33/1wxdd.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613162303/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/040706/33/1wxdd.html |archivedate=13 June 2011 |title=Badly Drawn Boy One Plus One Is One Album Review |publisher=Dotmusic |accessdate=13 June 2011}}

|rev3=musicOMH

|rev3score=(favorable){{cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums2/badly-drawn-boy-4.htm |title=Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One |author=John Murphy |publisher=musicOMH |accessdate=19 December 2011}}

|rev4=Pitchfork Media

|rev4score=3/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/529-one-plus-one-is-one/ |title=Badly Drawn Boy: One Plus One Is One review |work=Pitchfork |date=21 July 2004 |author=Sam Ubl |accessdate=19 December 2011}}

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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.

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 track 7,14

References

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Category:Badly Drawn Boy albums

Category:2004 albums

Category:XL Recordings albums

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