A Piece of What You Need
| A Piece of What You Need | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 June 2008 | |||
| Genre | Folk, alternative country | |||
| Label | Verve Forecast | |||
| Producer | Marius de Vries | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| musicOMH | |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
| Q | |
| Tom Hull | B+ () |
| Uncut | |
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".
The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at No. 10. 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 No. 107.
The song "Turning the Gun on Myself" contains a slowed down gunshot adding a percussion-effect along with the drums on the track.