Thee Physical

Thee Physical
Studio album by Pictureplane
Released July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)
Studio Rhinoceropolis, Denver, Colorado
Genre Electronic
Length 45:30
Label Lovepump United Records
Producer Travis Egedy, Jupiter Keyes, Mookie Singerman
Pictureplane chronology
Dark Rift
(2009)		 Thee Physical
(2011)		 Technomancer
(2015)
Singles from Thee Physical
  1. "Real Is a Feeling"
    Released: May 17, 2011[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB+[4]
CMJfavorable[5]
Consequence of SoundC+[6]
Pitchfork7.0/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[9]
Spinmixed[10]
The Washington Postfavorable[11]

Thee Physical is a studio album by American electronic musician Pictureplane. It was released by Lovepump United Records on July 19, 2011.[12] Music videos were created for "Real Is a Feeling",[13] "Post Physical",[14] "Black Nails",[15] and "Negative Slave".[16]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Thee Physical received an average score of 73% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Kate Shapiro of CMJ said, "Pictureplane's Travis Egedy has always been one for fist-pumping, electronic opuses, but Thee Physical, with its exploration of gender and sexuality, marks a departure from the big, electronic sound and a move to, well, damn good pop songs."[5] Matt James of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "despite some desperately un-sexy, clumsy faux-pas in the introduction, Thee Physical does ultimately deliver a gratifyingly memorable evening and is ripe for the plucking."[8] David Malitz of The Washington Post called it "Pictureplane's most professional collection of songs to date."[11]

Stereogum placed it at number 28 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2011" list.[17]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Body Mod"3:58
2."Black Nails"4:03
3."Sex Mechanism"3:08
4."Touching Transform"4:43
5."Post Physical"4:16
6."Techno Fetish"4:00
7."Real Is a Feeling"4:34
8."Trancegender"4:16
9."Negative Slave"3:22
10."Breath Work"4:09
11."Thee Power Hand"5:01

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Travis Egedy – production, recording, artwork, layout, hand fashion design
  • Jupiter Keyes – co-production, mixing
  • Mookie Singerman – additional production (4, 10)
  • Yasmine Kittles – vocals (1), backing vocals (8, 10)
  • Lauren Devine – hand fashion design
  • Marco Rosso – hand photography

References

  1. ↑ "Real Is a Feeling - Single by Pictureplane". iTunes. Apple Inc. May 17, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Thee Physical by Pictureplane". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Thee Physical - Pictureplane". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Tedder, Michael (July 19, 2011). "Pictureplane: Thee Physical". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Shapiro, Kate (July 20, 2011). "Pictureplane - Thee Physical". CMJ. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ Kivel, Adam (July 20, 2011). "Pictureplane – Thee Physical". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (July 18, 2011). "Pictureplane: Thee Physical". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  8. 1 2 James, Matt (July 26, 2011). "Pictureplane: Thee Physical". PopMatters. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (July 22, 2011). "Pictureplane - Thee Physical". Resident Advisor. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ Sherburne, Philip (July 20, 2011). "Pictureplane, 'Thee Physical' (Lovepump United)". Spin. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  11. 1 2 Malitz, David (July 18, 2011). "Quick spin: 'Thee Physical' by Pictureplane". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  12. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (May 10, 2011). "Pictureplane Announces New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ Herrera, Dave (May 23, 2011). "Exclusive Backbeat premiere: A first look at "Real is a Feeling," the new Pictureplane video". Westword. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  14. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (July 15, 2011). "Pictureplane – "Post Physical" Video (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  15. ↑ LeChevallier, Mike; Keefe, Jonathan; Kilpatrick, Michael; Ryan, M. Sean (July 19, 2011). "House Playlist: Beirut, CSS, Pictureplane, Real Estate, and The Stone Foxes". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ Klosowski, Thorin (August 9, 2011). "New Pictureplane video for "Negative Slave" is bonkers for UFOs, pyramids and crystals". Westword. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Stereogum's Top 50 Albums Of 2011". Stereogum. December 5, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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