One Plus One Is One

Not to be confused with One and One Is One (disambiguation).

One Plus One Is One
Studio album by Badly Drawn Boy
Released	21 June 2004
Recorded	June 2003
Studio	Moolah Rouge Studio, Stockport, UK
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
Badly Drawn Boy chronology
Have You Fed the Fish? (2002) One Plus One Is One (2004) Born in the U.K. (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Dotmusic	8/10 [3]
musicOMH	(favorable) [4]
Pitchfork Media	3/10 [5]

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 tracks 7 and 14

Charts

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

References

1. "One Plus One Is One by Badly Drawn Boy". Metacritic . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. Phares, Heather. One Plus One Is One at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
3. "Badly Drawn Boy One Plus One Is One Album Review". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
4. John Murphy. "Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One". musicOMH . Retrieved 19 December 2011.
5. Sam Ubl (21 July 2004). "Badly Drawn Boy: One Plus One Is One review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 19 December 2011.
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 23.
7. "Ultratop.be – Badly Drawn Boy – One Plus One Is One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
8. "Lescharts.com – Badly Drawn Boy – One Plus One Is One". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Badly Drawn Boy – One Plus One Is One" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
10. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Badly Drawn Boy". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
11. "Italiancharts.com – Badly Drawn Boy – One Plus One Is One". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2025.