Thee Physical

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Thee Physical
Pictureplane - Thee Physical cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Pictureplane
ReleasedJuly 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)
StudioRhinoceropolis, Denver, Colorado
Genre Electronic
Length45:30
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]

Thee Physical is a studio album by American electronic musician Pictureplane. It was released by Lovepump United Records on July 19, 2011. [2] Music videos were created for "Real Is a Feeling", [3] "Post Physical", [4] "Black Nails", [5] and "Negative Slave". [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The A.V. Club B+ [9]
CMJ favorable [10]
Consequence of Sound C+ [11]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [12]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Resident Advisor 3.5/5 [14]
Spin mixed [15]
The Washington Post favorable [16]

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". [7]

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." [10] 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." [13] David Malitz of The Washington Post called it "Pictureplane's most professional collection of songs to date." [16]

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.

References

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