''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 Marius de Vries (born 1961) is an English music producer and composer. He has won a Grammy Award from four nominations, two BAFTA Awards, and an Ivor Novello Award. Education Marius de Vries was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Bedford ...

, 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

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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

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. The song entered the

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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.

Track listing

# "The Things I Do" # "What's This?!!" # "In My Arms" # "Where to Go From Here" # "Don't Know What I Was Thinking" # "Can't Sing Straight" # "Slippery Slope" # "Jonathan's Book" # "One of These Days" # "Turning the Gun on Myself" # "A Piece of What You Need" – ''Hidden Track (starts at 14:55):'' "The Price of Love" (

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) with Ed Harcourt iTunes Bonus Track: "Long Life"

References

External links

Teddy Thompson's official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piece of What You Need, A 2008 albums Teddy Thompson albums Albums produced by Marius de Vries