Thee Physical

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]

Thee Physical
Studio album by
Pictureplane
ReleasedJuly 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)
StudioRhinoceropolis, Denver, Colorado
GenreElectronic
Length45:30
LabelLovepump United Records
ProducerTravis 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]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The A.V. ClubB+[9]
CMJfavorable[10]
Consequence of SoundC+[11]
Pitchfork7.0/10[12]
PopMatters[13]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[14]
Spinmixed[15]
The Washington Postfavorable[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.

  • 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. 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. "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. 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. 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. 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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