''Thee Physical'' is a studio album by American electronic musician

Pictureplane Travis Egedy (born May 1, 1985), better known by his stage name Pictureplane, is an American electronic musician, visual artist and fashion designer based in Brooklyn, New York. He first appeared in the music scene of Denver, Colorado, making a ...

. It was released by

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on July 19, 2011. Music videos were created for "Real Is a Feeling", "Post Physical", "Black Nails", and "Negative Slave".

Critical reception

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, 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". Kate Shapiro of

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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." Matt James of ''

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'' 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." David Malitz of ''

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'' called it "Pictureplane's most professional collection of songs to date." ''

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'' placed it at number 28 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2011" list.

Track listing

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

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Physical 2011 albums Pictureplane albums Lovepump United albums