A Piece of What You Need

Teddy is great... This is Teddy with a little more edge. A little more modern. But Teddy nonetheless. All of his albums are phenomenal. If you can find his song called "Psycho" from the Vince Vaughn version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" I'd start there. It's an amazingly cool song. Lyrically, it has that old outlaw country feel... fantastic music too.

When it comes to Teddy Thompson, you can't go wrong. Buy this album today and you'll buy the rest of his catalog within a month. I promise.

This is a great album. Teddy has become his own artist with own unique singing style that is extremely open and expansive. It appears his singing of country classics from his last album has allowed him to experiment with his voice this time that is so rich and creative that it appears at times to be effortless. I believe that natural would best describe it. The arrangements are varied and colorful with guitars, pianos, horns and strings flowing in and out of all the songs that expands and never distracts from any of the songs. This album also sounds great through headphones if you are a audio freak like I am. Teddy has done both of his parents proud by just being himself and letting his muse take him on a journey that is never limited by his lack of imagination either though the quality of his song writing or the eloquent way he sings them. I believe he now has one up on his friend Rufus Wainwright and has become the better songwriter and arranger of the two.

I have been a Teddy Thompson fan for years. I have turned all my family and friends on to him and they marvel that they hadn't heard of him before because he's so damn good. This album, I believe will change all that. Forget his DNA (extraordinary), he is his own man. His voice is so rich, versatile and caressing it's got to be the voice of a generation. I was fortunate enough to see him live. Got to speak with him briefly and I think he was actually surprised someone knew all his material. His star will "Shine So Bright" (a satirical song he wrote) for a long, long time. Do yourself a favor, get this album.