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| The Only Thing I Ever Wanted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover art by Galia Durant | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 6, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 41:48 | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
| Producers | Carim Clasmann, Galia Durant | |||
| Psapp chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
The Only Thing I Ever Wanted is the second album by Psapp.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Carim Clasmann and Galia Durant at Fishtank Studios, London.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hi" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "King of You" | 4:16 |
| 3. | "This Way" | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Needle And Thread" | 4:21 |
| 5. | "New Rubbers" | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Tricycle" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Hill of Our Home" | 5:29 |
| 8. | "The Words" | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Make Up" | 2:21 |
| 10. | "Eating Spiders" | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Upstairs" | 3:47 |
Personnel
[edit]Psapp
- Carim Clasmann
- Galia Durant
Additional personnel
- Markus Liebetanz - drums, "Hi" and "Hill of Our Home"
- Ben Eshmade - French horn, "This Way" and "Upstairs"
- Gwen Cheeseman - violin, "This Way"
- Sybarite - samples, "King of You"
- Pete Norman - mastering
Notes
[edit]- As an example of Psapp's use of found sounds, some of the sounds used on "Needle and Thread" include:[3]
- The bass drum sound is made of two cardboard boxes; one wet, one dry.
- Some of the additional percussion sounds are "bits of wood being hit together."
- The low rattling at the end of the song is Durant's mother's garden table.
- The repeated melody throughout is a kalimba.
- A Rhodes piano.
- Another thumping sound was made with drumsticks banging on the couch.
- Kitchen utensils.
- The sound samples used for "Upstairs" were recorded at Clasmann and Durant's shared flat shortly before it was demolished. The pair "spent hours recording the creak of the floorboards and the dry electricity of the carpet. They knocked on the hollow spaces in the walls; they stomped up the staircase."[4]
Reception
[edit]Pitchfork describes the album as "cuddly electronic indie pop".[5] Salon describes the beats as "too busy", flagging single "Tricycle" as an exception.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Only Thing I Ever Wanted by Psapp". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Wells, Morgan (1 March 2007). "Needle and Thread". Esquire. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ↑ Shaer, Matthew (23 June 2006). "Psapp straddles art rock and pop". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- ↑ Richardson, Mark. "Psapp: The Only Thing I Ever Wanted". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ T.B. (8 May 2006). "Exclusive Daily Download: "Tricycle," Psapp". Salon.com. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
