One Plus One Is One is the fourth studio album by Badly Drawn Boy

Badly Drawn Boy

Damon Gough is an English alternative music singer/songwriter. He was born on 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England....

 in 2004. It is his last album for XL Recordings

XL Recordings

XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...

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Damon Gough (Badly Drawn Boy) said about the album: "It’s still about relationships but not so much about just me and Claire this time, it’s about wider friendships. I’m asking people not to wish their lives away. But most of the time, through the songs, I’m telling myself these things. I can be quite a dark person, a born worrier, and I think that sometimes these songs are a message to myself to see the brighter side. The last album was thematic too but born mostly out of the frustrations of being away from home. For this record I was at home and now it seems I’m looking out at the world from there."

Track listing

1. "One Plus One Is One" – 4:18
2. "Easy Love" – 3:02
3. "Summertime in Wintertime" – 3:02
4. "This Is That New Song" – 4:07
5. "Another Devil Dies" – 5:01
6. "The Blossoms" – 2:01
7. "Year of the Rat" – 4:43
8. "Four Leaf Clover" – 4:19
9. "Fewer Words" – 1:13
10. "Logic of a Friend" – 4:38
11. "Stockport" – 2:37
12. "Life Turned Upside Down" – 3:24
13. "Take the Glory" – 5:02
14. "Holy Grail" – 8:13
15. "Don't Ask Me I'm Only the President" (U.S. version only) – 1:36
16. "Plan-B" (U.S. version only) – 4:47

Musicians

• Damon Gough - Vocals, Guitars (acoustic & electric), Piano, Celeste, Clavinet, Wurlitzer Fun-Maker, Hammond Organ, Melotron, Fender Rhodes Piano, Glockenspiel, Banjo.
• Alex Thomas AKA Earl Shilton - Drums, Timpani, Gong, Bells, Orchestral crash cymbal.
• Sean McCann - Bass.
• Andy Votel - Tubular Bells, Cymabls, Cowbell, Chimes, Samples and effects.
• Bob Marsh - Trumpet Trk 1&5.
• Roger Wickham - Flute Trk 2,3,5,6,14.
• Chris Worsey - Cello Trk 1,4,13. Electric Cello Trk 14.
• Oliver Heath - Violin Trk 1,4,13.
• Charles Ashby - Percussion Trk 5.
• Norman Mcleod - Slide Guitar Trk 14.
• Colin Mcleod - Accordion Trk 14.
• Stockport Music Project (STOMP) - Vocals Trk 7,14.