One Plus One Is One

Not to be confused with One and One Is One (disambiguation).

One Plus One Is One is the fourth studio album by Badly Drawn Boy, released in 2004. It is his last album for XL Recordings.

One Plus One Is One
Studio album by Badly Drawn Boy
Released	21 June 2004
Recorded	June 2003
Studio	Moolah Rouge Studio, Stockport, UK
Genre	Folk rock, indie folk
Length	55:13 (61:37 U.S version)
Label	XL Recordings, Twisted Nerve Records
Producer	Badly Drawn Boy, Andy Votel
Badly Drawn Boy chronology
Have You Fed the Fish? (2002) One Plus One Is One (2004) Born in the U.K. (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Dotmusic	8/10
musicOMH	(favorable)
Pitchfork Media	3/10

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

Personnel

• Damon Gough - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, celeste, Clavinet, Wurlitzer Fun-Maker, Hammond organ, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes piano, glockenspiel, banjo
• Alex Thomas AKA Earl Shilton - drums, timpani, gong, bells, orchestral crash cymbal
• Sean McCann - bass
• Andy Votel - tubular bells, cymbals, cowbell, chimes, samples and effects
• Bob Marsh - trumpet on track 1&5
• Roger Wickham - flute on track 2,3,5,6,14
• Chris Worsey - cello on track 1,4,13; electric cello on track 14
• Oliver Heath - violin on track 1,4,13
• Charles Ashby - percussion on track 5
• Norman Mcleod - slide guitar on track 14
• Colin Mcleod - accordion on track 14
• Stockport Music Project (STOMP) - vocals on track 7,14