1. The Things I Do
2. What's This?!!
3. In My Arms
4. Where To Go From Here
5. Don't Know What I Was Thinking
6. Can't Sing Straight
7. Slippery Slope (Easier)
8. Jonathan's Book
9. One Of These Days
10. Turning The Gun On Myself
11. A Piece Of What You Need/The Price Of Love

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best so far- maybe mainstream soon but hopefully not
This has managed to take TT's melancholic style and lyrics and wrap them up in a more layered and upbeat musical style. Definitely his best album so far! Seen him in concert and hopefully this will mean bigger venues and maybe he can lighten up a bit. Yes Teddy you are good so don't be so serious.

Wonderful stuff
This is a wonderful album, and one of my favourites of the year.

I was vaguely aware of Teddy through the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack, and have enjoyed some of his mum and dad's work, the legendary folkies Richard and Linda Thompson. But when I heard 'In My Arms' on Jonathan Ross's R2 show, I was sold. And went out and bought everything of his I could find.

Americana with an alt feel, beautiful love songs with wry, slightly subversive lyrics are his stock in trade but this album brings a new pop sensibility that the music wears extremely well.

I later read an interview with Teddy where he was suggesting that his frustration with not breaking through to a wider audience was beginning to make him doubt his future as a music maker. This album deserves to be that breakthrough.

Buy this album and make sure Teddy continues to make music for many many years to come. Looking forward to catching him live in Brighton in 2009!

Album of the Year contender
I was put off this excellent example of songwriting by magazine reviewers love of altfolk and the folk gerontocracy (Waterson/Carthy/Thompson) but after I heard clips I havent stopped playing it. Its on the car CD, the PC and my ipod. Original twists on love ("In my arms" is just one example) life and the meaning of....whatever; no, seriously, its not that Thompson is a navelgazer anymore than Julian Dawson, Jackson Browne (with whom this album very favourably compares) or Teddy's daddy Richard, but he does write thoughtfully and his language is as mellifluous as his tunes. Too bad there's an unnecessary 10 minute gap until the hidden track "The Price of Love". After three okay albums, Teddy Thompson has demonstrated greatness as a singer/songwriter and I desperately hope he maintains his skill and craft on the next album.

Nothing Special
Oh dear. Another bland album from a son-of-someone-famous. If Teddy Thompson was called Bert Morris and came from Glossop, he wouldn't have been given the time of day. Yet another offspring given a foot up when perhaps they don't deserve it. Sadly, Bert Morris from Glossop may be a true original, but Teddy Thompson, son of the the Bert Morris and Bertina Morris of the 1960s, isn't. Leave this one in TESCO where it belongs.


Nice Album
Having been a fan of Richard and Linda Thomson in their early days, I decided to give this album a try. Boy was I surprised. It has a nice mix of up to date and retro music. Try the opening track for a start. You can see the influence of his mum and dad on some tracks but don't be fooled. He is very much his own man.

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