| Thee Physical | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Pictureplane |
| Cover: | Pictureplane - Thee Physical cover art.jpg |
| Studio: | Rhinoceropolis, Denver, Colorado |
| Genre: | Electronic |
| Label: | Lovepump United Records |
| Producer: | Travis Egedy, Jupiter Keyes, Mookie Singerman |
| Prev Title: | Dark Rift |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Technomancer |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
Thee Physical is a studio album by American electronic musician Pictureplane. It was released by Lovepump United Records on July 19, 2011.[1] Music videos were created for "Real Is a Feeling",[2] "Post Physical",[3] "Black Nails",[4] and "Negative Slave".[5]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Thee Physical received an average score of 73, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Kate Shapiro of CMJ said, "Pictureplane's Travis Egedy has always been one for fist-pumping, electronic opuses, but Thee Physical, with its exploration of gender and sexuality, marks a departure from the big, electronic sound and a move to, well, damn good pop songs." Matt James of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "despite some desperately un-sexy, clumsy faux-pas in the introduction, Thee Physical does ultimately deliver a gratifyingly memorable evening and is ripe for the plucking." David Malitz of The Washington Post called it "Pictureplane's most professional collection of songs to date."
Stereogum placed it at number 28 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2011" list.[6]
Credits adapted from liner notes.