Laid

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This article is about the James album. For a definition of the word "laid", see the Wiktionary entry laid.
Laid
Studio album by James
Released 5 October 1993
Recorded 1993 at Real World & Box in England and The Windings & Wrexham in Wales
Genre Alternative rock
Length 55:46
Label Mercury
Producer Brian Eno
James chronology
Seven
(1992)		 Laid
(1993)		 Wah Wah
(1994)
Singles from Laid
  1. "Sometimes"
    Released: August 1993
  2. "Laid"
    Released: October 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC Music(favourable)[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[3]
The Essential Rock Discography7/10[4]
Melody Maker(favourable)[5]
NME6/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone(favourable)[8]
Select[9]

Laid is the fifth studio album by British alternative rock band James. It was released on 5 October 1993. It was the first of several collaborations between the group and Brian Eno, who produced all but one of the album's tracks – in Stuart Maconie's authorised biography of the group, Folklore, they admitted that Eno didn't like the song "One of the Three" so they recorded it when he took a day off. The sessions also resulted in the experimental Wah Wah album.

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Booth, Larry Gott and Jim Glennie; except where noted.

  1. "Out to Get You" - 4:26
  2. "Sometimes (Lester Piggott)" - 5:10
  3. "Dream Thrum" - 4:47
  4. "One of the Three" - 4:08
  5. "Say Something" (Bob James) - 3:26
  6. "Five-O" - 5:25
  7. "P.S." - 5:04
  8. "Everybody Knows" - 3:28
  9. "Knuckle Too Far" - 4:39
  10. "Low Low Low" - 2:51
  11. "Laid" - 2:36
  12. "Lullaby" - 3:49
  13. "Skindiving" - 5:41

remastered 2001 reissue adds:

  1. Laid (Live At GLR)
  2. Sometimes (Live)
  3. Five-O (Live)
  4. Say Something (The Saying Nothing Mix)

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1993 US Billboard 200 72
1993 UK Albums Chart 3
1994 Australia (ARIA Albums Chart)[10] 86

References

  1. ↑ Ned Raggett. "Laid - James". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Wade, Ian (26 July 2011). "James: Laid - Review". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly: 76. 15 October 1993. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ The Essential Rock Discography - Volume 1: 550. 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Gittins, Ian (25 September 1993). "Laid: Reviews". Melody Maker. IPC Media. p. 32. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Dee, Johnny. "Laid: Reviews". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Davies, Paul (November 1993). Q: 122. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "James - Laid Audio CD". CD Universe. 29 December 1994. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Harrison, Andrew. "Laid: Reviews". Select. EMAP. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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