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
James Laid.jpg
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)Seven1992		 Laid
(1993)		 Wah Wah
(1994)Wah Wah1994
Singles from Laid
  1. "Sometimes"
    Released: August 1993
  2. "Laid"
    Released: October 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
BBC Music (favourable)[2]
Entertainment Weekly A–[3]
The Essential Rock Discography 7/10[4]
Melody Maker (favourable)[5]
NME 6/10[6]
Q 4/5 stars[7]
Rolling Stone (favourable)[8]
Select 4/5 stars[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

  • Tim Booth - vocals
  • Larry Gott - guitar
  • Mark Hunter- keys
  • Jim Glennie - bass
  • Saul Davies - violin, guitar
  • David Baynton-Power - drums
  • James Mike - drums on 'Laid', timpani and percussion on 'Low, Low, Low'

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

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

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