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| Track Listing 1. Out To Get You 2. Sometimes (Lester Piggott) 3. Dream Thrum 4. One Of The Three 5. Say Something 6. Five O 7. PS 8. Everybody Knows 9. Knuckle Too Far 10. Low Low Low 11. Laid 12. Lullaby 13. Skindiving
Album Notes James: Tim Booth (vocals); Saul Davies (guitar, violin); Larry Gott (guitar, background vocals); Mark Hunter (keyboards); Jim Glennie (bass); David Baynton-Power (drums).Additional personnel: Brian Eno, Martine McDonagh, The Kitchenettes (background vocals).Engineers: Benedict Fenner, Steve "Doc" Williams. Recorded at Real World, Box, England and The Windings, Wrexham, Wales.This Manchester-based band had already been around for 10 years by the time this seminal release hit stores. The band had always experimented in the studio and had long wanted to work with Brian Eno--and for LAID their wish was granted. The results are a combination of crowd-pleasing anthems, quiet ballads, and lullabies, all of which benefit greatly from the atmospheric tones of the sparser Eno-led production. Leading off with the spectacularly paranoid slow number "Out to Get You" and then moving straight into the upbeat "(Sometimes) Lester Piggott" and then see-sawing between the two states from there, LAID mirrors the therapy enriched lives of its creators. Lead singer Tim Booth's vision especially shines through in this collection, which was the band's first commercially successful record in the U.S. (Morrissey fans take note--Booth is allegedly who Morrissey is referring to in the single "We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful.") Best known on LAID is the title track, a joyous paean to obsessive love. Play very loud. Editorial Reviews Entertainment Weekly (10/15/1993) Melody Maker (09/25/1993) Q (11/01/1993) Musician (11/01/1993) Rolling Stone | |||||||||||||
Reviews  james-laid cdReview created: 17/05/08 by:  fantastic!james are a top band,cd excellent,collecting back catalogue from their previous releases.havent listened to some of the songs before,they are all have great lyrics as usual,produced by brian eno who produced a load of u2's stuff,recommended Review ID: 10000000007193139 Was this review helpful? Report this review  LAID - the truthReview created: 10/10/06 by: The title track is what makes this album, the rest I don't really care for. But the title track is a stonker. Just buy a James singles collection CD instead Review ID: 10000000002094507 Was this review helpful? Report this review James - Laid.Review created: 06/06/06 by: In my humble opinion probably the best of the James albums, though Millionaires pushes it close. Strange that one of the finest bands these shores have ever produced somehow failed to attract the widespread acclaim they undoubtably deserved. And it all ended far too soon. Review ID: 10000000001110617 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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