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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC Music	(very favourable)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)[3]
Martin C. Strong	(7/10)[4]
Melody Maker	(very favourable)[5]
NME	(6/10)[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

1. "Out to Get You"
2. "Sometimes (Lester Piggott)"
3. "Dream Thrum"
4. "One of the Three"
5. "Say Something"
6. "Five-O"
7. "P.S."
8. "Everybody Knows"
9. "Knuckle Too Far"
10. "Low, Low, Low"
11. "Laid"
12. "Lullaby"
13. "Skindiving"

remastered 2001 reissue adds:

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

Personnel

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

References