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Track Listings
| 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 |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Given that no-one, in the wider world, really cared about James until 10 years into their career, when they released "Sit Down", it's amazing they managed to repay this sudden attention with a creative burst that still sounds magical. Seven was their journey out into Waterboys-esque Big Music, whilst Laid, following a year after, was a semi-retreat back indoors again. Producer Brian Eno--ever the restraining reins when bands get on their big horse of rock--made sure that James' urges to go all Simple Minds are firmly curtailed, whilst the simply gorgeous "Sometimes (Lester Piggot)", the result of an all-night jam-session, could probably be used in religious devotionals. One chord, sixty acoustic guitars, Tim Booth ranting about a boy being struck down by lightening and a choir that appears for the last 30 seconds. If only all bands could touch God this late into their careers, Tin Machine would never have existed. --Caitlan Moran
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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, quietballads, 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.
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.
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