Compass (Jamie Lidell album)
2010 studio album by Jamie Lidell
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Compass is a 2010 album by Jamie Lidell, released May 18. It is produced by Lidell and features additional production by Beck, Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, Lindsey Rome and Robbie Lackritz.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 18, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Soul, folk, blues | |||
| Label | Warp Records | |||
| Producer | Jamie Lidell | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Jamie Lidell, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Completely Exposed" | 3:24 | |
| 2. | "Your Sweet Boom" | 3:13 | |
| 3. | "She Needs Me" | 5:55 | |
| 4. | "I Wanna Be Your Telephone" | Lidell & Snax | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Enough's Enough" | 2:55 | |
| 6. | "The Ring" | 3:44 | |
| 7. | "You Are Waking" | 3:42 | |
| 8. | "I Can Love Again" | 2:10 | |
| 9. | "It's a Kiss" | 3:47 | |
| 10. | "Compass" | 5:33 | |
| 11. | "Gypsy Blood" | 2:16 | |
| 12. | "Coma Chameleon" | Lidell & Beck Hansen | 3:20 |
| 13. | "Big Drift" | Lidell, Hansen, Leslie Feist & Lindsey Rome | 4:45 |
| 14. | "You See My Light" | 2:09 | |
| 15. | "Completely Exposed – Heavy Ramble" (iTunes Bonus track) | 8:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Turn It Around" | |
| 2. | "Lies Inside" | |
| 3. | "Your Sweet Boom Dub" | |
| 4. | "Pat's Compass" | |
| 5. | "Lies Inside Cold Dub" | |
| 6. | "Enhanced: A Video Introduction To Compass" |
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| BBC Music | Positive[3] |
| The Boston Globe | Positive[4] |
| Clash |  [5] |
| In One Ear | [6] |
| NME | [7] |
| NU.nl | [8] |
| One Thirty BPM | 78%[9] |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.6/10[10] |
| Slant | [11] |
| Spin | [12] |
| Times Online | [13] |
| Washington City Paper | Positive[14] |
| XLR8R | [15] |
Compass received generally favorable reviews upon its release, earning a rating of 76 out of 100 on review aggregator website Metacritic.[1]
In popular culture
A shortened version of track 10, "Compass", was used in the 2010 action-adventure game Red Dead Redemption, published by Rockstar Games.[16]
Credits
- Jamie Lidell: Production, vocals, vocal effects, beat box, synths, Moog, piano, drum machine, guitar, tambourine, percussion, drums, mixing
- Bryan Baird (Feist): Shaker, trumpet, French horn, fugel
- Jesse Baird (Feist): Drums, percussion
- Chris Bautista: Trumpet
- Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear): Drums, percussion, tambourine
- Nikka Costa: Vocals
- Matt Demeritt: Tenor sax
- Leslie Feist: Vocals, shouts, percussion, guitar
- James Gadson (Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye): Drums, percussion
- Daniel Raymond Gahn: Drums
- Chilly Gonzales: Piano
- Beck Hansen: Production, guitar, Juno synth, vocals
- Robbie Lackritz (Feist): Production
- Brian Lebarton (Beck): Percussion, electronic drums, synth, keys, vocals
- Carlin Nicholson (Zeus): Bass
- Mike O'Brien (Zeus): Guitar
- David Ralicke: Trombone, sax
- Lindsey Rome: Production, vocals, percussion, design, photos and artwork
- Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear): Guitar
- Dan Rothschild: Bass
- Pat Sansone (Wilco): Wurlitzer, bass, rhodes, mellotron, percussion, gongs, celeste, vocals, mallets
- Justin Stanley (Beck): Drums, Mexican bass, percussion
- Snax: Vocals, synth
- Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear): Production, mixing, bass, synth, guitar, bass clarinet, flute, sax
