Building a Beginning

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Building a Beginning
Jamie Lidell - Building a Beginning.png
Studio album by
Released14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Genre Soul, electronic, experimental
Length49:50
Label Jajulin Records
Producer Justin Stanley
Ben Ash [1]
Jamie Lidell chronology
Jamie Lidell
(2013)
Building a Beginning
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B+ [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Building a Beginning is a studio album by English musician Jamie Lidell. It was released on 14 October 2016. This album marks Lidell's departure from long time label Warp. Instead, it was released on Lidell's own label Jajulin Records with distribution handled by Kobalt.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Building a Beginning"3:48
2."Julian"3:41
3."I Live to Make You Smile"3:57
4."Find It Hard to Say"2:47
5."Me and You"2:54
6."How Did I Live Before Your Love"3:22
7."Walk Right Back"3:39
8."Nothing's Gonna Change"3:09
9."In Love and Alone"2:48
10."Motionless"3:39
11."Believe in Me"3:55
12."I Stay Inside"4:04
13."Precious Years"4:17
14."Don't Let Me Let You Go"3:46
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Love Me Please"3:35
16."You Rewind"3:28

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 68
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 176
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 97

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