Jim (album)

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Jim
Jamie Lidell Jim Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released28 April 2008 (2008-04-28)
Genre Soul
Length37:58
Label Warp
Producer Jamie Lidell, Mocky
Jamie Lidell chronology
Multiply Additions
(2006)
Jim
(2008)
Compass
(2010)
Singles from Jim
  1. "Little Bit of Feel Good"
    Released: 2008
  2. "Another Day"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club A− [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Jim is a studio album by Jamie Lidell. It was released through Warp on 28 April 2008. [11] It peaked at number 8 on the UK Independent Albums Chart, [12] as well as number 183 on the Billboard 200 chart, [13] number 7 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, [14] and number 23 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. [15]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jamie Lidell and Dominic 'Mocky' Salole, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Another Day"3:49
2."Wait for Me"3:23
3."Out of My System"3:58
4."All I Wanna Do"5:13
5."Little Bit of Feel Good" (Lidell, Salole, Andre Vida)4:03
6."Figured Me Out"4:27
7."Hurricane"3:13
8."Green Light" (Lidell, Salole, Jason Charles Beck)3:49
9."Where D'You Go?" (Beck)2:24
10."Rope of Sand"3:39
Total length:37:58
Limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Multiply" ('That's Live' Multiply Sessions)4:08
2."What's the Use" ('That's Live' Multiply Sessions)4:11
3."What Is It This Time?" ('That's Live' Multiply Sessions)3:04
4."Game for Fools" ('That's Live' Multiply Sessions)2:29
Total length:14:01

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [12] 8
US Billboard 200 [13] 183
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [14] 7
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [15] 23

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