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| Released | 2012 | |||
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| Length | 49:27 | |||
| Label | Where It's at Is Where You Are | |||
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Lido is a studio album by British singer and songwriter Darren Hayman. [1] [2] It was released through Where It's at Is Where You Are in 2012. The album is about public swimming pools. [1]
Lido was reissued for Record Store Day in April 2023. [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [4] |
| Record Collector |   [5] |
Stuart Huggett of The Quietus wrote that "even as a diversion from his lyrically focussed work, Lido adds to the developing picture of Hayman as a great chronicler of British life, present and past." [6] Clay Pipe of Record Collector wrote that "while navigating the stylistic gamut from pop-reggae to piano études, by way of uke strums and jelly-like slide guitar, Hayman forsakes ambient drift for recurring tunefulness, thus providing some continuity with his song-based work." [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "London Fields" | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Black Rock Baths" | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Brockwell Park" | 2:07 |
| 4. | "Parliament Hill" | 4:55 |
| 5. | "Saltdean" | 3:03 |
| 6. | "The Knap" | 2:35 |
| 7. | "Super Swimming Stadium" | 5:29 |
| 8. | "Brentwood" | 4:45 |
| 9. | "Tinside" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Stonehaven" | 4:36 |
| 11. | "King's Meadow" | 1:39 |
| 12. | "Jubilee Pool" | 2:57 |
| 13. | "Purley Way" | 3:33 |
| 14. | "Tooting Bec" | 3:17 |
| Total length: | 49:27 | |
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