Multiply (Jamie Lidell album)

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Multiply
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Studio album by
Released13 June 2005 (2005-06-13)
Genre
Length39:17
Label Warp
Producer Jamie Lidell, Mocky
Jamie Lidell chronology
Muddlin Gear
(2000)
Multiply
(2005)
Multiply Additions
(2006)

Multiply is a studio album by Jamie Lidell. It was released by Warp Records in 2005. Unusually for Warp, which for many years released mainly electronic music, the album has much in common with soul and funk music.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin B [11]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [12]
The Village Voice A− [13]

At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Multiply received an average score of 84% based on 24 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [2]

Jonathan Keefe, writing for Slant, praised the album's mixture of classic soul and modern dance music while commenting on its departure from Warp's usual sound, saying "It’s hard to imagine what Warp’s post-IDM demographic might make of Multiply, but it’s an album fully deserving of finding a massive fanbase across multiple genres of more mainstream pop." [10]

Mark Pytlik wrote a similarly positive review for Pitchfork, stating that "Multiply represents Lidell's dramatic transformation from a knob-twiddling laptopper to a red-blooded soul singer." [8] Additionally, Pitchfork placed it at number 189 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s, calling it "a remarkable statement made by a remarkable artist." [14]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Got Me Up" Jamie Lidell 1:48
2."Multiply"Lidell, Dominic "Mocky" Salole 4:26
3."When I Come Back Around"Lidell, Salole5:27
4."A Little Bit More"Jamie Lidell3:06
5."What's the Use?"Lidell, Salole4:29
6."Music Will Not Last"Jamie Lidell3:29
7."New Me"Jamie Lidell4:07
8."The City"Jamie Lidell5:07
9."What Is It This Time?"Lidell, Salole3:05
10."Game for Fools"Lidell, Salole4:13

Personnel

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