Multiply (Jamie Lidell album)

Multiply
Studio album by
Jamie Lidell
Released13 June 2005 (2005-06-13)
Genre
Length39:17
LabelWarp
ProducerJamie 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Irish Times[5]
Mojo[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork8.5/10[8]
Q[9]
Slant[10]
SpinB[11]
URB[12]
The Village VoiceA−[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 Lidell1:48
2."Multiply"Lidell, Dominic "Mocky" Salole4:26
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

  • Jamie Lidell – vocals, drums, keyboards, vibraphone, programming, production
  • Mocky – bass guitar, guitar, piano, farfisa, synthesizer, tambourine, vocals, production
  • Tony Buck – drums
  • Daniel Raymond Gahn – drums
  • Gonzales – piano
  • Jordan McLean – horns
  • Taylor Savvy – bass guitar
  • Snax – synthesizer
  • André Vida – horns
  • Bill Youngman – guitar

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (2 October 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 April 2023. Whenever Lidell makes a not-so-subtle gesture towards his R&B forefathers, he does so with a healthy amount of polite disrespect — Multiply is seasoned with enough electronic chicanery...
  2. ^ a b "Reviews for Multiply by Jamie Lidell". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Multiply – Jamie Lidell". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ^ Greenblatt, Leah (22 July 2005). "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Entertainment Weekly. p. 74.
  5. ^ Carroll, Jim (17 June 2005). "Jamie Lidell: Multiply (Warp)". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Mojo (141): 104. August 2005.
  7. ^ "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". NME: 67. 11 June 2005.
  8. ^ a b Pytlik, Mark (4 July 2005). "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Q (228): 115. July 2005.
  10. ^ a b Keefe, Jonathan (30 June 2005). "Review: Jamie Lidell, Multiply". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Breakdown". Spin. 21 (8): 103. August 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". URB (128): 102. July–August 2005.
  13. ^ Christgau, Robert (4 April 2006). "Consumer Guide: Radical Comfort". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  14. ^ Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151 (2/5)". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2009.