Like Weather

"Don't Fall Asleep"
Like Weather
Studio album by Leila
Released	30 March 1998
Genre	IDM; trip hop;
Length	48:15
Label	Rephlex
Producer	Leila
Leila chronology
Singles from Like Weather
	"Don't Fall Asleep"; Released: 1997; "Space, Love"; Released: 1998; "Feeling"; Released: 1998;

Like Weather is the debut studio album by electronic music artist Leila, released by Rephlex Records in 1998. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Muzik	8/10[5]
NME	9/10[6]

John Bush of AllMusic wrote, "The overall tone, though tremendously eclectic, is of an experimentalism far in advance of other electronic singer/songwriter acts out there."[2]

NME named Like Weather the 10th best album of 1998.[7] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 6 on its list of "The 50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time".[8] In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 39 on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time".[9] In that year, Fact included it on its list of "22 Incredible Albums Turning 20 in 2018".[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something"	Leila Arab Luca Santucci	1:29
2.	"Don't Fall Asleep"	L. Arab Santucci	3:27
3.	"Underwaters (One for Keni)"	L. Arab	3:24
4.	"Feeling"	L. Arab Donna Paul	4:40
5.	"Blue Grace"	L. Arab Roya Arab	4:07
6.	"Space, Love"	L. Arab	4:57
7.	"Knew"	L. Arab Santucci	1:18
8.	"Melodicore"	L. Arab	5:21
9.	"So Low...Amen"	L. Arab Santucci	6:15
10.	"Misunderstood"	L. Arab Paul	3:31
11.	"Piano-String"	L. Arab	2:33
12.	"Won't You Be My Baby, Baby"	L. Arab Brian Auger Roger Sutton	4:09
13.	"Away"	L. Arab Santucci	3:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Leila – production, mixing, recording
Luca Santucci – vocals (1, 2, 7, 9, 12, 13)
Donna Paul – vocals (4, 10)
Roya Arab – vocals (5)
Dan Lipman – flute (5)
Benet Walsh – violin (6)
Ali Akbar – arrangement (6)
Gabriel Walsh – trumpet (12)

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[1]	19

References

"Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
Bush, John. "Like Weather – Leila". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
Larkin, Colin (2009). "Leila". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-199-72636-1. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
Hemingway, David (6 March 1998). "Leila: Like Weather (Rephlex)". The Guardian.
Newsome, Rachel (April 1998). "Leila: Like Weather (Rephlex)". Muzik (35): 76.
Kessler, Ted (14 March 1998). "Leila – Like Weather". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
"Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998". NME. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (30 July 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
"The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 January 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
Twells, John; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (30 December 2017). "22 incredible albums turning 20 in 2018". Fact. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

External links

Like Weather at Discogs (list of releases)

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[officialcharts-1] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

[allmusic-2] Bush, John. "Like Weather – Leila". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[encyclopedia-3] Larkin, Colin (2009). "Leila". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-199-72636-1. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[4] Hemingway, David (6 March 1998). "Leila: Like Weather (Rephlex)". The Guardian.

[5] Newsome, Rachel (April 1998). "Leila: Like Weather (Rephlex)". Muzik (35): 76.

[6] Kessler, Ted (14 March 1998). "Leila – Like Weather". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[7] "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998". NME. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[8] Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (30 July 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[9] "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 January 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[10] Twells, John; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (30 December 2017). "22 incredible albums turning 20 in 2018". Fact. Retrieved 19 July 2018.