Multiply (Jamie Lidell album)

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

Multiply
Studio album by Jamie Lidell
Released	13 June 2005
Genre	Electronic, soul, funk
Length	39:17
Label	Warp
Producer	Jamie Lidell, Mocky
Jamie Lidell chronology
Muddlin Gear (2000) Multiply (2005) Multiply Additions (2006)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
The Irish Times	[4]
Mojo	[5]
NME	8/10[6]
Pitchfork	8.5/10[7]
Q	[8]
Spin	B[9]
URB	[10]
The Village Voice	A−[11]

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".[1]

Pitchfork placed it at number 189 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(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, Salole	5:27
4.	"A Little Bit More"	Jamie Lidell	3:06
5.	"What's the Use?"	Lidell, Salole	4:29
6.	"Music Will Not Last"	Jamie Lidell	3:29
7.	"New Me"	Jamie Lidell	4:07
8.	"The City"	Jamie Lidell	5:07
9.	"What Is It This Time?"	Lidell, Salole	3:05
10.	"Game for Fools"	Lidell, Salole	4:13

Personnel

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

References

1. "Reviews for Multiply by Jamie Lidell". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
2. Kellman, Andy. "Multiply – Jamie Lidell". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
3. Greenblatt, Leah (22 July 2005). "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Entertainment Weekly: 74.
4. Carroll, Jim (17 June 2005). "Jamie Lidell: Multiply (Warp)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
5. "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Mojo (141): 104. August 2005.
6. "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". NME: 67. 11 June 2005.
7. Pytlik, Mark (4 July 2005). "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
8. "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". Q (228): 115. July 2005.
9. "Breakdown". Spin. 21 (8): 103. August 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
10. "Jamie Lidell: Multiply". URB (128): 102. July–August 2005.
11. Christgau, Robert (4 April 2006). "Consumer Guide: Radical Comfort". The Village Voice. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
12. Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151 (2/5)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

External links

• Multiply at Discogs (list of releases)