Compass (album)

Compass
Studio album by Jamie Lidell
Released	May 18, 2010
Genre	Soul
Label	Warp Records
Producer	Jamie Lidell
Professional reviews
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Jamie Lidell chronology
JIM (2008) Compass (2010)

Compass is a 2010 album by Jamie Lidell, released May 18. It is produced by Lidell and features additional production by Beck, Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, Lindsey Rome and Robbie Lackritz.

Track listing

Written by Jamie Lidell (except where noted)

1. "Completely Exposed" - 3:24
2. "Your Sweet Boom" - 3:13
3. "She Needs Me" - 5:55
4. "I Wanna Be Your Telephone" (Lidell & Snax) - 3:29
5. "Enough's Enough" - 2:55
6. "The Ring" - 3:44
7. "You Are Waking" - 3:42
8. "I Can Love Again" - 2:10
9. "It's a Kiss" - 3:47
10. "Compass" - 5:33
11. "Gypsy Blood" - 2:16
12. "Coma Chameleon" (Lidell & Beck Hansen) - 3:20
13. "Big Drift" (Lidell, Hansen, Leslie Feist & Lindsey Rome) - 4:45
14. "You See My Light" - 2:09
15. "Completely Exposed - Heavy Ramble", (iTunes Bonus track) - 8:30

A limited "Deluxe Edition" features a bonus CD with the following songs:

1. "Turn It Around"
2. "Lies Inside"
3. "Your Sweet Boom Dub"
4. "Pat's Compass"
5. "Lies Inside Cold Dub"
6. Enhanced: A Video Introduction To Compass

Reception

Compass received generally favorable reviews upon its release, earning a rating of 74 out of 100 on review aggregrator website Metacritic.^[2]

Credits

• Jamie Lidell: Production, vocals, vocal effects, beat box, synths, moog, piano, drum machine, guitar, tambourine, percussion, drums, mixing

• Bryan Baird (Feist): Shaker, trumpet, French horn, fugel
• Jesse Baird (Feist): Drums, percussion
• Chris Bautista: Trumpet
• Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear): Drums, percussion, tambourine
• Nikka Costa: Vocals
• Matt Demeritt: Tenor sax
• Leslie Feist: Vocals, shouts, percussion, guitar
• James Gadson (Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye): Drums, percussion
• Daniel Raymond Gahn: Drums
• Chilly Gonzales: Piano
• Beck Hansen: Production, guitar, Juno synth, vocals
• Robbie Lackritz (Feist): Production
• Brian Lebarton (Beck): Percussion, electronic drums, synth, keys, vocals
• Carlin Nicholson (Zeus): Bass
• Mike O'Brien (Zeus): Guitar
• David Ralicke: Trombone, sax
• Lindsey Rome: Production, vocals, percussion, design, photos and artwork
• Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear): Guitar
• Dan Rothschild: Bass
• Pat Sansone (Wilco): Wurlitzer, bass, rhodes, mellotron, percussion, gongs, celeste, vocals, mallets
• Justin Stanley (Beck): Drums, Mexican bass, percussion
• Snax: Vocals, synth
• Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear): Production, mixing, bass, synth, guitar, bass clarinet, flute, sax

References

1. ^ Oitmann, Pierre. "Review: Compass". NU.nl. http://www.nu.nl/cd-recensies/2244846/jamie-lidell---compass.html. Retrieved 11 May 2010. 
2. ^ "Jamie Lidell: Compass (2010): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/lidelljamie/compass. Retrieved 2010-05-21.