Laid is the sixth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by British alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band James

James (band)

James are a British rock band from Manchester, England. They formed in 1982 and were active throughout the 1980s, but most successful during the 1990s. Their hit singles include "Come Home", "Sit Down", and "She's a Star" as well as their American College Radio hit "Laid"...

. It was released on October 5, 1993. It was the first of several collaborations between the group and Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

, who produced all but one of the album's tracks – in Stuart Maconie

Stuart Maconie

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's authorised biography of the group, Folklore, they admitted that Eno didn't like the song "One of the Three" so they recorded it when he took a day off. The sessions also resulted in the experimental Wah Wah

Wah Wah

Wah Wah, the sixth full-length release by the Manchester indie rock group James, was produced by Brian Eno during the same six-week session as Laid. Although the group had always been keen on improvisation, both as their principal songwriting method and onstage, this was their first album to be...

album.

Track listing

1. "Out to Get You"
2. "Sometimes (Lester Piggott)"
3. "Dream Thrum"
4. "One of the Three"
5. "Say Something"
6. "Five-O"
7. "P.S."
8. "Everybody Knows"
9. "Knuckle Too Far"
10. "Low, Low, Low"
11. "Laid
    Laid (song)
    "Laid" is the title song from Manchester alternative rock band James' 1993 album Laid. Emotionally evocative and featuring the risqué lyrics "This bed is on fire with passionate love, the neighbours complain about the noises above, but she only comes when she's on top", it quickly gained popularity...
    
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12. "Lullaby"
13. "Skindiving"

remastered 2001 reissue adds:

1. Laid (Live At GLR)
2. Sometimes (Live)
3. Five-O (Live)
4. Say Something (The Saying Nothing Mix)

Personnel

• Larry Gott - guitar
• Mark Hunter- keys
• Tim Booth - vocals
• David Baynton-Power - drums
• Saul Davies - violin, guitar
• Jim Glennie - bass
• James Mike - drums on 'Laid', timpani and percussion on 'Low, Low, Low'

Charts

Album - Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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(United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1993	The Billboard 200	72