Tag: 12″

(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)

Artist: James
Album Title: Laid
Year released: 1993
Year reissued: 2015
Details: Double LP, Black vinyl, 180 gram, Remastered

The skinny: Pretty much everyone knows the title track, if not by name, then recognizing it within a few songs of pressing play, but it’s not even close to being the best song on the album. “Laid” was the Manchester-based James’ fifth album but their first working with uber-producer Brian Eno. It’s a beautiful atmospheric record that begs for earphones and candlelight.

Standout track: “Sometimes (Lester Piggott)”

(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)

Artist: James
Album Title: Seven
Year released: 1992
Year reissued: 2017
Details: Double LP, Black vinyl, 180 gram

The skinny: On their fourth album, James followed their breakthrough with more of what made the previous album so successful, albeit with a bigger palette. Not my favourite album of theirs by a long shot, falling off a bit after the first three tracks, but they are some incredible tracks indeed.

Standout track: “Ring the bells”