Laid (studio album)
by James
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James bestography
Laid is ranked as the best album by James.
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Laid track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/21/2025 11:33 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,227 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 17:11 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,730 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2025 21:47 | traistboar | 1,457 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2025 16:48 | morphee | 1,188 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2025 11:29 | markl73 | 513 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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pedro1976 01/13/2024 19:47 | #301148
amazing record, just gorgeous... great stuff.
Album Rating: 88.38
(1,149/13)
27.09.1993
James (UK): Laid
1.Out To Get You. 100
2.Sometimes (Lester Piggott). 90
3.Dream Thrum. 98
4.One Of The Three. 88
5.Say Something. 83
6.Five-O. 98
7.P.S. 97
8.Everybody Knows. 83
9.Knuckle Too Far. 74
10.Low Low Low. 78
11.Laid. 92
12.Lullaby. 91
13.Skindiving. 77
Can't believe how low this album is ranked on the overall chart. Such a classic indie album. I love the singer's voice. My highlights are Sometimes (one of my favourite songs ever), Laid, Five-O, PS and Say Something. I would rank this a bit higher but there are a few filler tracks that I can't get into and therefore lower the overall score - Lullaby, Dream Thrum, Knuckle Too Far.
"My therapist says not to see you no more, she said you're like a disease without any cure" - Laid. I love the lyrics in this song.
nitomano 06/23/2016 00:55 | #169521
Favoritas: Out To Get You, Sometimes, Say Something, Laid
marazico 02/19/2016 04:47 | #160188
A beautiful, dreamy album only let down by 'Low Low Low'
Makes me drift away.......
Quite simply, for me, one of the top 10 best albums ever made - how it has gone under the radar I do not know. It is superb, lyrically & sonically. Brian Eno was working with the band in this era and you can hear it come through in the music, it's subtle, emotional and takes the listener on a dreamy trip. Fantastic !
meccalecca 05/04/2014 22:06 | #110811
The paranoid delusions that cripple a relationship.
meccalecca 04/17/2013 18:09 | #73621
A album overlooked by the prejudice that James are a one hit wonder whose only good song is "Laid". This album totally blew me away after I lifted my own prejudice against it.
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