''Multiply'' is a studio album by

Jamie Lidell James Alexander Lidderdale (born 18 September 1973), known professionally as Jamie Lidell, is an English musician, soul singer and podcast host. Lidell was formerly a part of Super Collider. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, US. Career Lidel ...

. It was released by

Warp Records Warp Records is a British independent record label that specialises in Electronic music, electronic, indie rock and experimental music. It was founded in Sheffield in 1989 by Steve Beckett, Robert Mitchell and Robert Gordon. It has released recor ...

in 2005. Unusually for Warp, which for many years released mainly

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, the album has much in common with

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and

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Critical reception

At ''

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'', 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". Jonathan Keefe, writing for

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, praised the album's mixture of classic soul and modern dance music while commenting on its departure from Warp's usual sound, saying "It’s hard to imagine what Warp’s post- IDM demographic might make of ''Multiply'', but it’s an album fully deserving of finding a massive fanbase across multiple genres of more mainstream pop." Mark Pytlik wrote a similarly positive review for

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, stating that "''Multiply'' represents Lidell's dramatic transformation from a knob-twiddling laptopper to a red-blooded soul singer." Additionally, Pitchfork placed it at number 189 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s, calling it "a remarkable statement made by a remarkable artist."

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, drums, keyboards, vibraphone, programming, production *

Mocky Dominic Salole (born October 7, 1974), known professionally as Mocky, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. Biography Mocky was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. He later moved to Ottawa and Toront ...

– bass guitar, guitar, piano, farfisa, synthesizer, tambourine, vocals, production * Tony Buck – drums * Daniel Raymond Gahn – drums *

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– piano * Jordan McLean – horns * Taylor Savvy – bass guitar *

Snax Paul Bonomo (born November 9, 1969), better known as Snax, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, performer and DJ from the Washington, D.C. area. He is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Snax became well known as a member of ...

– synthesizer *

André Vida André Vida (born 1974) is an American-born German Saxophone, saxophonist, lyricist, avant-garde musician, and Experimental music, experimental composer. Vida has been on the forefront of several major developments in experimental music, including ...

– horns * Bill Youngman – guitar

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2005 albums Jamie Lidell albums Warp Records albums