Compass (Jamie Lidell album)

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.

Compass
Studio album by Jamie Lidell
Released	May 18, 2010
Genre	Soul, folk, blues
Label	Warp Records
Producer	Jamie Lidell
Jamie Lidell chronology
Jim (2008) Compass (2010) Jamie Lidell (2013)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jamie Lidell, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Deluxe edition bonus CD

No.	Title	Length
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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
BBC Music	Positive^[3]
The Boston Globe	Positive^[4]
Clash	^[5]
In One Ear	^[6]
NME	^[7]
NU.nl	^[8]
One Thirty BPM	78%^[9]
Pitchfork Media	6.6/10^[10]
Slant	^[11]
Spin	^[12]
Times Online	^[13]
Washington City Paper	Positive^[14]
XLR8R	^[15]

Compass received generally favorable reviews upon its release, earning a rating of 76 out of 100 on review aggregator website Metacritic.^[1]

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. "Jamie Lidell: Compass (2010): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
2. Compass at AllMusic
3. "BBC - Music - Review of Jamie Lidell - Compass".
4. "Jamie Lidell, 'Compass'". Boston.com.
5. "Jamie Lidell - Compass". 17 May 2010.
6. . inoneear.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
7. "Album review - Jamie Lidell - 'Compass' (Warp)". NME. 14 May 2010.
8. Oitmann, Pierre (11 May 2010). "Review: Compass". NU.nl. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
9. . onethirtybpm.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
10. "Jamie Lidell: Compass". Pitchfork.
11. "Review: Jamie Lidell, Compass". Slant Magazine. 15 May 2010.
12. "Jamie Lidell, 'Compass' (Warp)". 21 May 2010.
13. "TLS - Times Literary Supplement".
14. "Reviewed: Jamie Lidell's Compass". 14 May 2010.
15. "Jamie Lidell Compass". June 2010.