Lido (Darren Hayman album)

Lido is a studio album by British singer and songwriter Darren Hayman.[1][2] It was released through Where It's at Is Where You Are in 2012. The album is about public swimming pools.[1]

Lido
Studio album by
Released2012
Genre
Length49:27
LabelWhere It's at Is Where You Are
Darren Hayman chronology
The Green and the Grey
(2011)
Lido
(2012)
The Violence
(2012)

Lido was reissued for Record Store Day in April 2023.[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
Record Collector     [5]

Stuart Huggett of The Quietus wrote that "even as a diversion from his lyrically focussed work, Lido adds to the developing picture of Hayman as a great chronicler of British life, present and past."[6] Clay Pipe of Record Collector wrote that "while navigating the stylistic gamut from pop-reggae to piano études, by way of uke strums and jelly-like slide guitar, Hayman forsakes ambient drift for recurring tunefulness, thus providing some continuity with his song-based work."[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."London Fields"3:01
2."Black Rock Baths"3:59
3."Brockwell Park"2:07
4."Parliament Hill"4:55
5."Saltdean"3:03
6."The Knap"2:35
7."Super Swimming Stadium"5:29
8."Brentwood"4:45
9."Tinside"3:31
10."Stonehaven"4:36
11."King's Meadow"1:39
12."Jubilee Pool"2:57
13."Purley Way"3:33
14."Tooting Bec"3:17
Total length:49:27

References

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  1. ^ a b "Darren Hayman | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Homes: Britain's lidos make a splash". the Guardian. 29 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Darren Hayman: Lido". Record Store Day. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  4. ^ Bass, George (9 August 2012). "Darren Hayan – Lido". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b Pipe, Clay (13 August 2012). "Lido | Darren Hayman". Record Collector. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ^ Huggett, Stuart (31 August 2012). "Darren Hayman – Lido". The Quietus. Retrieved 31 December 2021.