Like Weather

Like Weather
Studio album by Leila
Released 30 March 1998 (1998-03-30)
Genre IDM, trip hop, indietronica
Length 48:15
Label Rephlex
Producer Leila
Leila chronology
Like Weather
(1998)		 Courtesy of Choice
(2000)
Singles from Like Weather
  1. "Don't Fall Asleep"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Space, Love"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Feeling"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Guardian[3]
Muzik8/10[4]
NME9/10[5]

Like Weather is the debut studio album by electronic music artist Leila, released by Rephlex Records in 1998. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[6]

Critical reception

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "The overall tone, though tremendously eclectic, is of an experimentalism far in advance of other electronic singer/songwriter acts out there."[1]

NME named it the 10th best album of 1998.[7] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 6 on the "50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time" list.[8] In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 39 on the "50 Best IDM Albums of All Time" list.[9] In that year, Fact included it on the "22 Incredible Albums Turning 20 in 2018" list.[10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Something"1:29
2."Don't Fall Asleep"3:27
3."Underwaters (One for Keni)"3:24
4."Feeling"4:40
5."Blue Grace"4:07
6."Space, Love"4:57
7."Knew"1:18
8."Melodicore"5:21
9."So Low...Amen"6:15
10."Misunderstood"3:31
11."Piano-String"2:33
12."Won't You Be My Baby, Baby"4:09
13."Away"3:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Leila – production
  • Luca Santucci – vocals (1, 2, 7, 9, 12, 13)
  • Donna Paul – vocals (4, 10)
  • Roya Arab – vocals (5)
  • Dan Lipman – flute (5)
  • Benet Walsh – violin (6)
  • Ali Akbar – arrangement (6)
  • Gabriel Walsh – trumpet (12)

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[6] 19

References

  1. 1 2 Bush, John. "Like Weather – Leila". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2009). "Leila". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-199-72636-1. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Hemingway, David (6 March 1998). "Leila: Like Weather (Rephlex)". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Newsome, Rachel (April 1998). "Leila: Like Weather (Rephlex)". Muzik (35): 76.
  5. ↑ Kessler, Ted (14 March 1998). "Leila – Like Weather". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 05 April 1998 - 11 April 1998". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998". NME. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (30 July 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Cardew, Ben (24 January 2017). "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time (2/5)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Twells, John; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (30 December 2017). "22 incredible albums turning 20 in 2018". Fact. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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