Building a Beginning

Building a Beginning is a studio album by English musician Jamie Lidell. It was released on 14 October 2016. This album marks Lidell's departure from long time label Warp. Instead, it was released on Lidell's own label Jajulin Records with distribution handled by Kobalt.

Building a Beginning
Studio album by Jamie Lidell
Released	14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Genre	Soul, electronic, experimental
Length	49:50
Label	Jajulin Records
Producer	Justin Stanley Ben Ash[1]
Jamie Lidell chronology
Jamie Lidell (2013) Building a Beginning (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The A.V. Club	B+[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Pitchfork	6.2/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Building a Beginning"	3:48
2.	"Julian"	3:41
3.	"I Live to Make You Smile"	3:57
4.	"Find It Hard to Say"	2:47
5.	"Me and You"	2:54
6.	"How Did I Live Before Your Love"	3:22
7.	"Walk Right Back"	3:39
8.	"Nothing's Gonna Change"	3:09
9.	"In Love and Alone"	2:48
10.	"Motionless"	3:39
11.	"Believe in Me"	3:55
12.	"I Stay Inside"	4:04
13.	"Precious Years"	4:17
14.	"Don't Let Me Let You Go"	3:46

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Love Me Please"	3:35
16.	"You Rewind"	3:28

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	68
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	176
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	97