Baby I'm Bored
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Baby I'm Bored
| type = studio
| artist = Evan Dando
| cover = Baby I'm Bored.jpeg
| alt =
| released = February 25, 2003
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative/Country
| length = 37:52
| label = Setanta (UK); Bar/None (US)
| producer = Jon Brion, Bryce Goggin et al.
| prev_title = Live at the Brattle Theatre/Griffith Sunset EP
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title =
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{{Music ratings
| MC = 72/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/baby-im-bored/evan-dando|title=Reviews for Baby I'm Bored by Evan Dando|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=July 1, 2019}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/baby-im-bored-mw0000021403|title=Baby I'm Bored – Evan Dando|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 1, 2019|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=742|title=Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored|journal=Blender|issue=16|date=May 2003|accessdate=July 1, 2019|last=Berger|first=Arion|page=116|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103131711/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=742|archivedate=November 3, 2004|url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = C{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/04/25/baby-im-bored/|title=Baby I'm Bored|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 25, 2003|accessdate=July 1, 2019|last=Adams|first=Jason|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630175359/https://ew.com//article/2003/04/25/baby-im-bored/|archivedate=June 30, 2019|url-status=dead}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/mar/14/popandrock.artsfeatures7|title=Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored|work=The Guardian|date=March 14, 2003|accessdate=July 1, 2019|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis}}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored|journal=Mojo|issue=112|date=March 2003|page=94}}
| rev6 = NME
| rev6Score = 8/10{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/7031|title=Evan Dando : Baby I'm Bored|journal=NME|date=March 26, 2003|accessdate=July 1, 2019|last=Moody|first=Paul|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109012748/https://www.nme.com/reviews/7031|archivedate=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7Score = 3.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2161-baby-im-bored/|title=Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored|work=Pitchfork|date=April 7, 2003|accessdate=July 1, 2019|last=Ott|first=Chris|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319060250/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2161-baby-im-bored/|archivedate=March 19, 2009|url-status=dead}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/evandando/albums/album/271217/review/5947019/baby_im_bored|title=Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 1, 2003|accessdate=July 1, 2019|last=Cherry|first=Robert|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001063712/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/evandando/albums/album/271217/review/5947019/baby_im_bored|archivedate=October 1, 2007|url-status=dead}}
| rev9 = Spin
| rev9Score = B+{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CleCKauyN34C&pg=PA116|title=Breakdown|journal=Spin|volume=19|issue=5|date=May 2003|accessdate=July 1, 2019|page=116}}
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored|journal=Uncut|issue=71|date=April 2003|page=102}}
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Baby I'm Bored is an album by Evan Dando that was released on February 25, 2003. It was his first solo studio album as well as his first LP of new songs since the release of the Lemonheads' Car Button Cloth in 1996. Elizabeth Moses, who married Dando in 2000, appears on the album's cover. Baby I'm Bored was reissued by Fire Records in June 2017, on CD and LP, with a bonus disc of rarities;{{cite web|last1=Eley|first1=Laura|title=Evan Dando Announces 'Baby I'm Bored' European Tour|url=http://www.firerecords.com/evan-dando-announces-baby-im-bored-european-tour/|website=Fire Records|accessdate=24 April 2017}} the vinyl version received a special release for Record Store Day 2017.{{cite web|title=Evan Dando, 'Baby I'm Bored'|url=http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/9599|website=Record Store Day|accessdate=24 April 2017}}
Chart performance
Baby I'm Bored peaked at #30 on the UK albums chart and #27 on the US Top Independent Albums chart.{{Cite web |url=http://www.evandando.co.uk/discography/babyimbored.htm |title=Evan Dando & the Lemonheads - Discography - Baby I'm Bored |access-date=2008-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704180359/http://www.evandando.co.uk/discography/babyimbored.htm |archive-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead }}
It produced the singles "Stop My Head" (UK #38){{Cite web |url=http://www.evandando.co.uk/discography/stopmyhead.htm |title=Evan Dando & the Lemonheads - Discography |access-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215070004/http://www.evandando.co.uk/discography/stopmyhead.htm |archive-date=2013-02-15 |url-status=dead }} and "It Looks Like You" (UK #68).{{Cite web |url=http://www.evandando.co.uk/discography/itlookslikeyou.htm |title=Evan Dando & the Lemonheads - Discography |access-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215065929/http://www.evandando.co.uk/discography/itlookslikeyou.htm |archive-date=2013-02-15 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
- "Repeat" (Jon Brion, Evan Dando) – 3:13
- "My Idea" (Chris Brokaw, Tom Morgan) – 2:34
- "Rancho Santa Fe" (Dando, Patrick Doyle) – 4:23
- "Waking Up" (Dando, Royston Langdon) – 2:36
- "Hard Drive" (Ben Lee) – 3:14
- "Shots Is Fired" (Brion, Dando) – 2:47
- "It Looks Like You" (Brion, Dando) – 3:16
- "The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is the Same Part I Can Live Without" (Dando, Lee, Morgan) – 3:43
- "Why Do You Do This to Yourself?" (Brion, Dando) – 1:59
- "All My Life" (Lee) – 3:12
- "Stop My Head" (Brion, Dando) – 3:35
- "In the Grass All Wine Colored" (Dando) – 3:27{{cite web|title=Evan Dando – Baby I'm Bored|url=https://www.discogs.com/Evan-Dando-Baby-Im-Bored/release/2382411|website=Discogs|accessdate=28 October 2016}}
2017 bonus disc
- "Shots Is Fired" [Alternative Version; featuring Liv Tyler]
- "I Wanna Be Your Mama Again"
- "Tongue Tied"
- "Whoops"
- "Sucker Punch"
- "The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is the Same Part I Can Live Without" [Alternative Version]
- "Au Bord de la Seine"
- "Rancho Santa Fe" [Alternative Version]
- "A Walk in the Woods With Lionel Richie"
- "Rudy With a Flashlight"
- "Hannah & Gabi" [Live]
- "The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is the Same Part I Can Live Without" [Live]
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704180359/http://www.evandando.co.uk/discography/babyimbored.htm Baby I'm Bored discography page]
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Category:Albums produced by Jon Brion
Category:Setanta Records albums
Category:Bar/None Records albums
Category:Fire Records (UK) albums
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