Courtesy of Choice
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{{Infobox album
| name = Courtesy of Choice
| type = studio
| artist = Leila
| cover = Leila - COC.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2000|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Electronica
| length = {{Duration|m=58|s=13}}
| label = XL Recordings
| producer = Leila
| prev_title = Like Weather
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Blood Looms and Blooms
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Courtesy of Choice
| type = studio
| single1 = Sodastream
| single1date = 1999
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/courtesy-of-choice-mw0001209828|title=Courtesy of Choice - Leila|work=AllMusic|first=Tim|last=DiGravina|access-date=17 March 2017}}
| rev2 = Exclaim!
| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/leila-courtesy_of_choice|title=Leila - Courtesy of Choice|work=Exclaim!|first=Denise|last=Benson|date=1 November 2000|access-date=17 March 2017}}
| rev3 = Hot Press
| rev3score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Leila/music/reviews/albums/Courtesy-Of-Choice/481064.html|title=Courtesy Of Choice|work=Hot Press|first=Peter|last=Murphy|date=12 October 2000|access-date=17 March 2017}}
| rev4 = The Irish Times
}}
Courtesy of Choice is the second studio album by electronic music artist Leila, released by XL Recordings in 2000. It features vocal contributions from Roya Arab, Donna Paul, and Luca Santucci.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/an-auteur-with-attitude-701795.html|title=An auteur with attitude|work=The Independent|first=Ben|last=Thompson|date=14 September 2000|access-date=17 March 2017}}
Critical reception
Denise Benson of Exclaim! called the album "creative, highly listenable, unpretentious electronic music at its best." Peter Murphy of Hot Press described it as "a master class in designer distortion and dynamic range." Jim Carroll of The Irish Times wrote that "Leila's warm and bittersweet electronica entices and enthralls in slow, swinging, stinging sweeps," stating that "she prefers to use colour and shade and fragments of songs rather than simply relying on monochrome beats and moods."{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/rock-dance-1.1123793|title=Rock/Dance|newspaper=The Irish Times|first1=Kevin|last1=Courtney|first2=Jim|last2=Carroll|date=22 September 2000|access-date=19 July 2018}} In a mixed review, Tim DiGravina of AllMusic stated that "the material isn't memorable and it doesn't take enough of a stance in any one genre to make much of an impact [...] the overall effect is more of a drugged stupor than the desired atmospheric soundscape."
NME named it the 38th best album of 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/best-albums-of-2000-have-your-say-773517|title=Best Albums Of 2000 – Have Your Say|work=NME|first=Talia|last=Soghomonian|date=6 November 2009|access-date=17 March 2017}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Brave
| length1 = 6:08
| title2 = Work
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = From Before... What?
| length3 = 3:58
| title4 = Sodastream
| length4 = 5:51
| title5 = Gush Goog
| length5 = 3:21
| title6 = To Win Her Love
| length6 = 4:13
| title7 = Thanks, Mr. Jones
| length7 = 5:47
| title8 = To Tell a Lie
| length8 = 3:14
| title9 = I Won't Forget
| length9 = 5:12
| title10 = Be Clowns
| length10 = 4:01
| title11 = Different Time
| length11 = 4:58
| title12 = Different Time (Reprise)
| length12 = 2:43
| title13 = Young Ones
| length13 = 5:00
}}
The vinyl version contains an additional track, titled "Relax the Pleasure Dome", between "From Before... What?" and "Sodastream".
Personnel
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|28091|Courtesy of Choice}}
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