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;[12] the vinyl version received a special release for Record Store Day 2017.[13]

Baby I'm Bored
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2003
GenreAlternative/Country
Length37:52
LabelSetanta (UK); Bar/None (US)
ProducerJon Brion, Bryce Goggin et al.
Evan Dando chronology
Live at the Brattle Theatre/Griffith Sunset EP
(2001)
Baby I'm Bored
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]
The Guardian[5]
Mojo[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork3.6/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
SpinB+[10]
Uncut[11]

Chart performance edit

Baby I'm Bored peaked at #30 on the UK albums chart and #27 on the US Top Independent Albums chart.[14] It produced the singles "Stop My Head" (UK #38)[15] and "It Looks Like You" (UK #68).[16]

Track listing edit

  1. "Repeat" (Jon Brion, Evan Dando) – 3:13
  2. "My Idea" (Chris Brokaw, Tom Morgan) – 2:34
  3. "Rancho Santa Fe" (Dando, Patrick Doyle) – 4:23
  4. "Waking Up" (Dando, Royston Langdon) – 2:36
  5. "Hard Drive" (Ben Lee) – 3:14
  6. "Shots Is Fired" (Brion, Dando) – 2:47
  7. "It Looks Like You" (Brion, Dando) – 3:16
  8. "The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is the Same Part I Can Live Without" (Dando, Lee, Morgan) – 3:43
  9. "Why Do You Do This to Yourself?" (Brion, Dando) – 1:59
  10. "All My Life" (Lee) – 3:12
  11. "Stop My Head" (Brion, Dando) – 3:35
  12. "In the Grass All Wine Colored" (Dando) – 3:27[17]

2017 bonus disc

  1. "Shots Is Fired" [Alternative Version; featuring Liv Tyler]
  2. "I Wanna Be Your Mama Again"
  3. "Tongue Tied"
  4. "Whoops"
  5. "Sucker Punch"
  6. "The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is the Same Part I Can Live Without" [Alternative Version]
  7. "Au Bord de la Seine"
  8. "Rancho Santa Fe" [Alternative Version]
  9. "A Walk in the Woods With Lionel Richie"
  10. "Rudy With a Flashlight"
  11. "Hannah & Gabi" [Live]
  12. "The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is the Same Part I Can Live Without" [Live]

References edit

  1. ^ "Reviews for Baby I'm Bored by Evan Dando". Metacritic. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Baby I'm Bored – Evan Dando". AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Berger, Arion (May 2003). "Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored". Blender (16): 116. Archived from the original on November 3, 2004. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Adams, Jason (April 25, 2003). "Baby I'm Bored". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Petridis, Alexis (March 14, 2003). "Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored". The Guardian. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored". Mojo (112): 94. March 2003.
  7. ^ Moody, Paul (March 26, 2003). "Evan Dando : Baby I'm Bored". NME. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  8. ^ Ott, Chris (April 7, 2003). "Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 19, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  9. ^ Cherry, Robert (May 1, 2003). "Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  10. ^ "Breakdown". Spin. 19 (5): 116. May 2003. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  11. ^ "Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored". Uncut (71): 102. April 2003.
  12. ^ Eley, Laura. "Evan Dando Announces 'Baby I'm Bored' European Tour". Fire Records. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Evan Dando, 'Baby I'm Bored'". Record Store Day. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Evan Dando & the Lemonheads - Discography - Baby I'm Bored". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  15. ^ "Evan Dando & the Lemonheads - Discography". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  16. ^ "Evan Dando & the Lemonheads - Discography". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  17. ^ "Evan Dando – Baby I'm Bored". Discogs. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

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