Lido (Darren Hayman album) explained

Lido is a studio album by British singer and songwriter Darren Hayman.^{[1] [2]} It was released through Where It's at Is Where You Are in 2012. The album is about public swimming pools.^[1]

Lido was reissued for Record Store Day in April 2023.^[3]

Critical reception

Stuart Huggett of The Quietus wrote that "even as a diversion from his lyrically focussed work, Lido adds to the developing picture of Hayman as a great chronicler of British life, present and past."^[4] Clay Pipe of Record Collector wrote that "while navigating the stylistic gamut from pop-reggae to piano études, by way of uke strums and jelly-like slide guitar, Hayman forsakes ambient drift for recurring tunefulness, thus providing some continuity with his song-based work."

Notes and References

1. Web site: Darren Hayman | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Homes: Britain's lidos make a splash. 29 August 2014. the Guardian.
3. Web site: Darren Hayman: Lido . Record Store Day . 23 April 2023.
4. Web site: Huggett. Stuart. 31 August 2012. Darren Hayman – Lido. The Quietus. 31 December 2021.