just over forty minutes in length, "lady croissant" contains nine "slow-to-mid-tempo" compositions. the album includes one previously unreleased studio recording called "pictures", co-written by dan carey, along with eight live tracks recorded during her 17 april 2006 performance at the bowery ballroom in new york city. "destiny" and "distractions" each appeared on zero 7's 2001 album "simple things", which featured vocals by sia. both songs were co-written by sia and members of zero 7; "destiny" was also co-written by sophie barker, another vocal contributor to "simple things". "blow it all away" originally appeared on sia's 2002 studio album "healing is difficult", and "don't bring me down", "numb" and "breathe me" were each released on her 2004 album "colour the small one". "lentil" and the cover version of ray davies' song "i go to sleep", made popular by both cher and the pretenders, would later appear on "some people have real problems" (2008). the album was produced by carey, mixed by jon lemon and taz mattar at sarm studios in london and mastered by emily lazar and sarah register at the lodge in new york city.