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If You're Feeling Sinister
(1996)
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Belle & Sebastian's second record, If You're Feeling Sinister, is, for all intents and purposes, really their first, since their debut in 1997 was not heard outside of privileged inner circles. And If You're Feeling Sinister really did have quite a bit of an impact upon its release in 1997, largely because during the first half of the '90s the ...
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Tigermilk
(1996)
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Belle & Sebastian
Belle & Sebastian's first album, Tigermilk, was initially pressed in a quantity of 1,000 on their own label, Electric Honey Recordings. The record was intended to be the end result of Stuart Murdoch's music business school course, but it became an unexpected word-of-mouth sensation in England, and the LP quickly disappeared from shops. As a result ...
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The Life Pursuit
(2006)
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Proving that the comeback of 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress was no fluke, Belle & Sebastian's sixth full-length album, The Life Pursuit, is a sleek, stylish affair that finds the group quietly pursuing new ground without forsaking its trademark witty, literary, tuneful pop. In retrospect, Dear Catastrophe Waitress wasn't so much a comeback as a ...
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Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
(2000)
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Belle & Sebastian
When Belle & Sebastian canceled several dates on their 1998 North American tour after cellist Isobel Campbell fell ill, many fans cried foul; couldn't the rest of the group have gone on without her? Of course not -- Belle & Sebastian is a band in the most democratic sense of the word, a point reinforced by Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a ...
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Dear Catastrophe Waitress
(2003)
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After the near-disaster of forced democracy on Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant and the stultifying holding pattern of the Storytelling soundtrack, where Todd Solondz brought out their worst tendencies, it seemed that Belle & Sebastian were disappearing into their own preciousness, but then something unexpected happened: they ...
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Storytelling
(2002)
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Belle & Sebastian
Much like the film Storytelling itself, which was drastically edited and censored before finally reaching theaters at a running time just short of 90 minutes, Belle & Sebastian's music for the movie barely appeared in the final cut. All of their work appears on Storytelling, for better or worse -- it's an occasionally jumbled, yet undeniably ...
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Ballad of the Broken Seas
(2006)
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Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan
It's tempting to say something facile like "beauty meets the beast" in writing about this collaboration between former Belle & Sebastian member Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, best known for his work with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age. After all, Campbell's voice is all sweet angelic whisper while Lanegan's whisky-and-nicotine rasp ...
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Legal Man
(2000)
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Belle & Sebastian
I must admit that I have no idea what a "Legal Man" is-a pimp, a policeman, a meter maid? I'm clueless. This knowledge, however, is not necessary to enjoying this single. "Legal Man" find Belle and Sebastian picking up on the 60's pop sound of "Lazy Line Painter Jane" complete with backing female vocalists The Maisonettes and, strangely, a sitar. ...
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Swansong for You
(2000)
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The Gentle Waves
Swansong for You picks up right where the debut The Green Fields of Foreverland left off, which is to say with more gentle waves of pure orchestral pop loveliness. All the same characterizations hold true. Isobel Campbell's compositions are hauntingly wistful and dreamy, with many of the same echoes from her work in Belle & Sebastian and a ...
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LateNightTales
(2006)
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Though not exactly known as tastemakers behind the turntables, Belle & Sebastian have arguably been at the forefront of the indie rock movement of the '90s and 2000s with their ultra-cool sound and outstanding ability to pen a tune. However, Azuli takes a chance on the group for the latest installment of their LateNightTales series and the risk ...
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The Green Fields of Foreverland...
(1999)
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The Gentle Waves
Green Fields of Foreverland delivers upon the promise of Isobel Campbell's sparkling contributions to the albums and singles of Belle and Sebastian -- highlights like "Dirty Snow for the Broken Ground" and "Rose I Love You" are exquisite folk-pop gems in the vein of The Boy with the Arab Strap's "Is It Wicked Not to Care?," and with bandmates like ...
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The Boy with the Arab Strap
(1998)
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Belle & Sebastian
Belle & Sebastian quietly built a dedicated following after the release of their second album, If You're Feeling Sinister, as word of mouth spread from indie kids to record collectors to store clerks to critics. By the end of 1997, the Scottish septet had developed a following every bit as passionate as the Smiths did at their peak, which is only ...
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Amorino
(2003)
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Isobel Campbell
Former Belle & Sebastian member Isobel Campbell's first album under her own name is very similar to the two albums she recorded as the Gentle Waves. The same autumnal melancholy pervades the songs, the same delicate beauty exists in the arrangements, the same tender emotions are on display lyrically, and Campbell's voice is still a fragile wisp ...
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Milk White Sheets
(2006)
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Isobel Campbell
Before she recorded Ballad of the Broken Seas with Mark Lanegan, Isobel Campbell recorded the breathtakingly beautiful Milk White Sheets. Instead of the showy country balladry she and Lanegan laid down, here Campbell delves deep into the sounds of 1960s British folk. In the liner notes she comes right out and says that Milk White Sheets was ...
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Step into My Office, Baby [US]
(2003)
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"Step Into My Office, Baby" is the lead single from Belle & Sebastian's fine 2003 record Dear Catastrophe Waitress. Produced by Trevor Horn, the song is the most produced B&S song, with shifting moods and sounds, veering from bouncy, almost glitter rhythms to weepy string sections. It is a stunning song, easily one of their best. The other two ...
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The Life Pursuit [CD & DVD]
(2006)
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Belle & Sebastian
Proving that the comeback of 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress was no fluke, Belle & Sebastian's sixth full-length album, The Life Pursuit, is a sleek, stylish affair that finds the group quietly pursuing new ground without forsaking its trademark witty, literary, tuneful pop. In retrospect, Dear Catastrophe Waitress wasn't so much a comeback as a ...
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Lazy Line Painter Jane [EP Box Set]
(2000)
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Belle & Sebastian
Fans who missed out on the three import EPs between If You're Feeling Sinister and The Boy With the Arab Strap should pick up the reissue set that puts them all in one little box, as it's more quality work, and all non-LP. The band and Matador should have taken the opportunity to put them together on one disc. What a waste of extra plastic. Jack ...
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Jonathan David [CD/12"]
(2001)
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Belle & Sebastian
The B&S railroad rebounds from that mess of unforeseen mediocrity, the "Legal Man" EP. Perhaps it's hard to carp at a group that's restored the lost Brit tradition of "all exclusive tracks" EPs (making them like Buzzcocks, the Smiths, or Mega City Four in that regard), as opposed to LP singles with rip-off B-sides on two separate CDs. But "Legal ...
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I'm Waking up to Us [CD/12"]
(2001)
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Belle & Sebastian
The worry was that Belle & Sebastian had settled into a comfortable, premature middle age -- treading water in their tried and true, admittedly pleasant formula but slowly relinquishing their potential to greatly move us. That notion is hereby dispelled, nay, smashed to smithereens by this wonderful piece of art. "I'm Waking Up to Us" is the ...
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This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
(1998)
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Belle & Sebastian
Belle & Sebastian still insist on making their single tracks all non-LP. They're just about the last band left in England following this once-common practice. Compare their singles to the usual two-part LP single release designed only to fleece the faithful, and B&S look all the better, particularly since they insist on quality songs, not ...
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Falling from Grace
(2001)
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Gentle Waves
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Ramblin' Man
(2005)
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Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan
The pairing of sweet Isobel Campbell and sour Mark Lanegan looks weird on paper, but it actually works fairly well on this short EP. Campbell handles the production and music, she and Lanegan both contribute vocals, and their deceptively ramshackle cover of Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" that gives the record its title lopes along woozily, Lanegan ...
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3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light
(1997)
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3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light concludes Belle & Sebastian's streak of three extraordinary EPs in 1997 in grand style, offering four remarkable songs from Stuart Murdoch. "A Century of Fakers" has different lyrics and a melody than Lazy Line Painter Jane's "A Century of Elvis," which consisted of the same backing track and a spoken story. "Le Pastie ...
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Dog on Wheels
(1997)
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Released six months after If You're Feeling Sinister, the Dog on Wheels EP proves that Belle & Sebastian's wonderful second album was no fluke. Comprised of four songs that generally sound a little fuller and have a lighter tone than those on the album, it displays Stuart Murdoch's sly wit and flair for storytelling. If anything, his skills are ...
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Blues Are Still Blue [Japan EP]
(2006)
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Belle & Sebastian
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