Belle & Sebastian - Albums Collection 1996-2010 (13CD)

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Date: Dec. 18, 2024

Collection includes eight studio albums, one compilation, one live album and one tribute album by indie pop band Belle & Sebastian.

A band that takes its name from a French children's television series about a boy and his dog would almost have to be precious, and to be certain, Belle & Sebastian are precious. But precious can be a damning word, and Belle & Sebastian don't have the negative qualities that the word connotes – they are private but not insular, pretty but not wimpy; they make gorgeous, delicate melodies sound full-bodied. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and '60s pop, but Murdoch's gift for not only whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality.

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Belle & Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996 at the peak of the chamber pop movement. At first, some critics in Britain's music weeklies tied the band into the subgenre, yet the group was too pretty, too delicate, to bear that label. Through their first two years of public existence, the band shielded their personalities, submitting publicity photos featuring a girl that wasn't in the band and reluctantly posing for photo shoots. Furthermore, they performed in odd venues, playing not only the standard coffeehouses and cafes, but also homes, church halls, and libraries.

The idiosyncratic approach to building their career isn't surprising given Murdoch's approach toward beginning a band. A longtime fan of Felt, Murdoch left Glasgow for London in the early '90s in hopes of finding the group's leader, Lawrence Hayward, but he never found his idol. Upon his return to Glasgow, he enrolled in university and he began writing songs and short stories. While at school, he took a music business course where he decided to form a band and release a record for his final project (he had tried to form a band before with no success). For the project, he assembled the seven-piece Belle & Sebastian, featuring himself on guitar and vocals, choosing and recruiting members by instinct in a local all-night cafe in late 1995. He eventually found Sarah Martin (violin), Stevie Jackson (guitar), Chris Geddes (keyboards), Stuart David (bass), Richard Colburn (drums), and Isobel Campbell (cello). All seven members were college students, and all agreed that the idea behind the band was to stay on a small scale, to keep it as a project and not let the band run their lives; they even assumed they would release two albums and break up.

In May of 1996, Belle & Sebastian self-released their debut album, Tigermilk, on Electric Honey Records. Only 1,000 copies of the album, which was only pressed on vinyl, were released, but it unexpectedly became a sensation, earning terrific word of mouth throughout England. As a result, the band became slightly more than a school project – it became an actual band. If You're Feeling Sinister, released on the independent Jeepster label, followed in November of 1996. By the time the album was released in America on the EMI subsidiary The Enclave, it had earned considerable critical acclaim in the U.K. – not only from music weeklies, but from newspapers like The Sunday Times and magazines like The Face – and a large cult following; by some accounts, Tigermilk was being sold for as much as 75 pounds. Over the course of 1997, word of mouth continued to grow in America, even as the band pulled out of an American tour because The Enclave went bankrupt and closed.

As the band cult continued to build in 1997, Belle & Sebastian released three EPs – Dog on Wheels (May), Lazy Line Painter Jane (July), and 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light (October). Each subsequent EP placed higher on the indie charts and received great critical acclaim. By the end of the year, the group finalized an American deal with Matador Records, issuing The Boy with the Arab Strap in September 1998. The following year saw the eagerly anticipated wide re-release of Tigermilk, the album that started it all. Following completion of 2000's Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, Stuart David left Belle & Sebastian to focus full-time on his solo project, Looper. In 2001, the group released two EPs – Jonathan David and I'm Waking Up to Us – and recorded the soundtrack for Todd Solondz's film Storytelling. Just before the soundtrack's release in spring 2002, Belle & Sebastian embarked on a comprehensive tour of the United States and Canada before returning to Europe for the summer festival season. Midway through the tour, Isobel Campbell left the band, citing the usual differences.

Another major change that soon took place was the band leaving Jeepster and Matador to sign with Rough Trade, with their next record, late 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress, produced by the inimitable Trevor Horn (who also produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Yes, and scores of others). The record spawned the brilliant "Step into My Office" and "I'm a Cuckoo" singles, the latter of which was the group's biggest U.K. hit, reaching number 14 in early 2004. After a long worldwide tour that found Belle & Sebastian reaching new levels of success, they retired to Scotland and began preparing for the recording of their fifth album. The Life Pursuit was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Tony Hoffer and was released in 2006 by Rough Trade in the U.K. The band were back with Matador in the U.S.

After a tour that included a sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl, the band took a well-deserved break. Apart from the release of The BBC Sessions (by Matador and Jeepster) in 2008, no Belle & Sebastian records were released until 2010. During the hiatus, Murdoch spent time on his God Help the Girl project (which included much of the band as well) and Jackson and Kildea toured and recorded with the legendary Scottish indie pop band the Vaselines, who re-formed in 2009. After spending the early part of 2010 recording with Tony Hoffer, the group released Belle & Sebastian Write About Love on October 12 of 2010.

Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

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, once the group's second album, If You're Feeling Sinister, became a hit, there were no copies of Tigermilk available for newly converted fans and it remained unheard by the majority of the group's audience. Those who have heard it say it is quite similar stylistically to If You're Feeling Sinister and the songs match that record's high standard. Tigermilk was re-released in 1999 to the delight of the often cultish fans of Belle & Sebastian.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. The State I Am In (04:55)
02. Expectations (03:32)
03. She's Losing It (02:20)
04. You're Just A Baby (03:40)
05. Electronic Renaissance (04:43)
06. I Could Be Dreaming (05:54)
07. We Rule The School (03:25)
08. My Wandering Days Are Over (05:24)
09. I Don't Love Anyone (03:55)
10. Mary Jo (03:27)

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Belle & Sebastian's second record, If You're Feeling Sinister, is, for all intents and purposes, really their first, since their debut in 1996 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 1996, largely because during the first half of the '90s the whimsy and preciousness that had been an integral part of alternative music was suppressed by grunge. Whimsy and preciousness are an integral part of If You're Feeling Sinister, along with clever wit and gentle, intricate arrangements – a wonderful blend of the Smiths and Simon & Garfunkel, to be reductive. Even if it's firmly within the college, bed-sit tradition, and is unabashedly retrogressive, that gives Sinister a special, timeless character that's enhanced by Stuart Murdoch's wonderful, lively songwriting. Blessed with an impish sense of humor, a sly turn of phrase, and an alluringly fey voice, he gives this record a real sense of backbone, in that its humor is far more biting than the music appears and the music is far more substantial that it initially seems. Sinister plays like a great forgotten album, couched in '80s indie, '90s attitude, and '60s folk-pop. It's beautifully out of time, and even if other Belle & Sebastian albums sound like it, this is where they achieved a sense of grace.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. The Stars of Track and Field (04:44)
02. Seeing Other People (03:46)
03. Me and the Major (03:50)
04. Like Dylan in the Movies (04:10)
05. The Fox in the Snow (03:58)
06. Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying (03:25)
07. If You're Feeling Sinister (05:17)
08. Mayfly (03:37)
09. The Boy Done Wrong Again (04:15)
10. Judy and the Dream of Horses (03:40)

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

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 appropriate since leader Stuart Murdoch is as wittily literate as Morrissey. If You're Feeling Sinister proved this as did the three excellent EPs that followed, increasing expectations for The Boy With the Arab Strap. Even if the album doesn't match the peerless If You're Feeling Sinister or break new ground for Belle & Sebastian, it's not a sophomore slump. From the Motown stomp of "Dirty Dream Number Two" to the Paul Simon shuffle of the title track, there is more musical texture on Boy than Sinister, but much of this was already explored on the EPs, which means Arab Strap essentially consolidates the group's talents. Murdoch recedes from the spotlight on occasion, letting Steve Jackson deliver two music-biz spiels and giving Isobel Campbell space to shine with the lilting "Is It Wicked Not to Care?" All three songs are highlights, but Murdoch's songs still attract the most attention. His vicious wit, often overlooked in favor of his poetic narratives, surfaces on the title track, while "It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career" summarizes his effortless gift for elegant melancholia. Such small, precious gems are what Belle & Sebastian are all about, and The Boy With the Arab Strap offers another round of timeless, endlessly fascinating folk-pop treasures.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career (02:22)
02. Sleep The Clock Around (04:56)
03. Is It Wicked Not To Care? (03:22)
04. Ease Your Feet In The Sea (03:32)
05. A Summer Wasting (02:03)
06. Seymour Stein (04:27)
07. A Space Boy Dream (03:01)
08. Dirty Dream Number 2 (04:13)
09. The Boy With The Arab Strap (05:14)
10. Chickfactor (03:28)
11. Simple Things (01:44)
12. The Rollercoaster Ride (06:36)

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Review by Jason Ankeny, Allmusic.com

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 Peasant, their fourth and most ambitiously eclectic album to date. Nominal frontman Stuart Murdoch recedes into the background even more than on The Boy With the Arab Strap, allowing bandmates like Campbell and Stevie Jackson to take on a greater share of the writing and vocal duties. Also like its predecessor, Fold Your Hands Child opts for a subtle, intimate palette that reveals its charms only in its own sweet time. It may be too subtle for its own good; even after repeated listens it fails to connect on any meaningful level. The record has many intriguing ideas (like the delicate "Beyond the Sunrise," which evokes the classic duets of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, and the vaguely rootsy "The Wrong Girl"), but few of the concepts seem fully developed. For better or worse, Fold Your Hands Child's best moments are those which hew most closely to the classic Belle & Sebastian sound – that is, Stuart Murdoch songs. Though there's little advancement in his contributions, they capture the band's past glories. The radiant "Woman's Realm" is a dead ringer for The Boy With the Arab Strap's title cut, while "The Model" retreads so much lyrical and musical ground it could be a self-parody. Still, the album provokes an intriguing question: Belle & Sebastian may be a band, not Stuart Murdoch's solo project, but is that a good thing?

Review by Jason Ankeny, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. I Fought In A War (04:08)
02. The Model (03:56)
03. Beyond The Sunrise (04:09)
04. Waiting For The Moon To Rise (03:09)
05. Don't Leave The Light On Baby (04:26)
06. The Wrong Girl (03:21)
07. The Chalet Lines (02:30)
08. Nice Day For A Sulk (02:32)
09. Women's Realm (04:31)
10. Family Tree (04:04)
11. There's Too Much Love (03:26)

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Review by Heather Phares, Allmusic.com

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 pleasant, collection that unsurprisingly feels like a hybrid of a proper Belle & Sebastian album and a more traditional film score. The strings, horns, and harmonicas that drive instrumental tracks like "Freak," "Night Walk," "Consuelo," and "Fuck This Shit" have a definite retro vibe that also extends to songs like "Wandering Alone" and "Black and White Unite," which sounds a bit like the band covering Simon & Garfunkel's soundtrack for The Graduate. Though some of the other songs, such as "I Don't Want to Play Football," are disappointingly short, more substantial songs like "Big John Shaft," the surprisingly upbeat "Scooby Driver," and the bouncy title track make the album worthwhile for die-hard Belle & Sebastian fans. The only real misstep is the inclusion of so much dialogue from the film – it didn't work that well in the movie, and in this context it's especially distracting. In all, Storytelling is a frustrating release from Belle & Sebastian; it's not exactly a complete album, it's not as satisfying as their best EPs, and yet it displays enough of the group's charm that it's difficult to dismiss entirely.

Review by Heather Phares, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. Fiction (02:31)
02. Freak (02:18)
03. Dialogue: Conan, Early Letterman (00:26)
04. Fuck This Shit (02:29)
05. Night Walk (02:07)
06. Dialogue: Jersey's Where It's At (00:21)
07. Black And White Unite (03:53)
08. Consuelo (02:41)
09. Dialogue: Toby (00:33)
10. Storytelling (03:01)
11. Dialogue: Class Rank (00:11)
12. I Don't Want To Play Football (00:57)
13. Consuelo Leaving (02:26)
14. Wandering Alone (02:35)
15. Dialogue: Mandingo Cliche (01:18)
16. Scooby Driver (01:10)
17. Fiction Reprise (01:22)
18. Big John Shaft (03:55)

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Belle and Sebastian / Storytelling

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

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 returned to form with 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress. This was unexpected not just because their last efforts suggested that B&S no longer could produce a consistently engaging work, but because their savior came in the guise of Trevor Horn, the man who successfully helped Yes turn new wave, the man best known for his synth-heavy productions of ABC and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the man who was last heard producing everybody's favorite Russian teen lesbian duo, Tatu. That diverse resumé suggests that Horn knows how to play to a band's strengths, and he certainly helps Belle & Sebastian regain their focus and vision, turning Dear Catastrophe Waitress into one of the group's best albums. One of the reasons that album works so well is that the notion that the band has no leader has been discarded, with Stuart Murdoch thankfully serving as the lead singer and songwriter throughout the record. Murdoch's songs are firmly within the patented Belle & Sebastian style, and while it may be true that he's not stretching himself much as a writer, that doesn't matter because he sounds assured and confident, turning out a set of songs that are finely crafted and tuneful. It's among his catchiest work, if not quite his cleverest, since the words occasionally offer an overdose of whimsy that leads to queasiness. And that's where Horn comes in – by keeping the focus on the tunes and subtly varying the production, he's made Dear Catastrophe Waitress the richest musical offering yet from Belle & Sebastian. If it doesn't quite have the timeless feel of If You're Feeling Sinister, so be it, since this is their first record since that defining album to offer a similarly rich listen, and that's quite a comeback for a band that only an album ago seemed to peak too early.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. Step Into My Office, Baby (04:12)
02. Dear Catastrophe Waitress (02:20)
03. If She Wants Me (05:01)
04. Piazza, New York Catcher (02:59)
05. Asleep On A Sun Beam (03:22)
06. I'm A Cuckoo (05:14)
07. You Don't Send Me (03:05)
08. Wrapped Up (03:30)
09. Lord Anthony (04:11)
10. If You Find Yourself Caught In Love (04:15)
11. Roy Walker (02:53)
12. Stay Loose (06:41)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 30. November 2009, 22:02

Belle & Sebastian / Dear Catastrophe Waitress

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

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 restart, finding Stuart Murdoch reasserting himself as the group's undisputed leader in the wake of the departure of Stuart David and Isobel Campbell, but equally as important was the presence of superstar producer Trevor Horn, who didn't gloss up B&S as much as gave them focus and direction, along with a greater musical palette. The Life Pursuit is the logical next step forward, retaining Murdoch's signature wry vignettes but dressing them in new sonic colors. Although their collaboration with Horn started Belle & Sebastian on this path, he has been replaced with producer Tony Hoffer, best known for his work on Beck's Guero, Air's 10,000 Hz Legend, and Supergrass' Life on Other Planets. On each of those records, Hoffer was able to retain the artist's core identity while expanding their musical horizons, and that's the case with The Life Pursuit. Here, Belle & Sebastian dabble in glam rock, lazy lounge jazz, and ersatz blues, enhancing their swinging '60s pop fixation with horn charts, the occasional flute, and Motown rhythms, while even rocking harder than ever before (but that's on a relative scale, of course). This results in a fresh, lively listen, but a rich one too, since there's more to hear in the music as well as the words upon repeated listens. It's not a radical departure for Belle & Sebastian – there are several intimate, folky numbers that would comfortably fit on their previous records. But having these tunes surrounded by songs that successfully stretch the group's sound gives The Life Pursuit an unexpected, wholly welcome vitality that not only produces a satisfying album, but suggests that a decade removed from their masterwork, If You're Feeling Sinister, Belle & Sebastian have managed to find a way to grow without changing their identity.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. Act Of The Apostle (02:54)
02. Another Sunny Day (04:03)
03. White Collar Boy (03:19)
04. The Blues Are Still Blue (04:07)
05. Dress Up In You (04:20)
06. Sukie In The Graveyard (02:55)
07. We Are The Sleepyheads (03:32)
08. Song For Sunshine (04:06)
09. Funny Little Frog (03:06)
10. To Be Myself Completely (03:16)
11. Act Of The Apostle II (04:20)
12. For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea (03:17)
13. Mornington Crescent (05:40)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 2. December 2009, 13:32

Belle & Sebastian / The Life Pursuit

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Review by Tim Sendra, Allmusic.com

Belle & Sebastian never felt tied down to the album as the ultimate expression of a band's worth. Put simply, they didn't feel the need to hold back their best songs for albums; the fourth song on a four-song EP was just as likely to be among their finest as any other. For proof check out Push Barman to Open New Wounds, a handy compilation of the group's EPs recorded between 1997 and 2001 for Jeepster and Matador. Beginning with "Dog on Wheels" all the way through, the band used its EPs as means of exploring new sounds and angles (check the groovy '60s spy song "Legal Man," the epic in length and scope "This Is Just a Modern Love Song," the bubbly sunshine pop of "I Love My Car," or the silly instrumental "Judy Is a Dick Slap") as well as an outlet for great songs that wouldn't fit on albums, like "Slow Graffiti," "A Century of Fakers," and "Lazy Line Painter Jane." Some of the tracks here would be pillars on a B&S greatest-hits compilation too; fantastic songs like "Dog on Wheels," "The State I Am In," "I'm Waking Up to Us," and "Put the Book Back on the Shelf." Push Barman to Open New Wounds is essential listening, the third disc you should get by the band behind If You're Feeling Sinister and Dear Catastrophe Waitress. Even if you already have all the EPs, you'll want to get this disc. It is reasonable priced, housed in the usual attractive package, and hearing all the songs back to back reinforces what an amazing group Belle & Sebastian were and are.

Review by Tim Sendra, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Dog On Wheels (03:11)
02. The State I Am In (04:59)
03. String Bean Jean (04:42)
04. Belle And Sebastian (04:33)
05. Lazy Line Painter Jane (05:47)
06. You Made Me Forget My Dreams (03:47)
07. A Century Of Elvis (04:27)
08. Photo Jenny (03:12)
09. A Century Of Fakers (04:26)
10. Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie (03:08)
11. Beautiful (05:12)
12. Put The Book Back On The Shelf (06:24)

CD2:

01. This Is Just A Modern Rock Song (07:12)
02. I Know Where The Summer Goes (04:37)
03. The Gate (04:27)
04. Slow Graffiti (03:25)
05. Legal Man (02:42)
06. Judy Is A Dick Slap (04:05)
07. Winter Wooskie (02:41)
08. Jonathan David (02:59)
09. Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It (03:35)
10. The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner (04:34)
11. I'm Waking Up To Us (03:49)
12. I Love My Car (05:12)
13. Marx And Engels (03:45)

EAC log CD1

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 1. December 2009, 19:32

Belle And Sebastian / Push Barman To Open Old Wounds - CD1

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EAC log CD2

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 2. December 2009, 1:39

Belle & Sebastian / Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (Disc Two)

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Review by Rob Theakston, Allmusic.com

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 more than pays off – as it is easily one of the most diverse and enjoyable collections in the label's entire catalog (which is already quite impressive). The group pedals from indie hip-hop (RJD2, Lootpack) to Stereolab to Johnny Cash to Steve Miller and Donovan, and somehow turns in an impressive tapestry of a mixtape ideal for background music at small get-togethers. Also included to great surprise is the Kenny Dixon, Jr. remix of "People Make the World Go Round," the Stylistics anthem covered by Innerzone Orchestra (but which in the liner notes is repeatedly credited to Paperclip People, another of Innerzone Orchestra founder Carl Craig's many aliases). There's also an exclusive cover of Trio Esperança's "Cassaco Marron" by the band, which is a respectful nod to the original.

Review by Rob Theakston, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. Rehash - Gratuitous Theft In The Rain (4:00)
02. Jimmy & Mama Yancey - How Long Blues (4:28)
03. RJD2 - Here's What's Left (5:45)
04. Lootpack - Questions (4:04)
05. Demis Roussos - O My Friends You've Been Untrue To Me (1:12)
06. Stereolab - French Disko (4:15)
07. The Peddlers - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (3:24)
08. Butch Cassidy Sound System - Cissy Strut (2:54)
09. Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (1:39)
10. The Ethiopians - Free Man (0:43)
11. Elsie Mae - Do You Really Want To Rescue Me, Part. 1 (2:26)
12. Walter Jackson - It's An Uphill Climb (To The Bottom) (2:44)
13. Mary Love - I'm In Your Hands (2:28)
14. Novi Singers - Cos Specjalnego (3:58)
15. Gal Costa - Lost In The Paradise (2:50)
16. Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go Round (Kenny Dixon Jnr Remix) (3:18)
17. Ramsey Lewis - Uhuru (2:33)
18. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (4:21)
19. Donovan - Get Thy Bearings (2:43)
20. Mum - Green Grass Of Tunnel (4:27)
21. Belle & Sebastian - Cassaco Marron (2:19)
22. Zimbabwe Shona Mbira Music - Taireva (Version 1) (3:19)
23. Space Jam - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guidance (1:37)
24. Big Star - Watch The Sunrise (3:08)
25. Boston Baroque - Suite No. 2 In B Minor, Badinerie (1:26)
26. David Shrigley - When I Was A Little Girl (2:36)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 2. December 2009, 14:29

Various / Late Night Tales (Belle And Sebastian)

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Review by Tim Sendra, Allmusic.com

Belle and Sebastian cut their first BBC session for the Mark Radcliffe Show in July of 1996 just a few months before their seminal If You're Feeling Sinister album was released. The four songs they recorded were live and intimate versions of three of the record's best tracks: "Like Dylan in the Movies," "Judy and the Dream of Horses," and "Stars of Track and Field." Hearing these songs (as well as "The State I Am In," from Tigermilk) in such a raw and unadorned state (complete with vocal wavers and assorted bum notes) isn't a revelation now, though one can imagine people tuned in to their radios that night were thrown for a loop, but it is pretty great. Of course, the songs are amazing, but just as impressively, Stuart Murdoch's vocals are heartbreakingly sincere and soulful, and the band definitively belie their image as shamblers by sounding tight and together. If they had never written or recorded more than just these four songs, they still would be legendary, but luckily they didn't quit while they were ahead and kept recording and releasing brilliant pop music. They also continued making trips to the BBC studios and The BBC Sessions collects songs recorded there between 1996 and 2001. The track list is made up of mostly album tracks and singles (highlights being an insistent "Sleep the Clock Around," a folky take on "Wrong Love," and a truly beautiful "Slow Graffiti") but the real treat for fans is the inclusion of the group's 2001 session for John Peel, for which they trotted out four songs that hadn't been released previously (or since) on record. Any one of them could have comfortably fit on a single, EP, or album and a couple even qualify as lost treasures: "The Magic of a Kind Word" pits Isobel Campbell's breathy vocals in the quiet verses against rich group harmonies in the insanely sunny choruses, and ends up as one of the band's brightest and lightest tunes that just could have been a hit single, "(My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique" has a wonderfully relaxed groove built on samples and fleshed out with some wonky synth squiggles and lovely harmony vocals by Campbell and Stuart. It was Campbell's last recording made with the band and she really shines. That session alone is worth the price of the disc, and when you add the 1996 session, it becomes damn near essential for Belle and Sebastian fans. [A deluxe edition of the release includes a bonus disc containing a raucous live show from 2001 recorded in Belfast. The fans were rowdy and spend much of the set whooping and hollering, which makes the sound less than pristine, but also gives the listener at home a sense of just how rapturously the band's fans receive their heroes. The band by this point has become a rock & roll machine, able to turn in a convincing version of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" but also dial it way down for the ballads. An unexpected highlight of the show features a guy named Barry being fished out of the crowd to front a loose but surprisingly together take on the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man." Most people would be OK to stick with the regular version of The BBC Sessions, but the bonus disc is worth hearing at least once for true fanatics.]

Review by Tim Sendra, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

CD1 - The BBC Sessions:

01. The State I Am In (04:41)
02. Like Dylan In The Movies (04:10)
03. Judy And The Dream Of Horses (03:42)
04. The Stars Of Track And Field (04:36)
05. I Could Be Dreaming (03:46)
06. Seymour Stein (04:49)
07. Lazy Jane (05:35)
08. Sleep The Clock Around (04:47)
09. Slow Graffiti (03:05)
10. Wrong Love (03:28)
11. Shoot The Sexual Athlete (03:10)
12. The Magic Of A Kind Word (02:25)
13. Nothing In The Silence (03:48)
14. (My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique (04:28)

Bonus CD (Live In Belfast 2001):

01. Here Comes the Sun (04:52)
02. There's Too Much Love (03:44)
03. The Magic of a Kind Word (02:24)
04. Me and the Major (05:19)
05. Wandering Alone (02:54)
06. The Model (04:02)
07. I'm Waiting for the Man (05:12)
08. The Boy with the Arab Strap (05:32)
09. The Wrong Girl (03:05)
10. Dirty Dream #2 (03:26)
11. The Boys are Back in Town (05:43)
12. Legal Man (04:01)

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Like their fellow indie class of 1996 alumnus Wes Anderson, Belle & Sebastian have created their own precious world out of the remnants of ‘60s pop culture, filtering it through the aesthetics of the ‘80s underground, maintaining a style and sensibility through shifting fashions. A new Belle & Sebastian album doesn’t surprise; it reassures while managing to find a few new wrinkles in its vintage threads. Write About Love, their seventh studio album, is cut from the same cloth as its 2006 predecessor, The Life Pursuit – it’s also produced by Tony Hoffer, who gives Belle & Sebastian a crisp, clean, full sound without turning them antiseptic, with much of it swinging like London in the mid-‘60s – but it has its own distinct character. The group dials down the light glam highlights of The Life Pursuit in favor of revisiting a light Tamla-Motown bounce colored by other faded ‘60s touches like echo, cheap organs, and 12-string guitars, a slight shift in palette that is nevertheless as palpable as the mild silver-screen obsession that runs underneath these songs, surfacing in the lead character of “Calculating Bimbo” and elsewhere in duets with Norah Jones and Carey Mulligan. Mainly, though, what impresses about Write About Love is its consistency, both within the album itself and within Belle & Sebastian’s work at large. Song for song, it’s as strong as any of their records – if anything, these 11 songs are the tightest they have ever been – and Stuart Murdoch remains faithful to the aesthetic he essayed at the outset of his career, finding sustenance in the fine details, his obsessions carrying the weight of passion. And unlike Anderson, Murdoch’s music is never insular – after all, he fronts a big group, one where other singers take the lead and that group spirit remains warm, even infectious, even when the sound essentially remains the same.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. I Didn't See It Coming (04:59)
02. Come On Sister (03:50)
03. Calculating Bimbo (04:20)
04. I Want The World To Stop (04:30)
05. Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John (04:25)
06. Write About Love (02:49)
07. I'm Not Living In The Real World (03:05)
08. The Ghost Of Rockschool (04:29)
09. Read The Blessed Pages (02:39)
10. I Can See Your Future (03:45)
11. Sunday's Pretty Icons (03:44)

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