White Collar Boy

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The third single from the group's 2006 album "The Life Pursuit' comes backed with Stuart's take on Rod Stewart's "Baby Jane", recorded live.

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Jun 30, 2010 19:53:03

Midnight Movies (Japan Pressing w/ 2 Bonus Unreleased Tracks)

Midnight Movies (Japan Pressing w/ 2 Bonus Unreleased Tracks) Review

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This 2004 CD is a Japanese, Limited Edition, MADE IN JAPAN, IT was VERY LIMITED , with 2 BONUS TRACKS, BOTH ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED, THE MUSIC IS IN ENGLISH AND THIS CD IS PLAYABLE ON ALL CD PLAYERS, The Catalogue number is VACK 1289, The complete track listing is: 1. Persimmon Tree , 2. Love or a Lesson , 3. Blue Babies , 4. Human Mind Trap , 5. Oh Twilight , 6. Strange Design , 7. Mirage , 8. Words for a Love Song , 9. Just to Play , 10. Tide and Sun , 11. Time and Space, BONUS TRACKS Breathing in dust (Japan Bonus Track) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED, Chris Song (Japan Bonus Track) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED, It comes in a standard jewel box case with front and back cover,

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Jun 29, 2010 19:42:10

Funny Little Frog

Funny Little Frog Review

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Japanese five-track pressing includes, 'Funny Little Frog', 'Meat & Potatoes', 'I Took a Long Hard Look', 'Funny Little Frog' (Enhanced Video) and 'Lazy Line Painter Jane' (Live In Glasgow) (Enhanced Video). EMI. 2006.

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buy the two b-sides off iTunes for much less - race_of_doom - USA
"Funny Little Frog" is a fantastic song (in my opinion), and the so-called hardcore Belle & Sebsatian fans will need the single to round out their collection, but everyone else should stay away. The price as of now is way too high for the two rather mediocre b-sides, and you can buy them for a dollar apiece on iTunes anyway.

The musically lacking "Meat and Potatoes" has fantastic lyrics with many witty sexual puns and whatnot. "I Took a Long Hard Look" is a by-the-numbers Stevie tune, but one can imagine it benefiting from being placed somewhere on "The Life Pursuit," had Stuart stuck to his original idea of having a double album.



Jun 28, 2010 14:54:04

Masters of the Hemisphere

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Masters of the Hemisphere

This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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Jun 27, 2010 14:39:07

I'm Waking Up To Us - 3 Song Ep

I'm Waking Up To Us - 3 Song Ep Review

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I'm Waking Up To Us - 3 Song Ep Feature

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Matador OLE-511-1: I'm Waking Up To Us - 3 Song Ep by Belle & Sebastian

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Jun 26, 2010 12:16:08

Wrapped Up in Books

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i've never been a huge fan of belle and sebastian. i was reading pitchforkmedia's reviews of their eps (and i normally don't agree with pitchforkmedia), and on the offchance, i picked up the 'books' ep. wow. i remember buying 'if you're feeling sinister' and not liking it very much. i may have been too young to appreciate it. i'm not sure since i've not heard it lately. but anyway, 'books.' it's an outstanding ep. this is more like 4-and-a-half stars though. the song 'your cover's blown' gets 5 stars alone, but the ep loses half a point because the other songs (as great as they are) don't come anywhere close to 'your cover's blown.' you will not be disappointed....unless you are. i can't really help that. All 3 Import versions of Books packed into 1 handy & very reasonably priced CD. Featuring "Wrapped up in Books" (from Dear Catastrophe Waitress) + 3 new tracks. Also includes lots of enhanced special features.

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Average for good standards - IRate -
Brief segue showing more left-field electronic dance influence starting to creep in with this fun, but not necessary release. It's not one of their must own EP's, but at least B&S never seemed to exploit the format like so many others.


more perfection - Pat Kolodziej - chicago
the best band of my generation continue their brilliant work, five stars is never enough when it comes to the genius that is belle and sebastian.


Jun 25, 2010 08:31:07

Our Side of the Story: A Collection '84-'89

Our Side of the Story: A Collection '84-'89 Review

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1. Wish you Were Shy 4:04 2. Goodbye Kisses 3:13 3. Coming Home 3:38 4. My Side of the Story 4:47 5. All the Colors in the World 4:05 6. The Law of Love 3:32 7. One Possession 3:39 8. When the Fire Breaks the Chill 4:47 9. Quiet Invisible You 4:38 10. Below the Low 3:47 11. Everyday (Your Love Wears a Different Face) 3:51 12. She Swings 4:11 13. Playhouse 4:14 14. Forget the Rain 3:17 15. Hope As My Anchor 3:21 16. Couples 3:55 17. Always Waiting for the Next Train 3:52 18. I Wouldn't Want To Be A Girl In This Town 2:38 19. Back Stabbers 3:58

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Jun 23, 2010 19:00:12

Books

Books Review

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i've never been a huge fan of belle and sebastian. i was reading pitchforkmedia's reviews of their eps (and i normally don't agree with pitchforkmedia), and on the offchance, i picked up the 'books' ep. wow. i remember buying 'if you're feeling sinister' and not liking it very much. i may have been too young to appreciate it. i'm not sure since i've not heard it lately. but anyway, 'books.' it's an outstanding ep. this is more like 4-and-a-half stars though. the song 'your cover's blown' gets 5 stars alone, but the ep loses half a point because the other songs (as great as they are) don't come anywhere close to 'your cover's blown.' you will not be disappointed....unless you are. i can't really help that. All 3 Import versions of Books packed into 1 handy & very reasonably priced CD. Featuring "Wrapped up in Books" (from Dear Catastrophe Waitress) + 3 new tracks. Also includes lots of enhanced special features.

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Average for good standards - IRate -
Brief segue showing more left-field electronic dance influence starting to creep in with this fun, but not necessary release. It's not one of their must own EP's, but at least B&S never seemed to exploit the format like so many others.


more perfection - Pat Kolodziej - chicago
the best band of my generation continue their brilliant work, five stars is never enough when it comes to the genius that is belle and sebastian.


Jun 16, 2010 05:40:46

If You're feeling sinister

If You're feeling sinister Review

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This album is best listen to while alone, driving in a car, and really really loud. You wont appreciate it completely until you do this. Spend some time with it, get to be able to sing the songs before you go dissecting the lyrics. Oh, and make sure you have enough time to listen to the album in full, and in the correct order. This album will creep up on you, if you let it. I find it's healthy to examine one's self periodically for change and understanding. In due time, this album will guide you to think about your life a little bit differently than before - something that every good folk album/song should do.

Now, a bit on the content. I've read a few reviews that doc Stewart Murdoch's voice. Well, his sound is raw. Not in the gut wrenching, wild and willy nilly sense of the term, but in the sense that he sound like he hasn't ever taken voice lessons. You can tell that his voice is the product of a well attuned ear and a natural, and again raw, sense of music. In the end I think his voice is very unique and very very good. I've never heard anything like it at all; he very much has his own sound although it's very easy to see where he's pulled from; Nick Drake, Velvet Underground, and Donavon all come to mind. His rang is great, and the patterns, while very pleasant, are rather unusual. If your not paying attention, the music easily fades into the day.

The only song I'm going to comment on is "Fox in the Snow." It is a darling story of a dear troubled friend - as i believe many of their songs are. Fox refers to the girl (more commonly spoken as "she is a fox," or "foxy lady"). Snow refers to cocaine. The rest of the lyrics are similar metaphor. Once you know what the title means, the rest is deducible. There is something all too human about this song - I cherish it like one of my own dear friends.

Yes this album is very artsy - which is why I think many people bash it - but isn't music a form of art? If I didn't want my music to be artistic, i don't know why i would bother with music at all.

People say this is a good introduction to Belle and Sebastian. I'm not so sure. This album is a good example of the kind of music Belle and Sebastian play, but it's very loaded. I like to think an introduction should be simple. And in that sense, none of the music by this band is a good starting place. You sort of have to just dive in - much like love - a complicated mess that makes us happy to be alive, a melancholy masterpiece. I'm not saying don't start here, just that this entry is no better than any other. Again, be prepared to spend some time, a few listens, because nothing worth loving is every completely understood the first time you experience it. Whimsy and preciousness is 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. A Matador Records release.

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Classic - William R. Nicholas - Mahwah, NJ USA
The problem with a lot of this 1960s folk/jazz/lounge style when it origonated was that it was fragmaented--stuck on lost soundtracks and an odd song on a Nick Drake album. Great as the style was, it was underplayed and underexposed.

In the 1990s, the genre got the workout they deserved thanks to bands like Stereolab, Komeda, and, among countless others, Belle and Sabastian.

If You're Feeling Sinister is the album that made this band a permanent underground fixture. Belle and Sabastin specialize in a jazzy, sophistacted accustic music. Some of the drum styings--bossa nova, samba, and other non-latin flourishes-are dervied from coctail jazz, but the dense lyrics, and a singer that can sound like Ray Davies AND Nick Drake, lift this far beyond a retro exersize.

This is autumnal folk, and works on the senses and not the head. The reason such music worked in film and advertising way back when was that it invokes emotions--a walk in the fall woods, a glass of good wine--that are immediately reassuring. Despite a modern, edgey and litterate cinicism, If Your Feeling Sinister still has plenty of this 60s innocence. It is the real deal and works on you as such. No joking chease when it comes to this music

Highly reccomended

Sincere sophomore - IRate -
3 1/2

Captures the group at their breezy-best..moody and melancholic at times for sure, but simplistic enough to shine through before future arrangement ambitions often stilted the process


Jun 04, 2010 10:56:05