I ordered this album it from the BMG club without hearing a note based on the buzz over Tigermilk, which was impossible to find. I still remember my trajectory upon first listen, a quick pivot from "why does this person think he can sing, much less make a record," to calling my sister and screaming "YOU MUST GET THIS RECORD!" Still my favorite of theirs, but the discography up through The Life Pursuit is one of the best of recent decades. Unfortunately, they jumped the shark when Nora Jones guested on Write About Love - and Stuart Murdoch seems to have become an unpleasant person.
I can't remember if it was this or Tigermilk that I first heard that made me a B&S superfan. I sort of fell off the bandwagon a bit in the mid aughts but more because I moved on to other music not due to any dislike of any album. Now, although I still love the early stuff, the tinny production stands out as a bit flat. And I am really loving their latest, Late Developers. It's probably sacrilege to suggest a remix of their early albums, "the sound" of them being part of the aesthetic (I assume), but I am not a purist at all, so would love to hear that.
Love a number of their albums, but yes, this is THE Belle & Sebastian record.
I ordered this album it from the BMG club without hearing a note based on the buzz over Tigermilk, which was impossible to find. I still remember my trajectory upon first listen, a quick pivot from "why does this person think he can sing, much less make a record," to calling my sister and screaming "YOU MUST GET THIS RECORD!" Still my favorite of theirs, but the discography up through The Life Pursuit is one of the best of recent decades. Unfortunately, they jumped the shark when Nora Jones guested on Write About Love - and Stuart Murdoch seems to have become an unpleasant person.
I can't remember if it was this or Tigermilk that I first heard that made me a B&S superfan. I sort of fell off the bandwagon a bit in the mid aughts but more because I moved on to other music not due to any dislike of any album. Now, although I still love the early stuff, the tinny production stands out as a bit flat. And I am really loving their latest, Late Developers. It's probably sacrilege to suggest a remix of their early albums, "the sound" of them being part of the aesthetic (I assume), but I am not a purist at all, so would love to hear that.