Pros: Great songs, interesting arrangements, brilliant vocals Cons: none. Period.
Intimate and talented, Belle and Sebastian hail from Glasgow, Scotland. The band’s sound is very appealing yet still harkens back to their independent early days…you know, 1995.
Pros: Attractive and evocative Cons: Saccharine-sweet
One night about a year ago, I drank a Pepsi late in the evening, and the caffeine kept me up all night. Tossing and turning for hours, I got up around 3.00 in the morning and put "The Boy With the Arab Strap" in my CD player, putting it on repeat....
Pros: A wholly consistent and delightful entry in their wonderful back catalogue Cons: 'A Space Boy Dream' and 'Simple Things' are missteps/ filler
The 3rd LP from this celebrated Caledonian septet is a gentle and lightly moving album of their traditional chamber pop. It picks up capably where their magnum opus ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister,’ a truly fine record, left off. Having already cemented ...
Summary: A slow burner. This album has taken some time to grow on me, but now I adore it (and, what's more, I also love it the more I play it). The singing and musicianship is excellent throughout; the whole performance sounding more confident and...
Pros: Pop as pop can be! Cons: Depends: How twee U B?
"Twee" is also a stupid word. I hate that word. It means wimpy, cutesy, precious. It's absolutely used to death in describing a lot of British pop music, but tired as I am of it I can't find a word that better describes Belle &...
Pros: Beautiful and fragile, amazing lyrical progress Cons: Too similar to previous work in a few spots
The year is 1998 and Belle and Sebastian has seen itself go from a school recording project to a worldwide underground hit. The pressure building on the band must have been enormous, but you wouldn't be able to know that by listening to their brilliant...
Pros: good mellow indie boy-ness Cons: impossible to find a copy of this for under $15
is that i was exhausted.
i had gotten maybe 8 combined hours of sleep in the last three nights, i had to be awake for work at 6, it was already past midnight, and i hadn't heard from him yet.
Pros: EVERYTHING: melodies, instruments, vocals, mood, lyrics, etc. Cons: NOTHING!
If you are reading this review, you are probably familiar with the music of the fabulous Belle and Sebastian. If not, then this album could mark a turning point in your life. Scottish indie kids B. and S. write gorgeous folk-pop songs in the vein of...
I was introduced to Belle and Sebastian as i am most of the music i fall in love with, on a tape. I bought this album from cdnow.com, and listen to it often. Belle and Sebastian are aptly called sappy British boys, ah, but they do it so well!
Pros: Unique, catchy...in a word: memorable Cons: perhaps too mellow
I bought this album as part of a 'special deal' offered by the Picadilly Circus HMV in London. I had only ever heard 'Boy with the Arab Strap', the song for which the album is named, once.
In all honesty the other album I got in the deal captured...
This was the first Belle and Sebastian album I bought, and since then I've bought everything they have put out, including a great bootleg I picked up in Ireland. I highly recommend this as an introduction to the band, and an essential for any...
Pros: intellectually stimulating Cons: sort of esoteric, so it might be slightly embarrassing to listen to in front of your less hip acquaintances
I really enjoyed this CD, which I bought from a Columbia House catalog, based solely on price, and their blurb. What a good deal! This band has created a sort of social commentary simply by taking a sort of "easy listening" sound, reminiscent...
Pros: One of the best Belle and Sebastian albums Cons: Not much...unless you need screaming guitars in your music.
A while ago I was talking to a friend about the state of music.
Music has taken a downward spiral? Maybe. Maybe music requires a little more work than it did at one time. Sifting through the coal to find the diamond. In that is 'Belle...
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