Lazy Line Painter Jane [EP Box Set] [Box] by Belle & Sebastian Reviews

Lazy Line Painter Jane [EP Box Set] [Box] by Belle & Sebastian

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LAZY LINER PAINTER JANE is a collection of the first three Belle & Sebastian EP's. Personnel includes: Gerry Campbell, David Campbell, Mark McWhirter, Mick Cook, Brian Nugent, Michael Angus, Steve MacKenzie, Monica Queen. These tasty EPs from 1997 display the Scottish collective's incisive lyricism and knack for creating memorable, gorgeous pop songs. Save for the slightly satirical "A Century of Elvis," there is nary a clinker among these 12 songs. The title track sports a souped-up, revival-meeting feel, with guest vocalist Monica Queen echoing Jackie De Shannon; Stuart Murdoch sings like a naughty choir boy on the plaintive "You Made Me Forget My Dreams," and, beginning with the tossed-off line, "I'm in a mess/I'm in a dress," the rollicking "Photo Jenny" is an unabashed joy. "Dog On Wheels" cannily appropriates the arrangement of Love's immortal "Alone Again Or" with exotic sounding horns and a seductive air of underlying menace. "The State I Am In" revives a song from Belle & Sebastian's first and o...
Key Information
Number of Discs: 3
Record Label: Matador (record label)
Artist: Belle & Sebastian
Release Date: March 07, 2000
Subgenre: Alternative
Genre: Rock and Pop
Song List: Disc 1
: Dog on WheelsState I Am InString Bean JeanBelle & Sebastian
Song List: Disc 2
: Lazy Liner Painter JaneYou Made Me Forget My DreamsPhoto JennyCentury of Elvis, A
Song List: Disc 3
: Century of Fakers, ALe Pastie de la BourgeoisieBeautifulPut the Book Back on the Shelf