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Track List
01) It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career
02) Sleep the Clock Around
03) Is It Wicked Not to Care?
04) Ease Your Feet in the Sea
05) A Summer Wasting
06) Seymour Stein
07) A Space Boy Dream
08) Dirty Dream Number Two
09) The Boy With the Arab Strap
10) Chickfactor
11) Simple Things
12) The Rollercoaster Ride
01) It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career
02) Sleep the Clock Around
03) Is It Wicked Not to Care?
04) Ease Your Feet in the Sea
05) A Summer Wasting
06) Seymour Stein
07) A Space Boy Dream
08) Dirty Dream Number Two
09) The Boy With the Arab Strap
10) Chickfactor
11) Simple Things
12) The Rollercoaster Ride
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First Released
1998
Indie
Good Natured
Rock/Pop
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The Boy with the Arab Strap is the third album from the Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. The inspiration for the album's name came from the band Arab Strap, who are also from Scotland and briefly toured with Belle & Sebastian. An Arab strap is a sexual device for retaining an erection.
Arab Strap were reportedly less than pleased with their inclusion in the title of the album. When questioned about it, Arab Strap's leader/singer, Aiden, said "They have a sense of humor." Malcolm, the band's instrumentalist, added, "Because Arab Strap is quite an interesting name. The words go well together. That's why we chose it as a band name. We're friends with them, but there's a limit to putting someone else's name on an album. They’re taking away something from us." He also mentioned that the album had been confused as a collaboration between the bands.
The album features several lead vocals by members of the band other than Stuart Murdoch. Stevie Jackson sings lead on both "Seymour Stein" and "Chickfactor", Stuart David gives a spoken word performance on "A Space Boy Dream" and Isobel Campbell sings lead on "Is It Wicked Not to Care?".
In October 2011, NME placed the title track at number 130 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years"
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The Boy with the Arab Strap is the third album from the Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. The inspiration for the album's name came from the band Arab Strap, who are also from Scotland and briefly toured with Belle & Sebastian. An Arab strap is a sexual device for retaining an erection.
Arab Strap were reportedly less than pleased with their inclusion in the title of the album. When questioned about it, Arab Strap's leader/singer, Aiden, said "They have a sense of humor." Malcolm, the band's instrumentalist, added, "Because Arab Strap is quite an interesting name. The words go well together. That's why we chose it as a band name. We're friends with them, but there's a limit to putting someone else's name on an album. They’re taking away something from us." He also mentioned that the album had been confused as a collaboration between the bands.
The album features several lead vocals by members of the band other than Stuart Murdoch. Stevie Jackson sings lead on both "Seymour Stein" and "Chickfactor", Stuart David gives a spoken word performance on "A Space Boy Dream" and Isobel Campbell sings lead on "Is It Wicked Not to Care?".
In October 2011, NME placed the title track at number 130 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years"
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