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Belle and Sebastian

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2023 - Late Developers
2022 - A Bit of Previous
2019 - Days of the Bagnold Summer
2018 - How to Solve Our Human Problems
2015 - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
2015 - Live 2015
2013 - The Third Eye Centre
2012 - LateNightTales: Belle and Sebastian, Volume 2
2010 - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
2008 - The BBC Sessions
2006 - The Life Pursuit
2006 - LateNightTales: Belle and Sebastian
2005 - Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
2004 - Books
2003 - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
2003 - A Kind Of Magic
2002 - Storytelling
2001 - Jonathan David
2000 - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
1998 - The Boy With the Arab Strap
1997 - Dog on Wheels
1996 - If You're Feeling Sinister
1996 - Tigermilk
0 - London Has Let Me Down Again

Members
7 Mixed

Origin
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Genre
Indie

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
Good Natured

Born

1996

Active
1996 to Present...

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Belle & Sebastian

Most Loved Tracks
3 users Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
3 users Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
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2 users Belle and Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying


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White Collar Boy	A Century of Fakers	Jonathan David
I Didn't See It Coming	Legal Man	Allie
Funny Little Frog	Wrapped Up in Books	The Party Line

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Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with acts such as The Smiths, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965 children's book by French writer Cécile Aubry, later adapted for television and an anime. Though consistently lauded by critics, Belle & Sebastian's "wistful pop" has enjoyed only limited commercial success.
Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow in 1996 by Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David. Together they recorded some demos with Stow College music professor Alan Rankine, which were picked up by the college's Music Business course that produces and releases one single each year on the college's label, Electric Honey. As the band had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, Belle and Sebastian were allowed to record a full-length album, which was titled Tigermilk. Murdoch once described the band as a "product of botched capitalism".

Tigermilk was recorded in three days and originally only one thousand copies were pressed on vinyl. These original copies now sell for up to £400. The warm reception the album received inspired Murdoch and David to turn the band into a full-time project, recruiting Stevie Jackson (guitar and vocals), Isobel Campbell (cello/vocals), Chris Geddes (keys) and Richard Colburn (drums) to fill out the group.

After the success of the debut album, Belle and Sebastian were signed to Jeepster Records in August 1996 and If You're Feeling Sinister, their second album, was released on 18 November. The album was named by Spin as one of the 100 greatest albums between 1985 and 2005, and is widely considered the band's masterpiece. Just before the recording of Sinister, Sarah Martin (violin/vocals) joined the band. Following this a series of EPs were released in 1997. The first of these was Dog on Wheels, which contained four demo tracks recorded before the real formation of the band. In fact, the only long-term band members to play on the songs were Murdoch, David, and Mick Cooke, who played trumpet on the EP but would not officially join the band until a few years later. It charted at No. 59 in the UK singles chart.

The Lazy Line Painter Jane EP followed in July. The track was recorded in the church where Murdoch lived and features vocals from Monica Queen. The EP narrowly missed out of the UK top 40, peaking at No. 41. The last of the 1997 EPs was October's 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light. The EP was made Single of the Week in both the NME and Melody Maker and reached No. 32 in the charts, thus becoming the band's first top 40 single.


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