Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I needed to sit with it a bit, but I now think this is their best album to date. As well as better than any album to come out within the last couple of years.

[IllustriousOne 0]

I've listened to it once, and I'm with you. I think I need a couple more listens before I can really form an opinion about it.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I do not think I have ever heard a single song by Belle and Sebastian. I am an absolute philistine.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I've listened to it once, and I'm with you. I think I need a couple more listens before I can really form an opinion about it.

I'm not even a huge B&S fanboy, but it's been a long time since something new has made me this excited. This album provokes reactions in me. Happy things, good feelings, etc.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I do not think I have ever heard a single song by Belle and Sebastian. I am an absolute philistine.

wtf dude. Get on this, now.

[LJSexay 0]

I'm into B&S - and this album ROCKS. It kind of remidns me of The Boy With The Arab Strap and Dear Catastrophe Waitress meshed into one awesome combination.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Make me a list and I'll get to stealing/buying.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I do not think I have ever heard a single song by Belle and Sebastian. I am an absolute philistine.

Man, even I've heard one song.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Make me a list and I'll get to stealing/buying.

The Life Pursuit for the current B&S sound; If You're Feeling Sinister for their sad bastard early stuff. Push Barman to Open Old Wounds collects their EPs spanning 1997-2001 and serves as a good overview of their work.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I'm into B&S - and this album ROCKS. It kind of remidns me of The Boy With The Arab Strap and Dear Catastrophe Waitress meshed into one awesome combination.

I don't dig TBWTAS so much; I like DCW, but it leans a little too heavy towards sunshine-and-lollipops-and-gee-aren't-we-so-fucking-cute at times. With one possible exception, TLP is more about the songs than the schtick.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

"Another Sunny Day" is now my third favorite B&S song, after "Lazy Line Painter Jane" (#1) and "The State I Am In" (#2).

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Noted. I'll add these to the queue behind 69 Love Songs for stuff to check out once I get to take a breather from my thesis. And I'd like to point out that, at my laptop's current resolution, I can get three Steve Perry animated gifs on the screen at once. It's hypnotic.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

I like what I've downloaded. Should 'White Collar Boy' or 'Sukie In the Graveyard' come on when I am on a dancefloor in future, I wager I will dance.

[LJSexay 0]

Noted. I'll add these to the queue behind 69 Love Songs for stuff to check out once I get to take a breather from my thesis. And I'd like to point out that, at my laptop's current resolution, I can get three Steve Perry animated gifs on the screen at once. It's hypnotic.

 

The Magnetic Fields. That guy has an awesome voice.

[LJSexay 0]

I'm into B&S - and this album ROCKS. It kind of remidns me of The Boy With The Arab Strap and Dear Catastrophe Waitress meshed into one awesome combination.

I don't dig TBWTAS so much; I like DCW, but it leans a little too heavy towards sunshine-and-lollipops-and-gee-aren't-we-so-fucking-cute at times. With one possible exception, TLP is more about the songs than the schtick.

 

yeah. I think it works with the best from both sounds. Another Sunny Day is awesome

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

I think the first half is better than the second, just cos I don't really like 'Act of the Apostle II'. But yes, this is a fine work. It's worth reiteratating how impressive their return to consistent form has been.

[Adam 0]

I just got Push Barman to Open Old Wounds. Should serve as a good introduction to B&S.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

This is just an awesome album really. I'm actually headed to Philly on Saturday to watch Belle & Sebastian live.

[Guest abowen33]

This is my favorite album of the year so far. I probably prefer 'If You're Feeling Sinister' a bit more overall though. Mainly because I am a sad bastard.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

This was on sale today, so I picked it up. Good as advertised, and I look forward to getting the time to listen to it thoroughly.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

I was left with the options of seeing them in concert Sunday and quiting my new job, or missing out and being able to buy food. I wonder if I made the right choice.

[Guest Soriano's Torn Quad]

stupid bump

 

I got this album in late June, and really took a liking to it, especially "Dress Up In You" and "Sukie in the Graveyard." It loses a little steam after "We Are the Sleepyheads," because you can't really sustain that sort of thing forever.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

'Song For Sunshine' and 'To Be Myself Completely' are pretty spiffy as well though. I think 'Funny Little Frog' is the only non-great song on there really.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

"Another Sunny Day" is now my third favorite B&S song, after "Lazy Line Painter Jane" (#1) and "The State I Am In" (#2).

I don't feel so strongly about "Another Sunny Day" now, though I still like it quite a bit. Also, I hate "For the Price of a Cup of Tea"; "Funny Little Frog" is fine by me.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

"Roy Walker" is my favorite B&S song.

[Henry Spencer 0]

White Collar Boy is the best on the album, really.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I'm gonna go with either "The Blues Are Still Blue" or "Dress Up in You."

[The Man in Blak 0]

"Dress Up in You" by a country mile, personally, but I come back to "White Collar Boy" and "Act of the Apostle" frequently. I agree with Czech, though - the second half of the album is a bit weaker than the stellar stuff up front.

[Guest Soriano's Torn Quad]

Can't believe it took me so long to find these guys. (I say this a lot.) This album is my favorite, though I like Dear Catastrophe Waitress a lot too.

[LJSexay 0]

I really enjoy listening to Mornington Crescent while riding a bike early in the day...

 

...that is all