Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap

Redolent of the Velvet Underground's cutest moments, this stuff is almost closer to sense memory than to music. Slouching along with Stuart Murdoch and Isobel Campbell's breathy, uncertain vocals, and a small, unvirtuosic orchestra in the rear, the songs conjure aloneness, first love, discovering poetry and not knowing what to do about it. It's the soundtrack to staying too long in your college neighborhood and becoming one of those types who hold down library jobs. - Rolling Stone

1. It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career

2. Sleep The Clock Around

3. Is It Wicked Not To Care?

4. Ease Your Feet In The Sea

5. A Summer Wasting

6. Seymour Stein

7. A Space Boy Dream

8. Dirty Dream Number Two

9. The Boy With The Arab Strap

10. Chickfactor

11. Simple Things

12. The Rollercoaster Ride

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