The Boy With The Arab Strap Belle and Sebastian SKU: JPRLP003 Barcode: 5027731385034 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Jeepster Released Date: 1st October 2014 Buying Format: 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Belle & Sebastian quietly built a dedicated following after the release of their second album, If You’re Feeling Sinister, as word of mouth spread from indie kids to record collectors to store clerks to critics. By the end of 1997, the Scottish septet had developed a following every bit as passionate as the Smiths did at their peak, which is only appropriate since leader Stuart Murdoch is as wittily literate as Morrissey. If You’re Feeling Sinister proved this as did the three excellent EPs that followed, increasing expectations for The Boy With the Arab Strap. Even if the album doesn’t match the peerless If You’re Feeling Sinister or break new ground for Belle & Sebastian, it’s not a sophomore slump. From the Motown stomp of “Dirty Dream Number Two” to the Paul Simon shuffle of the title track, there is more musical texture on Boy than Sinister, but much of this was already explored on the EPs, which means Arab Strap essentially consolidates the group’s talents. Murdoch recedes from the spotlight on occasion, letting Steve Jackson deliver two music-biz spiels and giving Isobel Campbell space to shine with the lilting “Is It Wicked Not to Care?” All three songs are highlights, but Murdoch’s songs still attract the most attention. His vicious wit, often overlooked in favor of his poetic narratives, surfaces on the title track, while “It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career” summarizes his effortless gift for elegant melancholia. Such small, precious gems are what Belle & Sebastian are all about, and The Boy With the Arab Strap offers another round of timeless, endlessly fascinating folk-pop treasures. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Artist Belle and Sebastian Genre Rock And Pop Label Jeepster Buying Options 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 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. 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