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Belle And Sebastian: A Bit Of Previous

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On May 6, 2022, “Matador” label released “A Bit of Previous”, the eleventh Belle and Sebastian album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Banchory Studio” and Gorbals Studio” in Glasgow, Scotland, “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Kevin Burleigh, Matt Wiggins, Brian McNeill, Stuart Murdoch, Steve Jackson, Chris Geddes, Sarah Martin, Bobby Kildea, Dave McGowan and Richard Colburn.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – lead vocal, guitar
  • Steve Jackson – vocal, guitar
  • Chris Geddes – keyboards
  • Sarah Martin – vocal, violin
  • Bobby Kildea – bass, guitar
  • Dave McGowan – bass, keyboards, guitar
  • Richard Colburn – drums
  • Brian McNeill – synth, mixing
  • Shawn Everett – synth, mixing
  • Paul Towndrow – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Ryan Quigley – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Michael Owers – trombone, bass trombone
  • Alessandra Lupo – spoken word
  • Anjolee Williams – backing vocals
  • Olivia Walker – backing vocals
  • Patience Henderson-McCrary – backing vocals
  • Charles Henderson-McCrary – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Leon McCrary – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Ryan Quigley – brass arrangements
  • Sarah Martin – brass arrangements
  • Matt Wiggins – mixing
  • Tony Doogan – mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • D8 (3) – design
  • Emma Durnan – design
  • Anna Miles – artwork
  • Cass Kildea – artwork
  • Chris Geddes – artwork
  • Titana Muthui – artwork
  • Yvonne Kincaid – artwork
  • Marisa Privitera Murdoch – photography
  • Stuart Murdoch – photography
  • Denise Coombes – costume design
  • Anna Miles – cover stars
  • Cass Kidea – cover stars
  • Clowie Magusloy – cover stars
  • Kyle Lonsdale Jackson – cover stars
  • Saif Ali – cover stars
  • Syd Childs – cover stars
  • Tess Macdonald – cover stars
  • Titana Muthui – cover stars
  • Winona Childs – cover stars
  • Yvonne Kincaid – cover stars
  • Shawn Everett – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Murdoch, Steve Jackson, Chris Geddes,

Sarah Martin, Bobby Kildea, Dave McGowan and Richard Colburn.

  1. Young and Stupid
  2. If They’re Shooting at You
  3. Talk to Me Talk to Me
  4. Reclaim the Night
  5. Do It for Your Country
  6. Prophets On Hold
  7. Unnecessary Drama
  8. Come On Home
  9. A World Without You
  10. Deathbed of My Dreams
  11. Sea of Sorrow
  12. Working Boy in New York City

Belle And Sebastian: Belle And Sebastian Write About Love

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On October 11, 2020, “Rough Trade” label released “Belle and Sebastian Write about Love”, the eighth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, photography, liner notes
  • Stevie Jackson – vocal, guitar
  • Chris Geddes – keyboards
  • Sarah Martin – vocals, violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums
  • Mick Cooke – trumpet, French horn, arrangements
  • Norah Jones – vocals
  • Carey Mulligan – vocals
  • Noah Gladstone – trombone
  • Bruce Otto – bass trombone
  • Stephanie Stetson – French horn
  • Danielle Ondarza – French horn
  • Stephanie O’Keefe – French horn
  • Eric Gorfain – violin, conductor
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Melissa Reiner – violin
  • Amy Wickman – violin
  • Wes Precourt – violin
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Matt Cooker – cello
  • John Krovoza – cello
  • Todd Burke – engineer
  • Cameron Lister – engineer assistant
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing, programming
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Marisa Privitera – assistant

Track listing:

  1. I Didn’t See It Coming
  2. Come on Sister
  3. Calculating Bimbo
  4. I Want the World to Stop
  5. Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John
  6. Write About Love
  7. I’m Not Living in the Real World
  8. The Ghost of Rockschool
  9. Read the Blessed Pages
  10. I Can See Your Future
  11. Sunday’s Pretty Icons

Belle and Sebastian: Storutelling

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On June 3, 2002, “Jeepster” label released “Storytelling”, the fifth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Water Music” and “Magic Studios” in New York City, “Ca Va Studios” in Glasgow, and was produced by Tony Doogan.   

Personnel:

  • Gary Grochla – double bass
  • Roy Hunter – double bass
  • Kenneth Broom – saxophone
  • Jenny Divers – tenor saxophone
  • Ronan Breslin – bass trombone
  • Andrea Kuypers – flute
  • Alastair Savage – violin
  • Cheryl Crockett – violin
  • Dervilagh Cooper – violin
  • Gillian Risi – violin
  • Liza Webb – violin
  • Mary Ward – violin
  • Murray Fergusson – violin
  • George Cuthbertson – viola
  • Jacqui Penfold – viola
  • Joel Hunter – viola
  • Jacqui Sharples – cello
  • Susan Dance – cello
  • Catriona MacKay – harp
  • Geoff Allen – engineer
  • Dave Paterson – engineer
  • Michael Bannister, Willie Deans – engineer assistant
  • Juan Garcia – engineer assistant
  • Tom Unish – engineer assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Robin Rankin – editing
  • Tony Doogan – editing
  • Divine Inc. – design

Track listing:

  1. Fiction
  2. Freak
  3. Dialogue: Conan, Early Letterman
  4. Fuck This Shit
  5. Night Walk
  6. Dialogue: Jersey’s Where It’s At
  7. Black and White Unite
  8. Consuelo
  9. Dialogue: Toby
  10. Storytelling
  11. Dialogue: Class Rank
  12. I Don’t Want to Play Football
  13. Consuelo Leaving
  14. Wandering Alone
  15. Dialogue: Mandingo Cliché
  16. Scooby Driver
  17. Fiction Reprise
  18. Big Joh Shaft

Belle and Sebastian: Days of the Bagnold Summer

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On September 13, 2019, “Matador” label released “Days of the Bagnold Summer”, the tenth Belle and Sebastian album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Banchory Studio” and “Gorbals Sound” in Glasgow.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Stevie Jackson – vocals, piano, guitar
  • Sarah Martin – vocals, violin, guitar, flute, keyboards
  • Chris Geddes – piano, keyboards, percussion
  • Bobby Kildea – bass, guitars
  • Dave McGowan – bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Richard Colburn – drums, percussion
  • Mick Cooke – electric guitar, trumpet, French horn, synth, arranger
  • Gillian Risi, Ysla Pinto – violin
  • Liam Lynch – viola
  • Sarah Willson – cello
  • Brian McNeill – recording
  • Tomy Doogan – recording
  • Kevin Burleigh – recording, mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Darryl McFadyen – technician
  • Emma Durnan – design
  • Rob Baker Ashton, Sam Windett – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sister Buddha
  2. I Know Where the Summer Goes
  3. Did the Day Go Just Like You Wanted
  4. Jill Pole
  5. I’ll Keep It Inside
  6. Safety Valve
  7. The Colour’s Gonna Run
  8. Another Day, Another Night
  9. Get Me Away from Here I’m Dying
  10. Wait and See What the Day Holds
  11. Sister Buddha
  12. This Letter
  13. We Were Never Glorious

Belle and Sebastian: Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

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On January 19, 2015, “Matador” label released “Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance”, the ninth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Ben H. Allen III.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
  • Stevie Jackson– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Chris Geddes– keyboards
  • Richard Colburn– drums, percussion
  • Ben H. Allen III – percussion, synthesizer, mixing, programming
  • Sarah Martin– vocals, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Kildea– guitar, bass
  • Dave McGowan – bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Dave McGowan – bass
  • Joe Grandsen – trumpet
  • Kevin Hyde – trombone
  • Will Scruggs – saxophones
  • The Laurels String Quartet – strings
  • Josh Misner – violin
  • Jesse Peterson – violin
  • Erica Burton – viola
  • Dan Lawonn – cello
  • Dee Dee Penny – vocals
  • Natsha Evans – backing vocals
  • Alfreda Gerald – backing vocals
  • Tanya Smith – backing vocals
  • Charles Antonio Hightower – backing vocals
  • Andy Thompson – engineer, string arrangements
  • Bo Bodnar – engineer
  • Summer Jones – engineer
  • Jason Kingsland – engineer, mixing
  • Tony Doogan – mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Adam Klafke – studio assistant
  • Zach Pyles – studio assistant
  • John Rosser – studio assistant
  • Ryan Wright – studio assistant
  • Bill Zimmerman – studio asistant
  • Katherine Heath – illustrations
  • Emma Howlett – design
  • Stuart Murdoch – photography
  • Suzie Beith – photo assistant
  • Marisa Privitera – photo assistance
  • Monica Tannian – session coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Murdoch, Stevie Jackson , Chris Geddes, Richard Colburn, Sarah Martin, Bobby Kildea and Dave McGowan

  1. Nobody’s Empire
  2. Allie
  3. The Party Line
  4. The Power of Three
  5. The Cat with the Cream
  6. Enter Sylvia Plath
  7. The Everlasting Muse
  8. Perfect Couples
  9. Ever Had a Little Faith?
  10. Play for Today
  11. The Book of You
  12. Today (This Army’s for Peace)

Belle And Sebastian: If You’re Feeling Sinister

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On November 18, 1996, “Jeepster Records” label released “If You’re Feeling Sinister”, the second Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “CaVa Studios” in Glasgow, and was produced by Tony Doogan. ”Rolling Stone” magazine featured the album at number 75 on its list of “100 Best Albums of the Nineties”.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Stuart David– bass
  • Isobel Campbell– cello, vocals, percussion, recorder
  • Chris Geddes – keyboards, piano
  • Richard Colburn – drums
  • Stevie Jackson – guitar, vocals, harmonica
  • Mick Cooke – trumpet
  • Sarah Martin – violin, percussion, recorded

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Murdoch.

  1. The Stars of Track and Field
  2. Seeing Other People
  3. Me and the Major
  4. Like Dylan in the Movies
  5. The Fox in the Snow
  6. Get Me Away from Here, I’m Dying
  7. If You’re Feeling Sinister
  8. Mayfly
  9. The Boy Done Wrong Again
  10. Judy and the Dream of Horses

Belle And Sebastian: Tigermilk

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On June 6, 1996, “Electric Honey” label released “Tigermilk”, the debut Belle and Sebastian album. It was recorded in March 1996, at “CaVa Studios” in Glasgow, and was produced by Alan Rankine. The album cover photograph was taken by Stuart Murdoch.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch– vocals, guitar
  • Stevie Jackson– guitar
  • Chris Geddes– keyboards, piano
  • Richard Colburn– drums
  • Stuart David– bass
  • Mick Cooke– trumpet
  • Joe Togher – violin
  • Isobel Campbell– cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Murdoch.

  1. The State I Am In
  2. Expectations
  3. She’s Losing It
  4. You’re Just a Baby
  5. Electronic Renaissance
  6. I Could Be Dreaming
  7. We Rule the School
  8. My Wandering Days Are Over
  9. I Don’t Love Anymore
  10. Mary Jo