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:
- Fiction
- Freak
- Dialogue: Conan, Early Letterman
- Fuck This Shit
- Night Walk
- Dialogue: Jersey’s Where It’s At
- Black and White Unite
- Consuelo
- Dialogue: Toby
- Storytelling
- Dialogue: Class Rank
- I Don’t Want to Play Football
- Consuelo Leaving
- Wandering Alone
- Dialogue: Mandingo Cliché
- Scooby Driver
- Fiction Reprise
- Big Joh Shaft