The Boy with the Arab Strap
Belle and Sebastian
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career | Belle and Sebastian | 2:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Sleep the Clock Around | Belle and Sebastian | 4:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Is It Wicked Not to Care? | Belle and Sebastian | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Ease Your Feet in the Sea | Belle and Sebastian | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | A Summer Wasting | Belle and Sebastian | 2:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Seymour Stein | Belle and Sebastian | 4:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | A Space Boy Dream | Belle and Sebastian | 3:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Dirty Dream Number Two | Belle and Sebastian | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | The Boy with the Arab Strap | Belle and Sebastian | 5:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Chickfactor | Belle and Sebastian | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Simple Things | Belle and Sebastian | 1:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | The Rollercoaster Ride | Belle and Sebastian | 6:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Songs |
iTunes Review
Filled with obscure lyrics, fragile arrangements, and wispy vocals, The Boy With the Arab Strap contains gorgeous, intricate music that is delicate without coming across as self-consciously ethereal or wimpy — a musical feat that’s harder to achieve than it sounds. Their melodies slowly reveal their true depth with each listen until they sink in and grab hold of the listener, and finding the hidden gems within their songs is part of the joy of listening to Belle & Sebastian. Released in 1998, a year after If You’re Feeling Sinister put them on the indie map, this album features some of their catchiest and most memorable tunes (the title track, “It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career, “A Summer Wasting”) and some of their most experimental (the loose spoken word jam of “A Space Boy Dream”). Some may find the ensemble to be too cute, but for the rest of us this is indie pop at its sweetest.
Recent Customer Reviews
The toy with the armchair rash
by AlverthorpeOne of my favorites. Thanks Ryan.
Awesomely full of Awsomeness
by βelle•and•SebastianThis albulm is also one of my all time favorite albulms and it was the albulm that made Belle and Sebastian my favorite band! "It Could have been a Brilliant Career" through "The Rollercoaster Ride" are some of my favorites on this albulm.
Gag
by Frank PetrarchYet another case where I've been duped into buying an album of an artist previously unfamiliar to me from I-Tunes based on the rave reviews of others. "The most important album of the decade!" "BUY THIS ALBUM--I've listened to it twice everyday for the past year and a half!", etc.
I've yet to find an artist on I-Tunes that doesn't have a rating below three stars, which I suppose is natural given that those most inclined to leave a review are listeners who have found an album that suits their tastes. As for me, I once again fall for it and buy a 4.5star album that, as one other reviewer has stated, is wretchedly wimpy. At least there's one other person out there with whom I can relate.
I can't get through a song without thinking of John Belushi in Animal House smashing the guitar over the head of the beatnik singing I Gave My Love a Cherry on the steps of The Delta Tao Chi frathouse.
Biography
Formed: 1995 in Glasgow, Scotland
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Belle and Sebastian
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Another Sunny Day | The Life Pursuit (Bonus Tracks) | 4:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | The Boy with the Arab Strap | The Boy with the Arab Strap | 5:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Blues Are Still Blue | The Life Pursuit (Bonus Tracks) | 4:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Funny Little Frog | The Life Pursuit (Bonus Tracks) | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Sleep the Clock Around | The Boy with the Arab Strap | 4:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Pop, Britpop, Adult Alternative, Pop/Rock
- Released: Sep 08, 1998
- ℗ 1998 Matador
