Now look here you winy twee bastards, the verdict is in and upon repeated listen the new album stands up just fine. There simply is no "best" b+s album. They are the rare band whose entire catalouge lives up to their reputation. To be frank, every belle and sebastian album is rather boring upon first listen. They are exceedingly subtle, and the quality of their work doesn't become apparent until multiple listens. The non stuart murdoch members are finally writing good songs and, while we'd all like more murdoch numbers, it's a fine, and fairly successful, stab at democracy. I understand that b+s fans tend to be the moody,meloncholy sort who are eternally nostalgic for their treasured albums of the past, but let's face it, as soon as another album comes out it will get the fyhcywlap treatment and this album willl be bumped into the cannon of b+s classics. I suspect that this arab strap is moving up in status as I speak. Go eat your tea and crumpets you whiny brats, and enjoy the new album. "i may very well be responsible, but i'll be damned if i'm going to take responsibility." -me +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+