Hello...... I am not going to break down the album or really say how I feel to much. But I do want to say that it's nice and although I don't care for the breathy vocals of Isobele....Family Tree is nice. The lyrics might not be the most amazing...but they are very cute and I do like how she says the bit about the babies and that she'd rather be fat than be confused....becuase I have some friends who live to go to the gym, put on makeup and never read or think of others in the world....thus loosing sight of the important things in life. It's a darn shame and a waste of a life in my opinion.....so the song is nice for girls like me who roll our eyes and feel ill when we are with them for to long. I like the lines like...."Nice day for a sulk".....I do like the album. But I agree with Walkn10 when he said..... One of those reviewers said he hopes they go back to the days of Struan-only albums..right on! I just think that Stuart has the most wonderful voice and that's one of my favorite things about Belle and Sebastian. I also want to mention that I had a lovely chat with my ex-boyfriend who is British.....and I think he is so sweet and I am thinking that while I said boyfriend free summer.....being with him again wouldn't be so bad. So I am sorry if my thoughts on the album aren't pleasing...but I wanted to say them. To each there own. Ok....I am reading East of Eden by Steinbeck and I haven't been able to peel myself away much...so I think I'll go back to it. Goodnight lovely ones.....Olivia +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+