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<DIV>>Maybe this is old news but at the record store I work at we
called<BR>>Matador and they said the new B&S will be relesed September
3rd.</DIV>
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<DIV>In all my years of working at record stores, there was only one, ONE,
record that wasn't released on a Tuesday and that was Van Halen's F.U.C.K.,
which was released on a Monday, and that was only because they wanted to give it
an extra day of sales so it would debut at #1 (it did, if you're curious).</DIV>
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<DIV>So I'm going to tell you what I told (what feels like) millions of
customers over the years: new releases, in the United States (in all 50 states
at the same time, mind you), come out on TUESDAYS. Always. Unless
it's an independent release, in which case it's release date is the time when
the most organized member of the band manages to get it consigned. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>So, since we were told (we were) that
the record will be released on the 7th (the 7th being a Monday, Monday being the
traditional new release day in the U.K.), we could probably assume that the new
B&S album will be released in the U.S. on Tuesday, the 8th of
September. But I guess we'll all just have to wait until Katrina sets us
straight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>>As for a change in musical direction
for Belle and Sebastian's new album, if<BR>>you listen to _Dog on Wheels_,
_Tigermilk_, and _IYFS_, the songs always sound<BR>>like Stuart M's guitar
with the added bits of the band. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Gotta disagree with you on the Tigermilk
one there. Some songs do sound like that (Expectations), but songs like
"Mary Jo" and "My Wandering Days Are Over" are practically
Pet Sounds outtakes. But maybe you're not talking about production, so
I'll just shut up...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>But it does bring up a question I've
been wanting to ask...my friend and I have a theory that the reason that
Tigermilk has so many more elements and instruments is because, since they
weren't paying for the studio and the record release, they could take their time
and produce it more, but when they got around to making IYFS, they had more
budget and time constraints and therefore had to make a, um, leaner album.
Is this true, or was the sparseness of IFYS an artistic decision? Which
wouldn't surprise me...I think I'm the only person on this list who prefers IYFS
to Tigermilk (but just barely).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Beginning to worry about my
cat,</FONT></DIV>
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Reid</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>