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“Belle & Sebastian's third album reveals the Glasgow,
Scotland band's recent growth without losing any of the magic of 1997's
acclaimed If You're Feeling Sinister. Frontman Stuart Murdoch is helped
by greater songwriting and vocal contributions from his seven bandmates.
The album builds on the band's gentle blend of orchestral pop (keyboards,
horns and strings) and acoustic folk while incorporating more dynamic
elements, including whispered vocals and cacophonous horns and drums.”
(CMJ)
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| “Unashamedly folk, their songs are as fractured as
Nick Drake's and as lyrically sharp as anything that ever came from Morrissey's
nib, while singer Stuart Murdoch has a voice that is pitched halfway between
Donovan and a church mouse. As with previous outings, this record is all
aural eggshells and emotional hesitancy, demanding a certain patience from
the listener. And although there's nothing to match the sheer ebullience
of earlier single Lazy Line Painter Jane, there's still ample evidence here
to suggest they're capable producing a classic before very long.” (Q.
4/5) |
Plattentipp 
#845 Virgin/Colin Larkin(2000)
Oktober 1998 im Musikexpress 
