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Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
In many ways this collection, which compiles each of the band's out of print EPs from 1997-2001, is all the "greatest hits" you'll need by the Scottish combo. It's easy to take Belle and Sebastian for granted these days--they don't sound as good as they used to, and certainly it?s difficult to imagine them ever becoming as culturally/musically relevant as they were once upon a precious, fey little time. But this collection brings the listener back to a time when it was crucially important to find their import EPs, when no one else in the world seemed to be making indie-pop that was so full of sincerity and irony at the same time, nor as gorgeously crammed with orchestral elements and naughty-smart lyrics. "The State I Am In" has never sounded better, while "Lazy Line Painter Jane," which expanded their sound to include C&W-ish elements, is clearly one of the band?s best tunes ever (and perhaps a more interesting direction than the vaguely soulful one they took later on). The almost-rolliciking, smartypants "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoise" is brutal and elegant. ?Mike McGonigal
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Tracks| 1 | Dog On Wheels | | 2 | The State I Am In | | 3 | String Bean Jean | | 4 | Belle and Sebastian | | 5 | Lazy Line Painter Jane | | 6 | You Made Me Forget My Dreams | | 7 | A Century of Elvis | | 8 | Photo Jenny | | 9 | A Century Of Fakers | | 10 | Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie | | 11 | Beautiful | | 12 | Put The Book Back On The Shelf | | 13 | This Is Just a Modern Rock Song | | 14 | I Know Where The Summer Goes | | 15 | The Gate | | 16 | Slow Graffiti | | 17 | Legal Man | | 18 | Judy Is A Dick Slap | | 19 | Winter Wooskie | | 20 | Jonathan David | | 21 | Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It | | 22 | The Loneliness Of a Middle Distance Runner | | 23 | I'm Waking Up To Us | | 24 | I Love My Car | | 25 | Marx and Engels |
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