I've posted lots of praises in the last two weeks but hey - here's another! Belle and Sebastian must get bored of being described as whimisical but i'm going to do it anyway - the albums preceeding this release were whimsical and somewhat lightweight. Having signed to Rough Trade they obviously got a much bigger recording budget and employed the legendary Trevor Horn as producer - and what a job he did. Horn is, of course, famous for his bombastic productions of ABS, Frankie Goes to Hollywood etc but he's a changed man now. It has horns, it has strings, it has beautiful arrangements - in fact the closet comparison I can make it that it is, soundwise if not lyrically, the noughties version of Love's Forever Changes, itself a classic album.
A must buy.
Monday 14 April 2008
In Praise Of #3: Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle and Sebastian
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*resists temptation to admit true feelings about B&S for fear of losing valued friendship*
Bring it on! I can understand why some people, such as yourself, would have issue with B&S (I'm not particularly a fan of their other albums anyway) but this album is special!
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