Belle and Sebastian - 'The Boy With The Arab Strap' 25th Anniversary Blue LP
Belle and Sebastian
If you love Belle and Sebastian, 2022’s A Bit of Previous was a surprise gift that felt earned in the midst of some tough-ass times. Belle and Sebastian have already given us a bounty of classic records, so with the previous half-decade’s output – scattered EP’s, soundtracks, and a live record that doubles as a greatest hits collection – you would be forgiven for assuming there was nothing left in the tank and it was time to fire up the tour bus for some album anniversary shows. But you’d be wrong. Turns out the band spent the bleakest parts of peak pandemic times with each other, harnessing the magnitude of an unthinkable situation and the solitude of rides on an empty train car to distant areas of a beautiful snow-covered city. They transmogrified that energy into beams of joy, heartbreak, truth, hope, spirituality, loss and love shining through every moment. It was as if we had been wandering through a cold, dark, seemingly infinite forest until out of nowhere Belle and Sebastian appeared, waiting in the doorway of a warm and familiar space. A space that was previously designated for rehearsal and mail-order, but is currently wallpapered with A4 paper bearing potential song titles. As bass and kick drum patterns pump through the wall, the band invites you in from the cold – not to lie and tell you everything is going to be okay, but to let you know that you are not alone. SO HOW LUCKY ARE WE THAT THEY WERE MAKING TWO RECORDS ALL ALONG?!
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FULL DISCOGRAPHY
Title | Format | Release Date | Store |
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Late Developers | LP/CD/DA | 01/13/23 | BUY |
A Bit of Previous | LP/CD/DA | 06/03/22 | BUY |
How To Solve Our Human Problems | LP/CD/DA | 02/16/17 | BUY |
Olympic Village, 6AM | DS | 08/09/16 | |
Live Route Du Rock 2016 | DV | 07/29/16 | |
Stop, Look and Listen (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Lazy Line Painter Jane (Live In Glasgow Botanical Gardens) - (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Another Sunny Day (live video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Dress Up In You (live video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
To Be Myself Completely (live video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Mornington Crescent (live video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Funny Little Frog (Live)(Video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
White Collar Boy (live video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Roy Walker | DS | 08/27/15 | |
I Want The World To Stop (Video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Come On Sister (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
I Didn't See It Coming (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Step Into My Office, Baby (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Wrapped Up In Books (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
I'm A Cuckoo (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Funny Little Frog (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
The Blues Are Still Blue (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
White Collar Boy (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Sukie In The Graveyard (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) (video) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
I'm A Cuckoo (Single Version) | DV | 08/27/15 | |
Stop, Look And Listen | DS | 08/27/15 | |
Funny Little Frog (Live Version) | DS | 08/27/15 | |
Whiskey In The Jar | DS | 08/27/15 | |
Funny Little Frog | DS | 08/27/15 | |
I Want The World To Stop (Radio Edit) | DS | 08/27/15 | |
Perfect Couples DV | DV | 07/24/15 | |
Live 2015 | 3XCD/dbl LP/DA/dbl CD | 05/22/15 | |
The Party Line (Tomas Barfod Remix) (Track Video) | DV | 03/17/15 | |
On Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance (Spotify Sessions) | DS | 03/10/15 | |
Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance | LP/CD/DA | 01/20/15 | BUY |
The Party Line (The Cyclist Rave Remix) Track Video | DV | 01/16/15 | |
The Party Line (The Cyclist Rave Remix) | DS | 01/14/15 | |
The Party Line (Tomas Barfod Remix) | DS | 01/14/15 | |
Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance | CD | 01/12/15 | |
The Cat With The Cream DS | DS | 01/07/15 | |
The Cat With The Cream Track Video | DV | 01/07/15 | |
Nobody’s Empire DS | DS | 12/09/14 | |
Nobody’s Empire DV | DV | 12/04/14 | |
The Party Line | DS | 10/28/14 | |
The Party Line (Track Video) | DV | 10/28/14 | |
Books EP (MATADOR VERSION) | DA | 10/21/14 | |
The Party Line DV | DV | 10/21/14 | |
Allie | DV | 10/21/14 | |
Pitchfork Paris 2014 | DS | 10/17/14 | |
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (MATADOR VERSION) | dbl LP/CD/DA | 10/07/14 | BUY |
GIPWTD in-studio teaser | DV | 09/24/14 | |
Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) | DV | 09/03/13 | |
The Third Eye Centre | dbl LP/CD/DA | 08/27/13 | BUY |
Come On Sister | 12" | 07/26/11 | |
I Didn’t See it Coming DPRO | DPRO | 02/23/11 | |
Write About Love | LP/CD/DA | 10/12/10 | BUY |
Last Trip / Suicide Girl | 7" | 10/12/10 | |
I Want The World To Stop | DS | 09/28/10 | |
I Want The World To Stop DPRO | DPRO | 09/27/10 | |
Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John DPRO | DPRO | 09/27/10 | |
Write About Love DS | DS | 09/07/10 | |
The BBC Sessions (Colocho Edition) | CD | 03/10/09 | |
The BBC Sessions | LP/CD/DA | 11/18/08 | BUY |
The BBC Sessions DELUXE LTD EDITION | dbl CD/DA | 11/18/08 | |
White Collar Boy (CANCELED #) DS EXCLUSIVE FOR iTUNES | DS | 06/27/06 | |
White Collar Boy DS EXCLUSIVE FOR iTUNES | DS | 06/27/06 | |
White Collar Boy DPRO | DPRO | 05/01/06 | |
The Life Pursuit | dbl LP/CD/DA | 02/07/06 | BUY |
The Life Pursuit (DELUXE VERSION WITH DVD) | CD/DVD | 02/07/06 | |
Sampler DPRO | DPRO | 12/28/05 | |
If You’re Feeling Sinister (LIVE VERSION — iTUNES EXCLUSIVE FOR CHARITY) | DA | 12/06/05 | |
Push Barman To Open Old Wounds | dbl CD/DA | 05/24/05 | BUY |
Push Barman To Open Old Wounds DELUXE PACKAGE | dbl CD/DA | 05/24/05 | |
Fans Only DVD SUPERJEWEL | DVD | 01/20/04 | |
Fans Only DVD JEWELCASE | DVD | 01/20/04 | |
Storytelling | LP/CD/DA | 06/04/02 | |
I’m Waking Up To Us | 7”/12”EP/CDEP | 11/27/01 | |
Sing... Jonathan David | 7”/12”/CD5 | 06/12/01 | |
Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant | LP/CD/DA | 06/06/00 | BUY |
Legal Man | 7”/12”/CD5 | 05/16/00 | |
Lazy Line Painter Jane BOX SET | CD box | 03/07/00 | |
Tigermilk | LP/CD/DA | 07/13/99 | BUY |
The Boy With The Arab Strap | LP/CD/DA | 09/08/98 | BUY |
If You’re Feeling Sinister | LP/CD/CS/DA | 02/02/98 | BUY |