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The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: As Pure As The Cold Driven Snow

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:31:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brian_lettsin - The 3rd LP from this celebrated Caledonian septet is a gentle and lightly moving album of their traditional chamber pop. It picks up capably where their magnum opus ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister,’ a truly fine record, left off. Having already cemented...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: Now playing on your local college station

Thu, 5 Jun 2003 23:39:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jordan_tar - One night about a year ago, I drank a Pepsi late in the evening, and the caffeine kept me up all night. Tossing and turning for hours, I got up around 3.00 in the morning and put "The Boy With the Arab Strap" in my CD player, putting it on repeat...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: A gorgeous album - my favorite of all time.

Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:41:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hounakf - If you are reading this review, you are probably familiar with the music of the fabulous Belle and Sebastian. If not, then this album could mark a turning point in your life. Scottish indie kids B. and S. write gorgeous folk-pop songs in the vein of...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: Belle and Sebastian: Scottish Band With and Ear For Great Pop Music

Tue, 16 Apr 2002 11:05:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lambchops - Intimate and talented, Belle and Sebastian hail from Glasgow, Scotland. The band’s sound is very appealing yet still harkens back to their independent early days…you know, 1995.

Belle and Sebastian consists of more pieces...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: The Boy Done Right Again

Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:49:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author DSimmo - Summary: A slow burner. This album has taken some time to grow on me, but now I adore it (and, what's more, I also love it the more I play it). The singing and musicianship is excellent throughout; the whole performance sounding more confident and...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: A Brilliant Career

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:49:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MizJezebel - This was the first Belle and Sebastian album I bought, and since then I've bought everything they have put out, including a great bootleg I picked up in Ireland. I highly recommend this as an introduction to the band, and an essential for any...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: "Twee" is a real word

Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:04:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Musical_Guru - "Twee" is also a stupid word. I hate that word. It means wimpy, cutesy, precious. It's absolutely used to death in describing a lot of British pop music, but tired as I am of it I can't find a word that better describes Belle &...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: A piece of a daydream.

Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:17:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author shiva2000 - A while ago I was talking to a friend about the state of music.

Music has taken a downward spiral? Maybe. Maybe music requires a little more work than it did at one time. Sifting through the coal to find the diamond. In that is 'Belle...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: the thing about belle & sebastian

Mon, 29 May 2000 11:25:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joannavaught - is that i was exhausted.

i had gotten maybe 8 combined hours of sleep in the last three nights, i had to be awake for work at 6, it was already past midnight, and i hadn't heard from him yet.

but i was restless.

and i was listening...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: Belle and Sebastian - Brilliant and Progressive

Mon, 15 May 2000 00:41:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author arrusseth - The year is 1998 and Belle and Sebastian has seen itself go from a school recording project to a worldwide underground hit. The pressure building on the band must have been enormous, but you wouldn't be able to know that by listening to their brilliant...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: is it wicked not to care?

Tue, 4 Apr 2000 19:36:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nids - I was introduced to Belle and Sebastian as i am most of the music i fall in love with, on a tape. I bought this album from cdnow.com, and listen to it often. Belle and Sebastian are aptly called sappy British boys, ah, but they do it so well!

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The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: Sweet but sly

Sun, 19 Dec 1999 14:11:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bettyann30 - I really enjoyed this CD, which I bought from a Columbia House catalog, based solely on price, and their blurb. What a good deal! This band has created a sort of social commentary simply by taking a sort of "easy listening" sound, reminiscent...

The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian: A Pleasant Surprise

Sun, 19 Dec 1999 08:10:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetsoldier - I bought this album as part of a 'special deal' offered by the Picadilly Circus HMV in London. I had only ever heard 'Boy with the Arab Strap', the song for which the album is named, once.
In all honesty the other album I got in the deal captured...