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Dear Catastrophe Waitress (CD)

By: Belle & Sebastian (Artist)

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Belle & Sebastian Artist Snapshot:

Formed in 1996, and hailing from Scotland, Belle & Sebastian are a musical collective with a penchant for ellipticism, declining to have their pictures on album covers or in the press, shying away from interviews, and never listing their individual names in album credits. This humility is in keeping with the gently bookish vibe the group evoke with their fragile, highly melodic pop tunes. Lead singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch sounds heavily influenced by '60s popsters like the Beach Boys, Bee Gees, and Hollies. His lyrics, however, are filled with references to contemporary pop culture and a trenchant, acerbic wit that contrasts with the friendly warmth of the music.

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DISC 1 for Dear Catastrophe Waitress (CD) Album By Belle & Sebastian (Artist)
1   Step Into My Office, Baby
2   Dear Catastrophe Waitress
3   If She Wants Me
4   Piazza, New York Catcher
5   Asleep On A Sunbeam
6   I'm A Cuckoo
7   You Don't Send Me
8   Wrapped Up In Books
9   Lord Anthony
10   If You Find Yourself Caught In Love
11   Roy Walker
12   Stay Loose
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (10/30/03, p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The sound hasn't significantly slickened, the performances are tighter, confident, even bouncy, bringing the band much closer to the vintage pop and soul records it adores..."
Spin (11/03, pp.109-110) - "...The songs are always smart....Vocalists Stevie Jackson and Sarah Martin get better cameos here, and the album feels like more of a piece..." - Grade: B+
Uncut (01/04, pp.84-7) - Ranked #44 in Uncut's "Albums Of The Year 2003"
Uncut (11/03, p.114) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...It's by far the strongest collection of songs the band have ever assembled..."
CMJ (12/29/03, p.5) - Ranked #4 in CMJ's "Top 10 of 2003"
CMJ (9/29/03, p.4) - "...Working with producer Trevor Horn...has given the group a renewed upbeat pop sensibility that will leave you tapping your feet, rather than crying in your vodka tonic..."
Mojo (Publisher) (01/01/04, p.58) - Ranked #18 in Mojo's "The Best of 2003"
Mojo (Publisher) (11/03, p.123) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The band's most magical record to date..."

Title Note

For a band with such a modest, homespun feel as Scottish cult heroes Belle and Sebastian, the utilization of a big pop producer like Trevor Horn could easily have been a tragic mistake. Instead, it proves to be a stroke of brilliance. Rather than doling out the kind of overblown mountains of sound he's heaped on artists like Seal and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Horn simply expands the B&S palette in a completely organic, extremely effective manner. The arrangements are more fleshed-out than usual, the textures more varied, and the overall sound a bit more sprightly and sunny. All this is to the good, however, as the band's unerring melodic sensibility and gently quirky lyricism remain joyfully intact. The interaction of Belle and Sebastian's trademark twisted-twee songcraft and the effervescence of Horn's production makes DEAR CATASTROPHE WAITRESS one of the group's most instantly appealing albums.

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