Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

by Belle and Sebastian

Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 January 2015
  • Label: Matador
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:01:21
  • Community rating: 2.16/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Stevie Jackson, Sarah Martin, Stuart Murdoch

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On their ninth studio album, 'Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance', Belle and Sebastian pivot toward a more rhythm-focused, synth-pop sound, a notable departure from their established twee and chamber-pop style. Working for the first time with producer Ben H. Allen III, the band integrates polished disco, funk, and Europop arrangements on tracks like 'The Party Line' and 'Enter Sylvia Plath'. This energetic production provides a new, danceable framework for Stuart Murdoch's characteristically witty and personal storytelling, which explores themes ranging from political anxieties to personal illness and the redemptive power of love.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Nobody's Empire (5:10)
  2. Allie (3:16)
  3. The Party Line (4:14)
  4. The Power Of Three (3:57)
  5. The Cat With The Cream (5:17)
  6. Enter Sylvia Plath (6:48)
  7. The Everlasting Muse (5:25)
  8. Perfect Couples (5:29)
  9. Ever Had A Little Faith? (4:21)
  10. Play For Today (7:33)
  11. The Book Of You (4:23)
  12. Today (This Army's For Peace) (5:28)

Credits

  • Belle & Sebastian - band, Primary Artist
  • Stuart Murdoch - photography
  • Stevie Jackson - vocals
  • Sarah Martin - vocals
  • Dee Dee Penny - vocals
  • Ben H. Allen III - producer, mixed by, additional synths, programming, percussion
  • Dave McGowan - bass, additional bass
  • Dan Lawonn - cello [the laurels string quartet]
  • Monica Tannian - coordinator [session], session coordination
  • Katharine Heath - costume designer [costumes], illustration
  • Adrian Lobb - cover [stars]
  • Danny Gallacher - cover [stars]
  • Sarah Swire - cover [stars]
  • Tamzin Merchant - cover [stars]
  • William Watt - cover [stars]
  • Emma Howlett - design [sleeve]
  • Andy Thompson - engineer [strings recorded], engineer [strings], arranged by [string arrangements], Arranged By [Strings]
  • Bo Bodnar - engineer [strings recorded], engineer [strings]
  • Adam Klafke - engineer [studio assistant]
  • Bill Zimmerman - engineer [studio assistant]
  • John Rosser - engineer [studio assistant]
  • Ryan Wright - engineer [studio assistant]
  • Zach Pyles - engineer [studio assistant]
  • Nicole Stafford - hair, make-up, design [hair & make up]
  • Fiona Morrison - management [banchory music]
  • James Sandom - management [red light managment]
  • Jessica Lord - management [red light managment]
  • Frank Arkwright - mastered by
  • Jason Kingsland - mixed by, recorded by
  • Marisa Privitera Murdoch - photography by [assistant]
  • Suzie Beith - photography by [assistant]
  • Sumner Jones - recorded by [additional]
  • Denise Coombes - stylist
  • Lisa Bertellotti - stylist [stylist assistant], design [assistant stylist]
  • Erica Burton - viola [the laurels string quartet]
  • Jesse Peterson - violin [the laurels string quartet]
  • Josh Misner - violin [the laurels string quartet]
  • Tony Doogan - additional mixing, Mixed By
  • Alfreda Gerald - additional backing vocal, Backing Vocals
  • Charles Antonio Hightower - additional backing vocal, Backing Vocals
  • Natasha Evans - additional backing vocal, Backing Vocals
  • Tanya Smith - additional backing vocal, Backing Vocals
  • Joe Gransden - additional horn players, Trumpet
  • Kevin Hyde - additional horn players, Trombone
  • Will Scruggs - additional horn players, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
  • Ben H. Allen - Synth [Additional], Programmed By, Percussion
  • Dee Dee - Vocals [Additional]

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