The Boy With the Arab Strap

by Belle & Sebastian

The Boy With the Arab Strap cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 September 1998
  • Label: Jeepster
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:33
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Claire Campbell, Ian MacKay, Neil Robertson, Sarah Wilson, Eilidh Campbell, David D MacKay, Gail Anderson, Euan Forrester

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'The Boy With the Arab Strap', Belle & Sebastian expands their delicate indie pop with slightly fuller instrumentation and a broader, more collaborative vocal approach. The album retains their signature poetic, highly melodic twee-pop charm while delivering a warm, bittersweet, and deeply romantic atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, twee, literary, storytelling, strings

Tracklist

  1. It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career (2:23)
  2. Sleep the Clock Around (4:58)
  3. Is It Wicked Not to Care? (3:22)
  4. Ease Your Feet in the Sea (3:35)
  5. A Summer Wasting (2:06)
  6. Seymour Stein (4:42)
  7. A Space Boy Dream (3:01)
  8. Dirty Dream Number Two (4:14)
  9. The Boy With the Arab Strap (5:14)
  10. Chickfactor (3:32)
  11. Simple Things (1:46)
  12. The Rollercoaster Ride (6:36)

Credits

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