Side A
Artist	Song
belle & sebastian	le plastie de la bourgeoisie
belle & sebastian	string bean jean
belle & sebastian	sleep the clock around
belle & sebastian	dog on wheels
belle & sebastian	i fought in a war
belle & sebastian	the state i am in
belle & sebastian	the stars of track & field
belle & sebastian	a century of fakers
belle & sebastian	there's too much love
belle & sebastian	the boy done wrong again
belle & sebastian	beautiful
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
belle & sebastian	simple things
belle & sebastian	put the book back on the shelf
belle & sebastian	judy and her dream of horses
belle & sebastian	dirty dream no. 2
belle & sebastian	photo jenny
belle & sebastian	seeing other people
belle & sebastian	lazy line painter jane
belle & sebastian	the model
belle & sebastian	ease your feet off in the sea
belle & sebastian	get me away from here i'm dying
belle & sebastian	a summer wasting
belle & sebastian	the rollercoaster ride

Comment:

this is not really my take on the best of belle & sebastian [i didn't find it fair since i am without tigermilk and two of the singles], but rather an attempt to win a boy over on the beauty of this outfit. the attempt still failed, but i now have a copy lying in my own box of tapes that i take out on summer mornings. dave e.'s post of his favorites inspired my posting of this old gem [well, harly old. maybe a bit dusty.] i can see how forcing him to listen to "fold your hands" the moment i brought it home from the store wasn't the best way to win him over on the band because sitting through the middle of the album nearly killed both of us, and left him with the shameful thought of them being a bore. so i had to force him to listen to the songs that i adore in hopes that he could too. the bliss of listening to these songs, blissful and drunk, driving off into the country at three in the morning. sheets of darkness laid on top of us and these are the songs that captivated all of us. to me belle & sebastian will always transform me to my freshman year of college, driving around the country in jon's orange vw mini bus. and turning up "le plastie de la bourgeoisie" as we were about to start sailing. i couldn't let someone hate a band that i loved so much.

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