Artist
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian is an indie artist from Glasgow, Scotland, UK formed in 1996. 66 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Best indie albums
- 66
- Releases
- 1996–2026
- Active years
- 1996
- Formed
Artist
Belle and Sebastian is an indie artist from Glasgow, Scotland, UK formed in 1996. 66 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Best indie albums
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If You're Feeling Sinister
1996
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
2015
The Boy With the Arab Strap
1998
The Life Pursuit
2006
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
2003
The Third Eye Centre
2013
Late Developers
2023
Tigermilk
1996
Days of the Bagnold Summer
2019
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
2000
Storytelling
2002
London Has Let Me Down Again
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What to Look for in Summer
2020
How to Solve Our Human Problems
2018
How To Solve Our Human Problems Parts 1-3
2018
Live 2015
2015
LateNightTales: Belle and Sebastian, Volume 2
2012
Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian, Vol. 2
2012
Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
2010
Write About Love
2010
The BBC Sessions
2008
LateNightTales: Belle and Sebastian
2006
Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian
2006
Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
2005
Push Barman To Open Old Wounds, Vol. 2
2005
Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, Vol. 1
2005
A Kind Of Magic
2003
Books
EP · 2004
A Bit of Previous
Single · 2022
Jonathan David
Single · 2001
It Only Takes One Lion
Single · 2026
What Happened to You, Son?
Single · 2024
Every Day's A Lesson In Humility
Single · 2023
When You're Not With Me (Edit)
Single · 2023
I Don't Know What You See In Me
Single · 2023
When We Were Very Young (Edit)
Single · 2023
If They're Shooting At You
Single · 2022
Unnecessary Drama
Single · 2022
Young and Stupid
Single · 2022
My Wandering Days Are Over (Live)
Single · 2020
The Fox in the Snow (Live)
Single · 2020
The Boy with the Arab Strap (Live)
Single · 2020
This Letter
Single · 2019
Sister Buddha
Single · 2019
How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 2)
EP · 2018
How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 3)
EP · 2018
Poor Boy (Radio Edit)
Single · 2018
The Same Star
Single · 2018
How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)
EP · 2017
We Were Beautiful (Single Version)
Single · 2017
I'll Be Your Pilot
Single · 2017
Olympic Village, 6AM
Single · 2016
Paper Boat
Single · 2015
The Party Line
Single · 2014
Nobody's Empire
Single · 2014
I Want the World to Stop
Single · 2011
Funny Little Frog (Live)
Single · 2006
White Collar Boy
Single · 2006
The Blues Are Still Blue
Single · 2006
Funny Little Frog
Single · 2005
I'm a Cuckoo
Single · 2004
Step Into My Office, Baby
Single · 2003
I'm Waking up to Us
Single · 2001
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Single · 2000
Legal Man
Single · 2000
Dog on Wheels
EP · 1997
Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with acts such as The Smiths, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965 children's book by French writer Cécile Aubry, later adapted for television and an anime. Though consistently lauded by critics, Belle & Sebastian's "wistful pop" has enjoyed only limited commercial success. Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow in 1996 by Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David. Together they recorded some demos with Stow College music professor Alan Rankine, which were picked up by the college's Music Business course that produces and releases one single each year on the college's label, Electric Honey. As the band had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, Belle and Sebastian were allowed to record a full-length album, which was titled Tigermilk. Murdoch once described the band as a "product of botched capitalism". Tigermilk was recorded in three days and originally only one thousand copies were pressed on vinyl. These original copies now sell for up to £400. The warm reception the album rec…