
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…