3-6-9 Seconds of Light [Single, EP, Import]

Belle & Sebastian | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, EP, Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B000007WNC
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #414,832 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Century of Fakers

2. Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie

3. Beautiful

4. Put the Book Back on the Shelf

Editorial Reviews

Four track EP by the lo-fi British indie pop outfit.Features: 'A Century Of Fakers', 'Le Pastie De LaBourgeoisie', 'Beautiful' and 'Put The Book Back On TheShelf'. Standard jewelcase. 1997 Jeepster Recordingsrelease.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A regular in my car cd player..., March 7, 2003

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Renee Syrell (Oswego, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3-6-9 Seconds of Light (Audio CD)

I just want to say, that anyone who likes Belle and Sebastian should certainly add this to their collection. Really, you should buy this in the Lazy Line Painter box set. Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie is my all time fav B&S song (although my fiancé won't listen to it because he thinks the word "bourgeoisie" is pretentious). I consider it my personal theme song; you can take that for what it's worth. The rest of the songs are pretty good too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, September 19, 2000

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"bujuzu" (Portland, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3-6-9 Seconds of Light (Audio CD)

I never rate 5 stars. Never. This EP is perfection. It encompasses everything the band was, is and should be in just 4 tunes. Beautiful, melodic, emotional and slightly popish - You will never stop loving it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Shambling Perfection, April 30, 2009

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David W. Fletcher (Salt Lake City, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3-6-9 Seconds of Light (Audio CD)

Belle and Sebastian have come a long ways from their early days as a group of shambling amateur musicians from Glasgow. It certainly is nice to go back to their earlier releases and remember how brilliant that shambling innocence really was though. For all the produced pop perfection of the Life Pursuit and DCW, those records will never hold a candle to the casual perfection of their early albums and EPs. Out of all the fantastic collections of songs the band released between 1995-98, 3..6..9 Seconds of Light stands a bit taller than the rest. Its five tracks (yes five, including the short hidden track)truly do stand the test of time. It starts off strong with "A Century of Fakers" and gets better from there with the surprisingly rocking "Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie." That masterpiece is followed by pure pop perfection in the trumpet laced "Beautiful", which really does live up to its title. The best, however, is saved for last with "Put the Book Back on the Shelf", which rivals the best work on If You're Feeling Sinister and Tigermilk. That songs fades into the brief "Songs for Children" which provides a nice ending for this mini-album. I would highly recommend it as a starting place for any newcomers out their, as for any fans that may not have already heard this, well, you know what you are missing!