I'm a Cuckoo [Single, Enhanced]

Belle & Sebastian | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Enhanced
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B0001HAHYG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  DVD Audio  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,904 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm a Cuckoo

2. Stop, Look and Listen

3. (I Believe In) Travellin' Light

4. (I Believe In) Travellin' Light

5. I'm a Cuckoo [Multimedia Track]

Editorial Reviews

Belle & Sebastian release the second single from their acclaimed 2003 album 'Dear Catastrophe Waitress', their first album for the Rough Trade label. 'I'm A Cuckoo' was written by mainman Stuart Murdoch. It's a jaunty little number about breaking-up, relationships gone sour &...Thin Lizzy. The title track is backed with four non-LP tracks, 'Stop Look & Listen', 'I'm A Cuckoo' (Avalanches Mix), '(I Believe In) Traveling Light', & 'I'm A Cuckoo' (Video). Digipak. 2004. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is all you need, November 11, 2004

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tokyo111 (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm a Cuckoo (Audio CD)

I'm a huge Belle & Sebastian fan. but their latest full-length "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" left me cold.

The one exception -- "I'm a Cuckoo," a glorious blast of soft-rock awesomeness that makes me feel like summer has arrived every time I hear it. The song's smooth, instantly hummable riff is one of those melodies you want to hear repeated over and over, and the band happily obliges.

So that's here, along with two folk/country tunes. "Stop Look & Listen" has a Simon & Garfunkel feel... until it gives way to a surprising, propulsive surf-rock coda. "(I Believe In) Travellin' Light" makes an excellent soundtrack for a drive in the country.

Also included -- but not mentioned on Amazon's track listing here for some reason -- is the Avalanches remix of "I'm a Cuckoo." I'm not a big fan of remixes, but this is excellent, miraculously transforming the tune into a gleeful world beat number complete with pleasant tribal rhythms and a choir of African (or at least African-sounding) chantresses.

Plus a video! For cheap! Sweet! Now I don't need to buy the whole album.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A couple of gems, February 27, 2004

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G Exley (Toki-yo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm a Cuckoo (Audio CD)

Firstly, Belle and Sebastian using Thin lizzy`s 'The Boys Are Back In Town` as a template and naming the result 'I'm A Cuckoo' seems to me to be a nicely random idea and I like nicely random ideas. Ultimately though it`s not a song I want to listen to a lot....For me it`s a wee slab of pop rocky exuberance with an odd but not necessarily ace set of lyrics (Jesus chasing coins wearing funny shoes or somesuch) - Great compared to usual pop but two other tracks on this EP delight me more....Namely 'Stop Look and Listen' which at a guess is a Murdoch, Jackson collaboration and is sung by them in unison. It zips along, is crammed with neat musical detail, features that easy Murdochian wit and is vaguely Monkeeish. It segues into a twangy instrumental thing which is an additional bit of (moderate) fun. The other delight is '(I Believe in) Travellin` Light', a Stevie Jackson tune of great charm which to me has the makings of a standard (along with other B&S songs like 'I Know Where the Summer Goes'). The Avalanches remix thing doesn`t grab me (except for the laughter at the end) but the other material makes this one of the best B&S EPs/singles.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun filler, August 21, 2009

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm a Cuckoo (Audio CD)

Another fun, but not necessary add-on during the DCW period features a solid single and some worthy bonus cuts which do not posess the compositional fortitude to warrant a purchase outside of completists but nonetheless continues to provide quality filler for fans.