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Editorial Reviews
Whimsy and preciousness is an integral part of 'If You're Feeling Sinister', along with clever wit and gentle, intricate arrangements - a wonderful blend of the Smiths and Simon & Garfunkel, to be reductive.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
experiment with "if you're feeling sinister". i read a review of this album and picked it up because i watched the nickelodeon cartoon "belle and sebastian" when i was little. i liked that TV show when i was little, i like this band even more. one of the great secrets of belle and sebastian's music is that because of the soft voices and gentle music, you don't realize that their lyrics have lines like: "she was into S&M and Bible studies/not everyone's cup of tea she would admit to me" (from the title track). the songs on "if you're feeling sinister album" flow together well-craftedly, this is a good album to listen to all the way through. although "tigermilk" preceeded this album, and several other albums have followed this one, "if you're feeling sinister" is the best first album to chose if you are even remotely considering experimenting with this band. if you like clever and memorable lyrics, quirky Scottish pop that has depth, and bands that have tried and true fans, this album is your ticket to a good music. after all, there's a kafka book on the cover....
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By Gargamel
Format:Audio CD
The Scottish group Belle & Sebastian has delivered an impressive amount of high quality music in the decade or so that they've been around, and most people will argue that IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER is their best work to date. The album has all that you'd expect from a Belle & Sebastian CD. This means that you're in for slow paced rock tunes that basically sounds like Travis on novocain. On the surface Belle & Sebastian comes off as quite innocent, but listen closer and you'll hear that their lyrics are sad and depressing, yet at the same time pervaded by an uplifting (though quite black) sense of humour. My favourite songs on this CD are GET ME AWAY FROM HERE I'M DYING, THE FOX IN THE SNOW, ME AND THE MAJOR, and the title track, IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER. Great music! As long as your cup of tea isn't electronical bands or mainstream music like All Saint, but rather bands like Travis, Radiohead and Coldplay, then I'm sure you'll get a kick out of this CD.
42 of 50 people found the following review helpful
By "dan-o®"
Format:Audio CD
This one definitely ranks among the best albums I've ever heard. Each song is perfect pop, each with its own story to tell. "The Stars of Track and Field" is an epic, shimmery opener, "Seeing Other People," propelled by its rollicking Guaraldi-esque piano riff, shows lead singer Stuart Murdoch's clever lyrical wordplay. The real winners on SINISTER, however, are its middle tracks, "Like Dylan in the Movies," "The Fox in the Snow," and "Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying." These 3 songs are so beautiful, with great messages to boot. I guess the best advice I can give is to believe the hype and buy the album. Unless your idea of good music is Britney Spears or Limp Bizkit, SINISTER will easily rank among your favorites.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sophmore Effort is better than the 1st album
Fantastic songwriting, wonderfully mixed and recorded. This does not meet the sophmore slump, in fact it is the antithesis of such newcomer pitfalls. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Greg Kucera
1.0 out of 5 stars
Just listen to regular pop music already if you want wimpy soulless...
It's telling that the top review here is entirely in lowercase (because as marketing tells us, that's "hip" and/or "off-the-cuff"). Read more
Published 2 months ago by A Dinosaur-Shaped Car
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Album
I love all of Belle & Sebastian's albums and this is no different. I always enjoy listening to it and haven't gotten sick of it yet.....
Published 6 months ago by HH
5.0 out of 5 stars
one of the best albums ever
belle and sebastian"s best album is life changing every song is perfect def on my all time list the songs sound and lyrical content is sad and quirky and blunt this album is a must... Read more
Published 10 months ago by natalie portman"s nephew
5.0 out of 5 stars
Belle and Sebastian's finest hour.
Though I didn't buy the album from amazon (I bought it in a record store), I thought I would give it a review anyway. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kalsan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!!!
This Vinyl is my favourite Belle & Sebastian album.
It arrived before the estimated time and in perfect conditions!
I couldn't be more happy and thankful.
It arrived before the estimated time and in perfect conditions!
I couldn't be more happy and thankful.
Published 15 months ago by iael
4.0 out of 5 stars
Generally well-crafted and memorable, though not flawless
Even though frontman Stuart Murdoch was nearing 30, Belle and Sebastian's debut Tigermilk displayed a fascination with the tribulations of one's high school years set to sunny pop... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Christopher Culver
5.0 out of 5 stars
The soundtrack for the life of the sensible teenager
If You're Feeling Sinister was one of the most successful products of Great Britain's chamber/twee pop scene, but most importantly it was one of the first albums to describe a... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Humberto Mejia
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fair so far
Not quite what I expected. I first paid attention to the singer (Belle,Sebastion?) when he did a track with Nora Jones on her with friends album where his performance was... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Maurice
5.0 out of 5 stars
Like the cool side of a pillow
Everytime I think about Belle & Sebastian the scene from High Fidelity always comes into mind; in which Jack Black is welcomed by the cold chill of B&S' "Seymour's stain" from Arab... Read more
Published on February 27, 2011 by Smoking Ace
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