In my opinion, the peak era for Belle and Sebastian stretched from their start in 1996 until 2006, with the release of "The Life Pursuit" album. Since then, they've still done good stuff, but much less frequency, with all the band members spending a lot more time on solo projects. This stray tracks album covers the tail end of that era, so it has lots of excellent material on it.
Most of the songs here come from B-sides or EPs. Many of them were subsequently included on a compilation called "The Third Eye Centre," but that was strangely incomplete and skipped lots of good songs. You get them all here.
One song, "Portland, Oregon," is a Belle and Sebastian original that has never been officially released. It was only played in public once, during a concert in Portland, Oregon. Note that the band also has covered the Loretta Lynn song by the same name, but this is a totally different song.
01 Your Secrets (Belle & Sebastian)
02 Your Cover's Blown (Belle & Sebastian)
03 [I Believe In] Travellin’ Light (Belle & Sebastian)
04 Stop, Look and Listen (Belle & Sebastian)
05 Passion Fruit [Instrumental] (Belle & Sebastian)
06 The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House (Belle & Sebastian)
07 Portland, Oregon (Belle & Sebastian)
08 Whiskey in the Jar (Belle & Sebastian)
09 Meat and Potatoes (Belle & Sebastian)
10 The Life Pursuit (Belle & Sebastian)
11 Mr. Richard (Belle & Sebastian)
12 Baby Jane (Belle & Sebastian)
13 The Monkeys Are Breaking Out the Zoo (Belle & Sebastian)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15832466/BellenS_2004-2006_YourCoversBlwn_atse.zip.html
I found the cover art at the official Belle and Sebastian website. It shows the boy and dog that are the characters the band's name comes from. It has nothing to do with the title or the music, but I think it fits with the band's habit of having interesting, artistic covers.
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