Belle and Sebastian - who on ILX will be right about Write About Love?

kinda dig "I Didn't See It Coming" -- that's the only thing I've heard off of this so far.

on the first few listens, I actually really like this! Also, the songs from it they play live work really well.

I wonder whether I should never hear this and continue forever to imagine it's very good.

it's better than life pursuit which i hated. saw them live last night, new songs were all really good live. nice return to form. at this point Ijust expect b&s to play their instruments very well and in a very stylized fashion and not be awful, and this succeeds.

liked that the stevie song rips off lyrics from lady sov.

I like this record quite a bit; it's really by-the-numbers but at least it isn't bad like Life Pursuit.

Everett True Non-Review

Sundays Pretty Icons (the closing track) is a wonderful song

Richard X remix of "I Didn't See It Coming"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZZlcS50qzw&feature=youtu.be

Bob Stanley should sue.

Listening to this album for the first time in a long time and it’s not nearly as disappointing as I recall it being at the time. No, it’s not among their best work but the drop-off in quality is not as steep as I remember it being. Most of the first half is really great. The Norah Jones duet is still a bit of a low point (not because of her, it’s just a little sappier and on the nose than typical B&S). The second half of the album is not bad at all, it’s just a bit average for a band 15 years intro their career.

Don't really care for this album but 'I Didn't See It Coming' is a favourite, one brilliant track is more than you get on most albums.

"Come On Sister" is as good as any of the good songs on the first 3LP/4EP golden era.

This whole run is some of Stuart at his most melodically daring:

"Don't touch me
If you touch me you could never go back
Faith
Come on, sister have a drink
Have a seat at the bar
Tell me all about your men
And your hopes
And the hours of your life"

When I was on tw@tter ages ago, Stuart tweeted that he forgot how to play the song and he had to watch this youtube cover (the only cover of it on youtube) to relearn it and he was really impressed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7N69Iikoo

seconding that. easily the highlight of this album + one of their best.

my fav on this album is 'write about love'