yeah i like this record. not their best, but still nice. take out "beyond the sunrise", "Chalet lines", "nice day for a sulk" and replace them with contemporaneous EP tracks, and you've got a sweet record. "chalet lines" always did bug me. maybe especially the fact that it was followed up by "nice day for a sulk." yecch. i voted for "too much love".
― tylerw, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I never play this but you know, looking at the tracklist there's a lot I like on here. Voted "Don't leave the light on."
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I totally love this album and find it unfairly maligned. I'm kind of mystified at why people dis it.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 14:54 (1 hour ago) Permalink
Definitely. I think it's a really beautiful album.
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i hated it when it came out but like it more now. I think the life pursuit is much much worse. anyway, I like "i fought in a war" and "women's realm"
― akm, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
women's realm
― pretty impressive war skills (gbx), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Wrong Girl"
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
definitely their worst
― cutty, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a weird album because it's the one time both Murdoch & Campbell were the weak links in the chain.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 21 December 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 22 December 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I like "Nice Day for a Sulk"
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Monday, 22 December 2008 00:13 (fifteen years ago) link
lofl
― da roll (tremendoid), Monday, 22 December 2008 03:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i like every song
― da roll (tremendoid), Monday, 22 December 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Fold Your Hands Child Say Yeah
― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Monday, 22 December 2008 04:02 (fifteen years ago) link
a few duds, yea, but i love this album. i'd rather listen to it than tigermilk..
― poortheatre, Monday, 22 December 2008 07:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I used to own this and can't remember anything about it besides "The Model," "The Wrong Girl," and the title lines of "Nice Day" and "I Fought In The War." Definitely used to put it on from time to time, I guess it just never really stuck. It was the only one of theirs that I ever owned, though, so I didn't really come as a fan trying to unpack its mysteries.
Dear Catastrophe Waitress was playing in a shop the other day and sounded really good to me, wonder if I should check that out...
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 02:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Dear Catastrophe Waitress and The Life Pursuit (<--especially this one) have turned into my favorites, with Sinister and Tigermilk and the Lazy Line Painter Jane single being the only other ones I'd bother to continue owning.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 02:34 (fifteen years ago) link
This album rules and is dope and great as well. “Too Much Love” obviously should have crushed this poll followed by “The Model” because this album is all about the joyful, unrestrained strings.
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 13:23 (six years ago) link
I should go back to this one. It's never the one I reach for if I get the inclination to revisit B&S
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
There are more dud tracks than usual but the jigjs, especially the two tracks I mentioned, are sublime
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
*highs, not whatever i types with the j’s
I think The Model was one of the first songs I ever heard by this band. Too Much Love is one of their greatest songs. I like Woman's Realm too. It's just very patchy and starts a bit like it's going to be some sort of mad concept album and a break from the past before going into slightly-uncomfortable tweeness. That said I think the preceding album is also really patchy.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
Really? I don't consider Arab Strap patchy, unless you find all of their records patchy (which I could see). For me FYHCYLLAP def is their first really uneven album. Dear Catastrophe Waitress was their last good album imo.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
Life Pursuit >>>>> DCW
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
^^ It's got 'Funny Little Frog' so nah
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
"Roy Walker" and "Piazza, New York Catcher" are considerably more headsmacking
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
and "Dress Up In You", "Another Sunny Day" and "Mornington Crescent" all might make my B&S POX
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
Yeah there's a lot on Arab Strap I love (Sleep the Clock and the title track) and a lot I just don't really enjoy much at all.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
DCW is maybe my favourite even though the first two albums are objectively better. Life Pursuit is really really great but a little bit too long. After that, I have no idea because for me B&S was a bright-burning obsession with me for just a short period in the mid-2000s.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
'Dress Up In You' is indeed fantastic
You know what else is great? the B-side 'Desperation Made A Fool Of Me'.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Tuesday, January 9, 2018 2:15 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Among my faves of that record!
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
Never really got the love for Pizza Catcher. Chacun son gout I guess
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link