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Tigermilk

~ Belle & Sebastian
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (1 Sep 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Jeepster
  • ASIN: B00002596W
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,900 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The State I Am In 4:56£0.69
Listen  2. Expectations 3:32£0.69
Listen  3. She's Losing It 2:20£0.69
Listen  4. You're Just A Baby 3:40£0.69
Listen  5. Electronic Renaissance 4:43£0.69
Listen  6. I Could Be Dreaming 5:54£0.69
Listen  7. We Rule The School 3:25£0.69
Listen  8. My Wandering Days Are Over 5:24£0.69
Listen  9. I Don't Love Anyone 3:55£0.69
Listen10. Mary Jo 3:29£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Belle and Sebastian met in an all-night café in Glasgow, and their debut album, Tigermilk was written and recorded over the next few weeks. It's remarkable, therefore, that Tigermilk is Belle and Sebastian's finest by some length; a gorgeous album poised somewhere in between the shambling Scottish charm of The Pastels and the delicate pathos of Nick Drake. The heart of Tigermilk is in frontman Stuart Murdoch's choral whisper; impossibly fragile elegies are spurred to greatness by the band's energetic Northern Soul rhythms and sprightly folk. Tigermilk, though, is replete with a muscular tension on tracks like "Expectations" and "I Don't Love Anyone" that downplays Belle and Sebastian's sometimes annoying tendency to drift into syrupy twee-ness. --Louis Pattison


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Originally released in an edition of 1,000 vinyl LPs as part of a college music business course, Belle & Sebastian's 1996 debut TIGERMILK rapidly became a highly sought-after collector's item. Reissued in 1999 to combat a flood of expensive bootlegs, the album shows that the band's later acclaim was not unfounded.
Nine of the 10 tracks feature main songwriter Stuart Murdoch's winsome vocals, a mix of acoustic andelectric instrumentation and a grab-bag of pianos, horns, flutes, and hand claps. The odd one out of the bunch is "Electronic Renaissance", an electronic keyboard knockabout that recalls Depeche Mode's more insistent moments from the VinceClarke era. Standouts among the other tracks are "Expectations", the tale of a square peg at school who is "known for being strange/Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay", the lyrically wistful but musically charged "She's Losing It", and "I Don't Love Anyone", which references Felt, a band Belle & Sebastian cites among its influences.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Still my fave album by Belle And Seb, 24 Mar 2005
No one writes songs like Belle and Seb do. No songs full of ye ye ye choruses, no same old love songs telling the same tired old tales.
Just unique stories about life's simple beauty, irritating little annoyances, unfortunate situations and normal everyday thoughts and feelings.
These songs will immerse you into the lives of others, make you feel for them, care about these imaginary peoples lives much like a good tv show.

The opening song for example tells the story of a young man whos life has strayed from his childhood dreams, not neccessarily through any fault of his own but more life seems to have been against him from the start, which is beautifully conveyed with clever lyrics: "the priest in the booth had a photographic memory...wrote a pocket novel called the state i am in".
The clever attention to detail continues and when you notice the wonderful little link between the first song and the last you'll be laughing because it is so perfectly done. the girl whos life is going nowhere: "she's reading the book the state i am in, but it doesnt help at all" :D brilliant.

The best Belle And Seb song ever written in my mind is also here, "I Could Be Dreaming" yet another wonderful tale with a simple but effective tune that instantly hooks you.

I could talk for a long time on every song on this album, but there is a word limit so i better sum up by telling you that you must own this, after a few listens you will be in love and it will never be far from your cd player.

Hope this has been helpful :)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An album with some depth, 26 Nov 2003
By Mr. J. N. Windsor (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This was my favourite album for a long time. The superb debut by the superb Belle & Sebastian.

It's so refreshing to hear intelligent, poetic lyrics that don't feel the need to rhyme when it doesn't fit. Beautiful memorable melodies with simplistic chord structures married together with vast sensitivity. Although they are simplistic, the are so in a deliberate, knowing way (not like an Oasis 'we can't actually do anything else' simplicity). You only have to hear "Jonathan David" to realise the band's musical genious.

The theme of the album seems to be based around how you feel as a post-education 20-something trying to get your head round the world. Viewing past experiences and feelings in a beautiful way.

Everybody should own this album. It has stood the test of time with me (which is very rare).

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, 7 Aug 2002
By David (Surrey) - See all my reviews
So simple and pure, reminiscent of late-50s, early-60s bands. Great lyrics and some of the purest melodies ever produced. It has to be said that I didn't like B&S when I first heard it a few years ago and it took me 6 years to buy this album. I'm sorry I waited so long. If you haven't got a B&S album and you think you're wavering, buy this - you'll not regret it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Understated, unpretentious and utterly beautiful
This really is the last word in mid-nineties Scottish Indie, and perhaps the most brilliant showcase for Stuart Murdoch's endearing vocals. Read more
Published on 7 May 2007 by J. Roberts

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply brilliant
Usually when I see anything with 5 stars on Amazon I begin to get a little sceptical. I believe that nothing can achieve full marks in terms of music or movies because nothing is... Read more
Published on 30 April 2007 by Mr Dan

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, still their best - but some of the rest are well worth
This album - bought on a whim of the liking the cover - holds one of those special places in my heart. Read more
Published on 9 April 2006 by Stevie Maudsley

5.0 out of 5 stars just breathtaking
i have only really discovered b & s in the past few months and was started off by a mate with tigermilk and still dont think it has been surpassed. Read more
Published on 3 May 2005 by propspp

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow...
For a lad who's usual taste in music consists of shouty Mancunian bands singing badly and playing chords ripped off from the Beatles, this is perhaps one of my all time favourite... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2001 by amir_arezoo

5.0 out of 5 stars This album will change your life...
Well, not necessarily, but it did mine. A truly beautiful record and not a bad song on it. 'Expectations' is such a documentary of my school days that it scares me, 'The State I... Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2001 by Lizzy (loose_muesli@yahoo.com)

5.0 out of 5 stars This will be the soundtrack to your life.
When I was first introduced to Belle and Sebastian, I thought that their music was just another poppy flash-in-the-pan type. I couldn't have been more incorrect. Read more
Published on 2 Jul 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars a superb album, with addictive melodies and beautiful lyrics
an excellent introduction to Belle and Sebastian that sounds like nothing you have heard before.

an absolute masterpiece that will change your life.

Published on 17 April 2001 by ross3001@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars !!! YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS ALBUM !!!
I think this is the best album ever made by anyone. That's not just an impulsive comment, coz I first heard it about 2 and a half years ago and still think that. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars be converted
from the exquisite opener 'the state i am in', to the tender fade out of 'mary jo', B+S have produced one of the most sensitive, lyrically insightive albums of the last decade. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2001

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