Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

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Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
Studio album by Belle & Sebastian
Released	June 6, 2000
Recorded	Cava Sound Workshops, Glasgow
Genre	Chamber pop
Length	38:46
Label	Jeepster
Producer	Tony Doogan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone 06/22/2000 Stylus (B) Sept. 1, 2003 Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) link
Belle & Sebastian chronology
The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998) Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000) Storytelling (2002)

Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant is the fourth album from the Scottish group Belle & Sebastian. The album was released to mixed reviews, and it is considered by a number of critics to be of lower quality than preceding albums like If You're Feeling Sinister[1].

The band introduced many stylistic changes on this album, such as an organic strings section and more songs with lead vocals by other members of the band; Sarah Martin sings on "Waiting for the Moon to Rise", Isobel Campbell sings on "Family Tree", and performs a duet with Stevie Jackson (who sings in an unusually low voice) on "Beyond the Sunrise". Jackson also sings lead vocal on "The Wrong Girl".

The twin sisters pictured on the cover are Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir both former members of the Icelandic experimental group múm.

The album's title is a line from the 1960 play The Devils by John Whiting.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Fought in a War" – 4:09
2. "The Model" – 3:58
3. "Beyond the Sunrise" – 4:06
4. "Waiting for the Moon to Rise" – 3:11
5. "Don't Leave the Light On Baby" – 4:27
6. "The Wrong Girl" – 3:41
7. "The Chalet Lines" – 2:23
8. "Nice Day for a Sulk" – 2:31
9. "Women's Realm" – 4:35
10. "Family Tree" – 4:04
11. "There's Too Much Love" – 3:27

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