Belle and Sebastian discography
 Belle and Sebastian perform at Pukkelpop in 2006. | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 9 |
| ↙Live albums | 2 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 2 |
| ↙EPs | 6 |
| ↙Singles | 12 |
The discography of Belle and Sebastian, a Scottish indie pop band, features nine studio albums, two compilation albums, two live albums, six extended plays (EPs), twelve chart singles and one DVD. It also includes a variety of demos and non-album singles, as well as two DJ mix compilations and a box set.
Studio albums
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SPA [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | |||
| 1996 | Tigermilk
|
13 | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | 20 | — | 15 | — | — |
|
If You're Feeling Sinister
|
191 [14] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | The Boy with the Arab Strap
|
12 | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 30 | — | — |
|
| 2000 | Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
|
10 | 53 | — | — | 54 | 52 | 25 | — | 17 | — | 11 | — | 80 |
|
| 2002 | Storytelling
|
26 | — | — | — | 55 | 99 | 42 | — | 32 | — | 29 | — | 150 | |
| 2003 | Dear Catastrophe Waitress
|
21 | 88 | — | — | 76 | 64 | 25 | 58 | 10 | — | 16 | — | 84 |
|
| 2006 | The Life Pursuit
|
8 | 45 | 56 | 25 | 72 | 35 | 23 | 32 | 16 | 46 | 20 | 56 | 65 |
|
| 2010 | Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
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8 | 74 | 40 | 30 | 54 | — | 21 | 41 | 28 | — | 18 | 37 | 15 | |
| 2015 | Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
|
9 | 57 | 28 | — | — | 30 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 26 | 28 | |
Compilation albums
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SPA [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | |||
| 2005 | Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
|
40 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 94 | — | — | 59 | — | — | |
| 2013 | The Third Eye Centre
|
44 | — | — | — | 174 | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | 145 | |
Live albums
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SPA [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | |||
| 2005 | If You're Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | The BBC Sessions
|
88 | — | — | — | 126 [16] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
EPs
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [17] |
EUR [18] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [11] | ||
| 1997 | Dog on Wheels | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lazy Line Painter Jane | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | This Is Just a Modern Rock Song | —1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 |
| 2004 | Books | 20 | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | Introducing... Belle & Sebastian | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 Charted at number 1 on the UK Indie Chart.[14]
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [17] |
EUR [18] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [11] | |||
| 2000 | "Legal Man" | 15 | — | 4 | — | 50 | — | 10 | 46 | Non-album singles |
| 2001 | "Jonathan David" | 31 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 46 | |
| "I'm Waking Up to Us" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | ||
| 2003 | "Step into My Office, Baby" | 32 | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | Dear Catastrophe Waitress |
| 2004 | "I'm a Cuckoo" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | |
| 2006 | "Funny Little Frog" | 13 | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | The Life Pursuit |
| "Casaco Marrom" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian | |
| "The Blues Are Still Blue" | 25 | 43 | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | The Life Pursuit | |
| "White Collar Boy" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "Write About Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Belle & Sebastian Write About Love |
| 2011 | "I Want the World to Stop" | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Come on Sister" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "The Party Line" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance |
| 2015 | "Nobody's Empire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Cat With The Cream" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Other
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SPA [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | |||
| 2000 | Lazy Line Painter Jane
|
122 [14] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | LateNightTales
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | LateNightTales, Vol. II
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Miscellaneous songs
- "O come, O come, Emmanuel" (traditional) on the Xfm charity compilation It's A Cool, Cool Christmas, released 20 November 2000 on Jeepster Records
- "Final Day" (Young Marble Giants cover) on the Rough Trade 25th-anniversary compilation Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before, released 23 September 2003 on Rough Trade Records
- "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (live France Gall cover) on the Fans Only DVD, released 20 October 2003 on Jeepster Records
- "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House" on the War Child charity album Help: A Day in the Life, released 9 September 2005 on Independiente Records
- "Casaco Marron(sic)" (Trio Esperança cover) on the Belle & Sebastian-compiled album Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian, released on 27 February 2006 on Azuli Records, and as a limited-edition 7-inch vinyl single (backed with David Shrigley's spoken-word piece "When I Was a Little Girl") released 13 February 2006, also on Azuli
- "The Monkeys Are Breaking Out the Zoo", a children's song on the Save the Children charity album Colours Are Brighter, released 16 October 2006 on Rough Trade Records
- "Are You Coming Over For Christmas?", released December, 2007 on Belle and Sebastian's official website and Myspace profile.
- "Crash" (Primitives cover), released in 2012 as part of the Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian Vol. II compilation.
DVDs
- Fans Only (2003)
See also
- List of bands from Glasgow
- God Help The Girl
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "British chart positions". chartstats.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance: Ryan, Gavin (24 January 2015). "ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift 1989 Is Back At No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Austrian chart positions". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Finnish chart positions". finnish ref charts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "French chart positions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "German album positions". musicline.de. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Irish chart positions". irish-charts.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Dutch chart positions". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Spanish chart positions". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "US album positions". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "UK Chartlog: Darren B – David Byrne". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "UK certificates: searchable database". BPI. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ "French album positions". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010. Note: user must find artist in drop-down
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Canadian single positions". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "European Hot 100 positions". billboard.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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