Tigermilk: Belle and Sebastian: Amazon.ca: Music

1. The State I Am In

2. Expectations

3. She's Losing It

4. You're Just A Baby

5. Electronic Renaissance

6. I Could Be Dreaming

7. We Rule The School

8. My Wandering Days Are Over

9. I Don't Love Anyone

10. Mary Joe

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Tigermilk is simply gorgeous, an unaffected debut equal to the Smiths' finest work, and seemed to arrive fully formed out of nowhere in May 1996. In songs like the pastoral, shimmering "The State I Am In" and the wonderfully naive "We Rule the School," bandleader Stuart Murdoch had already laid the seeds that would later come to such full, poignant fruition on If You're Feeling Sinister and The Boy with the Arab Strap. The 10 songs here have such a natural pop sensibility, such a grace and resonance, it's hard now to believe that Tigermilk was only originally intended as a small-time project between seven Glaswegian friends (the original vinyl release was limited to 1,000 copies). Whimsical, surreal, and beautiful, this reissue is well worth the wait. --Everett True

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BELLE & SEBASTIAN Tigermilk (1999 US 10-track CD including Expectations & I Dont Love Anyone picture sleeve DE4666)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a belle and sebastian fan from winnipeg, Dec 24 2007

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Mr. Timothy B. Garrett "Tim Garrett" (Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tigermilk (Audio CD)

even though i am late forties-something, i try to keep up with the music scene. i would see belle and sebastian pop up here and there in the press, to generally favorable reviews. one day i was in a music store and asked a clerk about them. his eyes lit up instantly and he started to go on and on about them, all in a dither as to which album i should start with. he finally settled on mother's milk so i bought it and took it home for a listen. i have to admit that my first impression was "what the h*ll have i bought now?" but there was something there and i put it on again and the opening track suddenly grabbed me and i have been hopelessly hooked since. i am a single dad of two young boys and often after they are in bed i will dim the lights and pour a glass of wine and put this album on and feel quite clever and even a little bit cool for an old guy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone who's felt alone..., May 28 2004

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Gregory B. Peters (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tigermilk (Audio CD)

I adore Belle & Sebastian, but I must say that half of my favorite B&S songs are on this album and the other half are spread throughout the rest of their work. Not that I don't love every other album (with the possible exception of Storytelling), just that every single song on here is infectious, moving, funny, and stays with you a long time after you've stopped playing it. On all the other albums, I find songs that are a little too slight or meandering. But this one is 100%.
'The State I Am In' is one of the few songs I've heard that makes me laugh out loud, and contains some of the wittiest biblical allusions I've ever heard. 'Expectations' should be required listening for every high or middle school kid who thinks no one understands them. "Write a song, I'll sing along" I wish I'd heard it back then: even though I'm a boy, I can relate to every incident in the song. I could really go on and on, but every song is fabulous.
If you're just getting into B&S I highly recommend this album as a starting point.

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5.0 out of 5 stars He took all of my sins, and wrote a pocket novel..., Mar 29 2004

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Great album. The rhythm to "Electronic Renaissance" is quite similar to that on Pat Benetar's "Love is a battlefield," which I find quite amusing. Great song. Also a great song is "The State I am in." I love the tambourine in that song when they reference Veronica in the song "Expectations." .
Another great track is "I could be dreaming." I love the way the music is layered at the end of the song and Isobel speaks/reads while the guitar progressively gets louder and louder.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I was surprised...
Belle and Sebastian's 1996 debut still sounds as fresh today as it did when it was released. If anything this proves the band to have been talented beyond their years when they... Read more

Published on Dec 4 2003 by kendall lopere

3.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, but not their best
First off i should say that i'd only give 5 stars to a flat-out classic album, so 3 stars isn't a bad score. Read more

Published on Nov 29 2003 by JR