- indie pop, twee pop, chamber pop, rock
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
- Jeepster Recordings
If You're Feeling Sinister is the second album by the Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. It was released in 1996 on Jeepster Records in the United Kingdom and in 1997 by Matador Records in the United States. It is often ranked among the best albums of the 1990s, including being ranked No. 14 in Pitchfork's list of "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s." In 2005, Belle and Sebastian released a live version, If You're Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican.
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Character
Intimate, character-led, spare and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1The Stars of Track and Field4:48
- 2Seeing Other People3:47
- 3Me and the Major3:51
- 4Like Dylan in the Movies4:14
- 5The Fox in the Snow4:11
- 6Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying3:25
- 7If You’re Feeling Sinister5:21
- 8Mayfly3:42
- 9The Boy Done Wrong Again4:17
- 10Judy and the Dream of Horses3:40
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Belle and Sebastian
- Label
- Jeepster Recordings
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- DZ
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