- indie rock, indie pop, rock
- 49 min
- 19 tracks
- Matador
The Life Pursuit is the seventh studio album by Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. It was released in Europe on 6 February 2006 by Rough Trade Records and in North America on 7 February 2006 by Matador Records.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 78/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork8.5/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- SpinB
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Act of the Apostle2:56
- 2Another Sunny Day4:04
- 3White Collar Boy3:21
- 4The Blues Are Still Blue4:09
- 5Dress Up in You4:24
- 6Sukie in the Graveyard3:00
- 7We Are the Sleepyheads3:34
- 8Song for Sunshine4:06
- 9Funny Little Frog3:08
- 10To Be Myself Completely3:18
- 11Act of the Apostle II4:21
- 12For the Price of a Cup of Tea3:20
- 13Mornington Crescent5:40
- 1Another Sunny Day
- 2Dress Up in You
- 3To Be Myself Completely
- 4Mornington Crescent
- 5Funny Little Frog
- 6White Collar Boy
19 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Belle and Sebastian
- Label
- Matador
- Released
- 2006-02
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD, DVD-Video
- Country
- US
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