Belle and Sebastian discography

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Belle and Sebastian discography
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Belle and Sebastian perform at Pukkelpop in 2006.
Studio albums12
Live albums4
Compilation albums5
Video albums1
EPs9
Singles22

The discography of Belle and Sebastian, a Scottish indie pop band, features twelve studio albums, three compilation albums, four live albums, two box sets, nine extended plays (EPs), 21 singles and one DVD. It also includes a variety of demos and non-album singles, as well as two DJ mix compilations.

Contents

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NED
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Tigermilk 13682015
If You're Feeling Sinister
  • Released: 18 November 1996
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 001)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
191
[13]
23
The Boy with the Arab Strap
  • Released: 7 September 1998
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 003)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
1239730
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
  • Released: 6 June 2000
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 010)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP, MD
1053545225171180
Storytelling
  • Released: 3 June 2002
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 014)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
265599423229150
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
  • Released: 6 October 2003
  • Label: Rough Trade (RTRADECD 080)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
218876642558101684
The Life Pursuit
  • Released: 6 February 2006
  • Label: Rough Trade (RTRADCD 280)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD-V, DL, LP
845567235233216205665
Write About Love
  • Released: 11 October 2010
  • Label: Rough Trade (RTRADCD480)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
874405438214128183715
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
  • Released: 19 January 2015
  • Label: Matador (OLE-1056-2)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
957284930141223312628
Days of the Bagnold Summer
  • Released: 13 September 2019 [14]
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
7398
A Bit of Previous
  • Released: 6 May 2022 [15]
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
8503131
Late Developers
  • Released: 13 January 2023 [16]
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
3082
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NED
[7]
SPA
[17]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
  • Released: 24 May 2005
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 015)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
40409459
The Third Eye Centre
  • Released: 26 August 2013
  • Label: Rough Trade (RTRADCD670)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
4417471145
How to Solve Our Human Problems
  • Released: February 2018 [18]
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
2837277229
[19]
27
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
FRA
[4]
If You're Feeling Sinister:
Live at the Barbican
  • Released: 6 December 2005
  • Label: Rough Trade (RTRADDA 301)
  • Format: DL
The BBC Sessions
  • Released: 18 November 2008
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCD018)
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
88126
Live 2015
  • Released: 22 May 2015
  • Label: Concert Live, Matador (CLCD473)
  • Format: CD, DL
What to Look for in Summer
  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, 2xLP
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
[1]
Lazy Line Painter Jane
  • Released: 7 March 2000
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRBOX 001)
  • Format: CD
122
[13]
The Jeepster Singles Collection
  • Released: 21 October 2016
  • Label: Jeepster (JPR12BOX1)
  • Format: 12" vinyl+DVD, DL
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
IRE
[6]
SWE
[9]
Dog on Wheels
  • Released: 12 May 1997
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCDS001)
  • Format: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
59
Lazy Line Painter Jane
  • Released: 28 July 1997
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCDS002)
  • Format: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
41
3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light
  • Released: 13 October 1997
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCDS003)
  • Format: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
32
This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
  • Released: 7 December 1998
  • Label: Jeepster (JPRCDS 009)
  • Format: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
145
Books
  • Released: 21 June 2004
  • Label: Rough Trade (RTRADSCD180)
  • Format: CD, DL
2046
Introducing... Belle & Sebastian
  • Released: 27 May 2008
  • Label: Jeepster
  • Format: DL
How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)
  • Released: 8 December 2017
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 2) [20]
  • Released: 19 January 2018
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 3)
  • Released: 16 February 2018
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
28
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1 Charted at number 1 on the UK Indie Chart. [13]

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[21]
EUR
[22]
IRE
[6]
JPN
[23]
MEX
[24]
NED
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
"Legal Man"2000154501046Non-album singles
"Jonathan David"200131946
"I'm Waking Up to Us"3950
"Step into My Office, Baby"20033280Dear Catastrophe Waitress
"I'm a Cuckoo"20041459
"Funny Little Frog"20061332The Life Pursuit
"Casaco Marrom"Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian
"The Blues Are Still Blue"254381The Life Pursuit
"White Collar Boy"45
"Write About Love"201017Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
"I Want the World to Stop"2011125
"Come on Sister" [upper-alpha 1]
"The Party Line"201456Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
"Nobody's Empire"201536
"The Cat with the Cream"
"We Were Beautiful" [26] 2017How to Solve Our Human Problems
"Poor Boy" [27] 2018
"Sister Buddha"201927Days of the Bagnold Summer soundtrack
"Unnecessary Drama"2022A Bit of Previous
"If They're Shooting At You"
"Young and Stupid"
"A Bit of Previous"
"I Don't Know What You See In Me" [28] 2023 [upper-alpha 2] Late Developers
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other

TitleAlbum details
LateNightTales
  • By various artists
  • Compiled by Belle & Sebastian
  • Released: 27 February 2006
  • Label: Azuli
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
LateNightTales, Vol. II
  • By various artists
  • Compiled by Belle & Sebastian
  • Released: 26 March 2012
  • Label: Late Night Tales
  • Format: CD, DL

Miscellaneous songs

DVDs

Notes

  1. "Come on Sister" charted at number 13 on the UK Physical Singles Chart. [25]
  2. "He Said She Said" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart. [29]

See also

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