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Belle and Sebastian discography
Belle and Sebastian discography
	Belle and Sebastian perform at Pukkelpop in 2006.
Studio albums	12
EPs	9
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	5
Singles	22
Video albums	1

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.

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions											Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Details	UK ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	AUT ^[3]	FRA ^[4]	GER ^[5]	IRE ^[6]	NED ^[7]	NOR ^[8]	SWE ^[9]	SWI ^[10]	US ^[11]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Tigermilk	Released: 6 June 1996 Label: Electric Honey (EHRLP005) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	13	—	—	68	—	—	—	20	15	—	—	BPI: Gold^[12]
If You're Feeling Sinister	Released: 18 November 1996 Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 001) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	191 ^[13]	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	—	—	—	BPI: Gold^[12]
The Boy with the Arab Strap	Released: 7 September 1998 Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 003) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	12	—	—	39	—	—	—	7	30	—	—	BPI: Gold^[12]
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant	Released: 6 June 2000 Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 010) Format: CD, DL, LP, MD	10	53	—	54	52	25	—	17	11	—	80	BPI: Silver^[12]
Storytelling	Released: 3 June 2002 Label: Jeepster (JPRCD 014) Format: CD, DL, LP	26	—	—	55	99	42	—	32	29	—	150
Dear Catastrophe Waitress	Released: 6 October 2003 Label: Rough Trade (RTRADECD 080) Format: CD, DL, LP	21	88	—	76	64	25	58	10	16	—	84	BPI: Gold^[12]
The Life Pursuit	Released: 6 February 2006 Label: Rough Trade (RTRADCD 280) Format: CD, CD+DVD-V, DL, LP	8	45	56	72	35	23	32	16	20	56	65	BPI: Silver^[12]
Write About Love	Released: 11 October 2010 Label: Rough Trade (RTRADCD480) Format: CD, DL, LP	8	74	40	54	38	21	41	28	18	37	15
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance	Released: 19 January 2015 Label: Matador (OLE-1056-2) Format: CD, DL, LP	9	57	28	49	30	14	12	23	31	26	28
Days of the Bagnold Summer	Released: 13 September 2019^[14] Label: Matador Format: CD, DL, LP	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	98	—
A Bit of Previous	Released: 6 May 2022^[15] Label: Matador Format: CD, DL, LP	8	—	50	—	31	—	—	—	—	31	—
Late Developers	Released: 13 January 2023^[16] Label: Matador Format: CD, DL, LP	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	82	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	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	40	—	—	—	40	94	—	59	—	—
The Third Eye Centre	Released: 26 August 2013 Label: Rough Trade (RTRADCD670) Format: CD, DL, LP	44	—	174	—	—	71	—	—	—	145
How to Solve Our Human Problems	Released: February 2018^[18] Label: Matador Format: CD, DL, LP	28	37	—	27	—	72	29 ^[19]	—	27	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	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	88	126
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

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	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

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	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	—¹	—	45
Books	Released: 21 June 2004 Label: Rough Trade (RTRADSCD180) Format: CD, DL	20	46	—
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

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
Title	Year	UK ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	CAN ^[21]	EUR ^[22]	IRE ^[6]	JPN ^[23]	MEX ^[24]	NED ^[7]	NOR ^[8]	SWE ^[9]	Album
"Legal Man"	2000	15	—	4	—	50	—	—	—	10	46	Non-album singles
"Jonathan David"	2001	31	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	46
"I'm Waking Up to Us"	2001	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50
"Step into My Office, Baby"	2003	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	Dear Catastrophe Waitress
"I'm a Cuckoo"	2004	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	59	Dear Catastrophe Waitress
"Funny Little Frog"	2006	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Life Pursuit
"Write About Love"	2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
"I Want the World to Stop"	2011	125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Come on Sister"	2011	—^[A]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Party Line"	2014	—	—	—	—	—	56	—	—	—	—	Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
"Nobody's Empire"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	36	—	—	—
"The Cat with the Cream"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"We Were Beautiful"^[26]	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	How to Solve Our Human Problems
"Poor Boy"^[27]	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	How to Solve Our Human Problems
"Sister Buddha"	2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	—	—	Days of the Bagnold Summer soundtrack
"Unnecessary Drama"	2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	A 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	—	—	—	—	—	—^[B]	—	—	—	—	Late Developers
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other

Title	Album 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

"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
"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)

Notes

^ "Come on Sister" charted at number 13 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.^[25]
^ "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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Belle & Sebastian | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b
"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.
^ ^a ^b "Austrian chart positions". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "French chart positions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Discographie von Belle and Sebastian". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Irish chart positions". irish-charts.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dutch chart positions". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Belle and Sebastian Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "BRIT Certified". BPI. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "UK Chartlog: Darren B – David Byrne". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ "Days of the Bagnold Summer by Belle and Sebastian". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ Minsker, Evan (2 March 2022). "Belle and Sebastian Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ Arcand, Rob (9 January 2023). "Belle and Sebastian Releasing New Album, Late Developers, This Friday". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Spanish chart positions". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ "Belle & Sebastian on Their New Material; "There's a Serious Mixture of Songs"". 11 October 2017.
^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 8: del 16.2.2018 al 22.2.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 2 – EP by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ "Canadian single positions". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ "European Hot 100 positions". Billboard. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ "Belle and Sebastian – Chart History – Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ "Belle and Sebastian – Chart History – Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ "We Were Beautiful – Single by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Poor Boy (Radio Edit) – Single by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^ "Belle And Sebastian – "I Don't Know What You See In Me"". Stereogum. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas". Billboard (in Japanese). Japan. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links

[26] "Come on Sister" charted at number 13 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.^[25]

[31] "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]

[UK-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Belle & Sebastian | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[AUS-2] "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.

[5] 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.

[AUT-3] "Austrian chart positions". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[FRA-4] "French chart positions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[GER-5] "Discographie von Belle and Sebastian". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[IRE-6] "Irish chart positions". irish-charts.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[NED-7] "Dutch chart positions". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[NOR-8] "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[SWE-9] "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[SWI-10] "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[US-11] "Belle and Sebastian Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[BPI-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "BRIT Certified". BPI. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[Chartlog-13] "UK Chartlog: Darren B – David Byrne". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[14] "Days of the Bagnold Summer by Belle and Sebastian". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[15] Minsker, Evan (2 March 2022). "Belle and Sebastian Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[16] Arcand, Rob (9 January 2023). "Belle and Sebastian Releasing New Album, Late Developers, This Friday". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[SPA-17] "Spanish chart positions". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[18] "Belle & Sebastian on Their New Material; "There's a Serious Mixture of Songs"". 11 October 2017.

[19] "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 8: del 16.2.2018 al 22.2.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[20] "How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 2 – EP by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[Canadian_single_positions-21] "Canadian single positions". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[European_Hot_100_positions-22] "European Hot 100 positions". Billboard. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

[Japan_Hot_100-23] "Belle and Sebastian – Chart History – Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[MEX-singles-24] "Belle and Sebastian – Chart History – Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[25] "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[27] "We Were Beautiful – Single by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[28] "Poor Boy (Radio Edit) – Single by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[29] "Belle And Sebastian – "I Don't Know What You See In Me"". Stereogum. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[30] "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas". Billboard (in Japanese). Japan. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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