Belle and Sebastian discography

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

Belle and Sebastian discography
Belle and Sebastian perform at Pukkelpop in 2006.
Studio albums	10
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	3
EPs	6
Singles	12

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak 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	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]
Belle and Sebastian 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	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	AUT [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	IRE [6]	NED [7]	SPA [15]	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[16] Label: Matador Format: CD, DL, LP	28	37	—	27	—	72	29 [17]	—	27	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak 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	88	126
Live 2015	Released: 22 May 2015 Label: Concert Live, Matador (CLCD473) Format: CD, DL	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title	Details	Peak 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

Title	Details	Peak 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	—^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)[18]	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
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [19]	EUR [20]	IRE [6]	JPN [21]	MEX [22]	NED [7]	NOR [8]	SWE [9]
"Legal Man"	2000	15	—	4	—	50	—	—	—	10	46	Non-album singles
"Jonathan David"	2001	31	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	46
"I'm Waking Up to Us"		39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50
"Step into My Office, Baby"	2003	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	Dear Catastrophe Waitress
"I'm a Cuckoo"	2004	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	59
"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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Write About Love"	2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	Belle & Sebastian Write About Love
"I Want the World to Stop"	2011	125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Come on Sister"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Party Line"	2014	—	—	—	—	—	56	—	—	—	—	Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
"Nobody's Empire"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	36	—	—	—
"The Cat with the Cream"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"We Were Beautiful"[23]	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	How to Solve Our Human Problems
"Poor Boy"[24]	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sister Buddha"	2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	—	—	Days of the Bagnold Summer soundtrack
"—" 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
• "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House" on the War Child charity album Help: A Day in the Life, released 9 September 2005 on Independiente 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)

See also

• List of bands from Glasgow
• God Help the Girl

References

1. "Belle & Sebastian | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
2. "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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3. "Austrian chart positions". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
4. "French chart positions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
5. "Discographie von Belle and Sebastian". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
6. "Irish chart positions". irish-charts.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
7. "Dutch chart positions". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
8. "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
9. "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
10. "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
11. "Belle and Sebastian Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
12. "BRIT Certified". BPI. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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. "Spanish chart positions". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
16. "Belle & Sebastian on Their New Material; "There's a Serious Mixture of Songs"".
17. "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 8: del 16.2.2018 al 22.2.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
18. "How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 2 – EP by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
19. "Canadian single positions". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
20. "European Hot 100 positions". Billboard. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
21. "Belle and Sebastian – Chart History – Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
22. "Belle and Sebastian – Chart History – Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
23. "We Were Beautiful – Single by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
24. "Poor Boy (Radio Edit) – Single by Belle and Sebastian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

External links

• Official Website
• Belle and Sebastian on Matador Records
• Belle and Sebastian on Rolling Stone