2LP, Compilation, Limited Edition
LateNightTales (2015) UK
Plenty of bands talk about going their own sweet way, pleasing themselves and ploughing their own furrow, but it's hard to think of any working band or artist who opens themselves up as resolutely as Belle And Sebastian. Never tied to any scene in the first place (and still further out on a limb ten years later), these Glaswegians seem to have developed as a band that can draw influence from just about anywhere. And when there are seven distinctly individual personalities feeding the creative fire within the results are multifarious and often surprising.
Pure pop, Sixties psyche, Seventies rock, West Coast harmonies, beat groups, folk balladering, punk, indie, girl groups and bossanova, are just a few of the slants to crop up without musical contradiction within the Belles own work. So it is perhaps less than surprising that their choices for Late Night Tales comprehensively cover the waterfront.
Just who chose what is never expressly made clear, but what is presented is a treasure trove of musical nuggets, some in the public domain, but often lovingly disinterred specially for the purpose and certainly never put together quite like this. Ladies and Gentleman, we give you, Belle And Sebastian's Late Night Tales.
It also features the next spoken word instalment by David Shrigley!
Tracklist
A1 Rehash Gratuitous - Theft In The Rain (5:31)
A2 RJD2 - Here's What's Left (6:28)
A3 Lootpack - Questions (3:54)
A4 Demis Roussos - O My Friends You've Been Untrue To Me (4:43)
B1 Stereolab - French Disko (3:33)
B2 Butch Cassidy - Sound System Cissy Strut (3:03)
B3 The Ethiopians - Free Man (2:39)
B4 Mary Love - I'm In Your Hands (2:34)
B5 Novi Singers - Cos Specjalnego (4:03)
B6 Gal Costa - Lost In The Paradise (2:51)
C1 Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go Round (Kenny Dixon Jnr Remix) (9:00)
C2 Donovan - Get Thy Bearings (2:51)
C3 Múm - Green Grass Of Tunnel (4:51)
D1 Belle & Sebastian - Cassaco Marron (2:32)
D2 Space Jam - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guidance (2:05)
D3 Big Star - Watch The Sunrise (3:44)
D4 Boston - Baroque Badinerie from Bach's Orchestral Suite No.2 in B Min (1:31)
D5 David Shrigley - When I Was A Little Girl (2:36)