Pitchfork: Belle & Sebastian Singles Compilation Out in May

Belle & Sebastian Singles Compilation Out in May

People love to compile music. People also love to compile compilations. Sometimes, a plain old release just isn't good enough. Or maybe it went out of print. Or maybe it's only available overseas. Whatever the case may be, if you or your band have been compiled, it means people like you and want to give you more money. And hey, what's wrong with that?

Belle & Sebastian have just announced the May 23 release of a compilation of 25 tracks from their numerous and sundry EPs and singles. The two-disc set, titled Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, will be released by Jeepster in the UK and Europe and by Matador on May 24 in the U.S. and Canada. Both sides of the Atlantic will be offered the set in deluxe CD and limited vinyl formats, and Matador will release a standard two-disc jewel case version in North America. On May 18, Toshiba-EMI will release the set in Japan in the standard jewel case format as well as the deluxe CD version with Japanese liner notes. Listen up:

>>CD1
01 Dog On Wheels
02 The State I Am In
03 String Bean Jean
04 Belle and Sebastian
05 Lazy Line Painter Jane
06 You Made Me Forget My Dreams
07 A Century Of Elvis
08 Photo Jenny
09 A Century Of Fakers
10 Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie
11 Beautiful
12 Put The Book Back On The Shelf

>>CD2
01 This Is Just A Modern Rock Song
02 I Know Where The Summer Goes
03 The Gate
04 Slow Graffiti
05 Legal Man
06 Judy Is A Dickslap
07 Winter Wooskie
08 Jonathan David
09 Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It
10 The Loneliness Of The Middle Distance Runner
11 I'm Waking Up To Us
12 I Love My Car
13 Marx & Engels