Tigermilk

Tigermilk
Studio album by Belle and Sebastian
Released 6 June 1996
Recorded 4–6 March 1996, CaVa Studios, Glasgow
Genre
Length 41:37
Label Electric Honey
Producer Alan Rankine
Belle and Sebastian chronology
Tigermilk
(1996)		 If You're Feeling Sinister
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Guardian[3]
NME8/10[4]
Pitchfork8.4/10[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Uncut[9]
The Village VoiceA−[10]

Tigermilk is the 1996 début album from Scottish pop group Belle and Sebastian. Originally given a limited release (1,000 copies) by Electric Honey, the album was subsequently re-released in 1999 by Jeepster Records.

The album is named after an instrumental that did not end up on the album – it was later performed on Belle and Sebastian's early tours. All of the songs on the album were written by Stuart Murdoch between 1993 and 1996, and originally performed solo on the Glasgow open mic circuit. Though he performs on the album, trumpet player Mick Cooke was not then an official member of the band.

Recording and production

At the time Stuart Murdoch began recruiting musicians for the band, drummer Richard Colburn was in a Music Business course at Stow College with professor Alan Rankine. Each year the class would produce one record on the college's Electric Honey label as an example to use in the course. Murdoch and Colburn provided a demo tape the group had recorded (later released as the Dog on Wheels EP) and the college was extremely impressed and chose to support them in creating a full album.[11]

Stuart Murdoch recalls that the group was still quite loose knit at the time Tigermilk was recorded and that the full ensemble had not played together before getting into the studio. Many of the supporting instrument parts were shaped as the group recorded. After recording, though, "we were a group, no question."[12]

The album's cover photograph was taken by Stuart Murdoch and features Joanne Kenney (his girlfriend at the time).[12] Kenney also appeared on the cover of the Dog on Wheels EP.

Legacy

Tigermilk has sold over 124,000 copies.[13] Pitchfork included "The State I Am In" at number 17 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.[14] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[15]

Track listing

All tracks written by Stuart Murdoch.

No.TitleLength
1."The State I Am In"4:57
2."Expectations"3:34
3."She's Losing It"2:22
4."You're Just a Baby"3:41
5."Electronic Renaissance"4:50
6."I Could Be Dreaming"5:56
7."We Rule the School"3:27
8."My Wandering Days Are Over"5:25
9."I Don't Love Anyone"3:56
10."Mary Jo"3:29
Total length:41:37

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Tigermilk – Belle and Sebastian". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. ↑ Cox, Tom (23 July 1999). "Belle and Sebastian: Tigermilk (Jeepster)". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Segal, Victoria (10 July 1999). "Grrr Power". NME.
  5. ↑ Chanko, Chip. "Belle and Sebastian: Tigermilk". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Maconie, Stuart (September 1999). "Belle & Sebastian: Tigermilk". Q (156): 124.
  7. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2 September 1999). "Tigermilk". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Belle and Sebastian". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ↑ Aiken, Kit (August 1999). "They're grrrreat!". Uncut (27).
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (28 March 2000). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  11. ↑ Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister. Pitchfork Classic. 2013. Event occurs at 13:20.
  12. 1 2 Murdoch, Stuart. "Sleevenotes - Tigermilk". Belle & Sebastian.
  13. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=P_uoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=belle+and+sebastian+nielsen+soundscan&source=bl&ots=4WbHwj_iFp&sig=kIMgDZMdJ1CA_dtoXdQ9WrQ4Db8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinn8SPxsDVAhUGuRQKHSKYBlEQ6AEIQTAE#v=onepage&q=belle%20and%20sebastian%20nielsen%20soundscan&f=false
  14. ↑ Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s
  15. ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
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