The Life Pursuit

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studio album
First released:
Feb 7 2006

Overview Edit

The Life Pursuit is an album by Belle & Sebastian. It was released in Europe on 6 February 2006 by Rough Trade Records and in North America on February 7, 2006 by Matador Records.

The album earned the band its most successful chart performance yet, reaching #8 in the UK Album Chart and #65 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 20,485 units on the first week. The Life Pursuit has been certified Silver in the UK. Lead single "Funny Little Frog" reached the top 20 of the UK Single Charts in January 2006, becoming the band's highest charting to date. "The Blues Are Still Blue" was released as the second single in April of that same year managing to peak inside of the top 40. "White Collar Boy" was released as the last single in June peaking inside the top 50 of the same chart. Furthermore, "We Are the Sleepyheads" was used in MTV2 commercials.

The cover models are Alex Klobouk, Natasha Noramly and Marisa Pritivera.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
OLE 687-2
Release dates:
  • Feb 7 2006 in United States

Genres

Indie, Alternative Folk, Indie Pop, Pop, Scottish. Vote on Genres

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5 stars The Only Band I Still Get Excited About
Long after Radiohead decided that traditional rock songs were "beneath" them and started their weird sojurn into God-knows-what and the pop-punk exoplosion of the late Nineties wilted on the vine, very little about modern music gets me excited enough to buy an album totally cold with no advance listens. Apart from Weezer last year and Death Cab for Cutie recently, I really haven't purchased a new release by a current band in a long time. But that all changed last week when I got "The Life Pursui…
Written by Trevor Seigler
3 stars The Endless Records Review
Be it the viability of 3rd parties in American politics, or the profundity of writers like Jack Kerouac and Nietzsche, I was wrong about a lot of things in college. It is only after descending from the purportedly ivory towers of higher education that I have truly realized things like the value of regular bathing, pants not made of denim, and sleep.

Sure, sure, the heady mix of barracks-style housing, and fresh-granted personal freedom clouds many young Americans' judgments. Only the lucky ones …
Written by Endless Nick

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Credits Edit

  1. design

    1. Alex Prager [Photography]
    2. Belle and Sebastian [Cover Design, Layout Design]
    3. Keith Dodds [Cover Design, Layout Design]
    4. Marisa Privitera [Assistant Photographer, Model, Photography]
    5. Patrick Doyle [Assistant Photographer, Model]
  2. engineer

    1. Chris Reynolds [Assistant Engineer, Percussion]
    2. Frank Arkwright [Mastering]
    3. Jason Mott [Assistant Engineer]
    4. Tony Doogan [Mixing]
  1. performer

    1. Alistair Collins [Bassoon]
    2. Chris Reynolds [Percussion]
    3. James Swinburne [Saxophone]
    4. Jennifer Stephenson [Clarinet]
    5. Tom L. Smith [Trombone]
  2. producer

    1. Tony Hoffer [Mixing, Producer]

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The Life Pursuit 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Matador
catalog number: OLE 687-2
release dates: Feb 7 2006
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The Life Pursuit 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: OLE 687-2
release dates: Feb 7 2006
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The Life Pursuit 13 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
catalog number: OLE 687-2
release dates: Feb 7 2006
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The Life Pursuit 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: OLE 687-2
release dates: Feb 7 2006
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