The BBC Sessions (Belle and Sebastian album)


The BBC Sessions is an album by Belle and Sebastian. It is a double album. The first disc is a compilation of unreleased recordings recorded between 1996 and 2001, while the second is a live recording from a concert in Belfast on 21 December 2001. The live album contains covers of "Here Comes the Sun", "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "The Boys are Back in Town".
The tracks on the first album come from sessions with Mark Radcliffe, Steve Lamacq and John Peel. The album cover features former member Isobel Campbell, who departed the band six years before this album's release, but is heard on these recordings.

Track listing

Disc One – Radio Sessions:
  1. "The State I Am In" – 4:42
  2. "Like Dylan in the Movies" – 4:11
  3. "Judy and the Dream of Horses" – 3:43
  4. "The Stars of Track and Field" – 4:37
  5. "I Could Be Dreaming" – 3:49
  6. "Seymour Stein" – 4:51
  7. "Lazy Jane" – 5:37
  8. "Sleep the Clock Around" – 4:46
  9. "Slow Graffiti" – 3:06
  10. "Wrong Love" – 3:29
  11. "Shoot the Sexual Athlete" – 3:11
  12. "The Magic of a Kind Word" – 2:27
  13. "Nothing in the Silence" – 3:49
  14. " Miraculous Technique" – 4:28
Disc Two – Live in Belfast:
  1. "Here Comes the Sun" – 4:52
  2. "There's Too Much Love" – 3:44
  3. "The Magic of a Kind Word" – 2:24
  4. "Me and the Major" – 5:19
  5. "Wandering Alone" – 2:54
  6. "The Model" – 4:02
  7. "I'm Waiting for the Man" – 5:12
  8. "The Boy With the Arab Strap" – 5:32
  9. "The Wrong Girl" – 3:05
  10. "Dirty Dream #2" – 3:26
  11. "The Boys Are Back in Town" – 5:43
  12. "Legal Man" – 4:01