Listening to this record feels like being wrapped up in cotton wool with the odd rose-thorn poking gently at your skin through the fluffy white fibres. It borders on the sickly sweet, but listen to the lyrics and you'll find that Miss Campbell has a lot of edge to her, somewhat more so than her naive ex-boyfriend (not to denigrate Mr Murdoch, who is second only to Morrissey as a modern songwriter). A beautiful record.


Great Stuff!   January 16, 2004
 11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Sensitively produced to aid the subtle nature of Ms Campbell’s delicate voice this album meanders like a trip down a country lane on a summers day. Around every corner there is a new musical delight...a lyric...a melody, and more besides.
I would recommend this album to all B + S fans, and it this similarity to her mother band that stops this record getting 5 stars. However, this is not a bad trait (for a record to sound like one of the most innovative and much loved bands from the UK) and its just goes to prove how much of a creative force she really must have been within the group.


effortlessly charming   October 28, 2003
 15 out of 30 found this review helpful

lovely, whimsy from the much missed ms campbell (formerly belle and sebastian)that is at times beuatifully sad and at other times joyful. The prime examples I can five of that are track 8, and at the other end of the spectrum the suptuous cat's pyjamas. Ahhh...lovely