Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Studio album by Belle & Sebastian
Publication (s)	October 2003
Label (s)	Rough Trade
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Indie pop twee pop
Title (number)	11
running time	48:17 min
production	Trevor Horn
chronology Storytelling (Soundtrack) (2002) Dear Catastrophe Waitress Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (2005)
Single releases November 10, 2003 Step Into My Office, baby February 16, 2004 I'm a cuckoo

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Dear Catastrophe Waitress   DE 64 10/20/2010 (2 weeks)   UK 21st 10/18/2003 (4 weeks)   US 84 10/25/2003 (2 weeks)

Singles

Step Into My Office, baby   UK 32 11/29/2003 (2 weeks) I'm a cuckoo   UK 14th 02/28/2004 (4 weeks)

Dear Catastrophe Waitress is the sixth album by the Scottish band Belle & Sebastian . It was released in 2003 on the Rough Trade label .

Tracklist

1. " Step into My Office, Baby " - 4:12
2. " Dear Catastrophe Waitress " - 2:22
3. " If She Wants Me " - 5:05
4. " Piazza, New York Catcher " - 3:03
5. " Asleep on a Sunbeam " - 3:22
6. " I'm a Cuckoo " - 5:26
7. " You Don't Send Me " - 3:08
8. " Wrapped Up in Books " - 3:34
9. " Lord Anthony " - 4:14
10. " If You Find Yourself Caught in Love " - 4:15
11. " Roy Walker " - 2:57
12. " Stay Loose " - 6:41

Cover

Like some albums before, the cover has a color cast. For example, if The Boy with the Arab Strap was green and If You're Feeling Sinister was red, the motif for Dear Catastrophe Waitress is a yellow-orange tone. It shows a hectic scene from an Italian restaurant.

reception

After the two predecessors; Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant from 2000 and the soundtrack to the film Storytelling from 2002 received rather mediocre reviews, Dear Catastrophe Waitress was able to resemble the highly acclaimed first three albums ( Tigermilk , If You're Feeling Sinister & The Boy with the Arab Strap ). The album receives around four and a half out of five points at Allmusic . In particular, the work of producer Trevor Horn is praised:

"He certainly helps Belle & Sebastian regain their focus and vision, turning Dear Catastrophe Waitress into one of the group's best albums."

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine

"He certainly helped Belle & Sebastian regain their focus and vision, and turned Dear Catastrophe Waitress into one of the group's best albums."

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Even Pitchfork Media rated it with 7.5 of 10 points better than the two previous albums. The album also made it into various annual best lists in music magazines; among other things even in second place in the Musikexpress only behind Elephant by The White Stripes .

Awards

The album was nominated for the 2004 Mercury Music Prize .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
2. ↑ www.dustedmagazine.com
3. ^ Allmusic Review
4. ^ Pitchfork Media - Belle & Sebastian
5. ↑ www.poplist.de: all placements in the German annual best lists
6. ↑ www.poplist.de: Critics Top 50: the fifty best albums of 2003