Write About Love (studio album) by Belle And Sebastian

Write About Love by Belle And Sebastian
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-10-11
Overall rank: 5,609th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 128 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2010 (112th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,070th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,609th)

Belle And Sebastian bestography

Write About Love is ranked 9th best out of 20 albums by Belle And Sebastian on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Belle And Sebastian is If You're Feeling Sinister which is ranked number 120 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,115.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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74/100 (from 128 votes)
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70/100
From 12/14/2016 04:22
Favoritas: I Want The World To Stop, Come On Sister, I Didn't See It Coming
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From 06/17/2016 17:42
A much more pop orientated sound for Belle and Sebastian. Write about love, still sees the band on form, but there's nothing spectacular on this LP. It's all fine, competent and all that, it's just that edge is gone, that magic touch that they had on their earlier albums is missing. Inspiration and desire are a little lacking in my opinion. It's a fine album, but I want more than that from Belle and Sebastian. So-so.
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From 03/27/2016 20:23
Consistently good album, particularly like the more upbeat songs Write About Love and I'm Not Living In The Real World. They very much have their own sound but this isn't as good as The Life Pursuit, the only other album of theirs I've listened to more than once (so far).
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From 10/25/2014 04:22
A great album that it is very upbeat, unfortunately I feel that it drops off a bit at the end...
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From 09/30/2013 08:07
This is the proof that they are consistent songwriter. Unlike many other band, they just keep making good songs. Hope they could continue to write and play songs Til the day I die.
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From 03/28/2013 03:17
Its pretty good. There are some memorable tracks on here.
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65/100
From 06/28/2012 13:15
I think Belle & Sebastian are bored of being Belle & Sebastian; at least, the B&S sound they've carried since "Dear Catastrophe Waitress". They even wanted you to forget about B&S as God Help The Girl, even though they "covered" a couple of B&S tunes. (Ok, that wasn't the whole of B&S as GHTG, but still, why rely on "old" material?) Anyway, the fire's dying on what was once a killer new form. There's not much on this album that'll remind you of the catchy thrill-ride of "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" except for the lone remaining proof they can still write a killer pop tune in "I Want The World To Stop".
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