Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
by Belle And Sebastian

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Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant by Belle And Sebastian
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-06-06
Overall rank: 3,632nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 175 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2000 (61st)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (613th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,632nd)

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Belle And Sebastian bestography

Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant is ranked 7th best out of 21 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 137 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,527.

Belle And Sebastian album bestography « Higher ranked (3,169th)
Push Barman To Open Old Wounds This album (3,632nd)
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant Lower ranked (4,095th) »
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Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,632nd | 2000s rank: 613th | 2000 rank: 61st  Overall chart history
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From BestEverAlbums 07/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5377): By Liedzeit
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From baystateoftheart 03/29/2019 02:15 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
“1. This album has so many great moments, but I can't help feeling exasperated at what could have been. Astley composed some gorgeous pieces of ambient music. They're interwoven with nature recordings, and some of the animal sounds fit perfectly, but others are simply quite annoying and more or less…”
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90/100
From 12/23/2025 11:41 | #312277
Album Rating: 83.55
(919/11)

Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant

06.06.2000

1.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - I Fought In A War 90
2.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - The Model 83
3.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Beyond The Sunrise 75
4.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Waiting For The Moon To Rise 87
5.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Don't Leave The Light On, Baby 81
6.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - The Wrong Girl 76
7.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - The Chalet Lines 94
8.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Nice Day For A Sulk 76
9.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Woman's Realm 84
10.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Family Tree 77
11.Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - There's Too Much Love 96

Ranked in order of preference:

* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - There's Too Much Love 96
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - The Chalet Lines 94
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - I Fought In A War 90
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Waiting For The Moon To Rise 87
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Woman's Realm 84
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - The Model 83
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Don't Leave The Light On, Baby 81
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Family Tree 77
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - The Wrong Girl 76
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Nice Day For A Sulk 76
* Belle And Sebastian (FYHCYWLAP - UK - SCO - Jun 00) - Beyond The Sunrise 75
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From 07/08/2019 11:13 | #239114 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I feel this album is quite underrated, yes, it doesn't quite hold up with the first 3 albums in Belle & Sebastian's discography, but then again, what does?

With 4 different vocalists, it is always going to be a little patchy, and for me, the best tracks are easily the ones with Stuart Murdoch on vocals. These tracks alone make this album essential - I Fought In A War is great, the Chalet Lines is very moving, There's Too Much and Women's Realm are both excellent and the Model is one of their best ever tracks.
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From 08/03/2017 19:23 | #195467 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Still very much a Belle & Sebastian record but with more voices this time around as Stuart Murdoch heeds the spotlight a little bit, and ultimately we get an album with some decent songs, some weird and not particularly rewarding experiments and a lot of sketchy, amorphous folk numbers that make the whole thing feel rather aimless. Not terrible, but lacks the timeless, colorful charm of their previous records & singles.
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From 06/13/2016 09:35 | #168595 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A slightly disappointing Belle and Sebastian album. Fold your arms child, doesn't quite have that cohesion and zip that their previous albums(and some later ones)had. Some decent songs(especially the first two), there always will be with B&S, but this arguably their weakest record.
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From 06/21/2015 20:25 | #144330
Not as bad as many suggest. A drop off for sure, but it's still got that Belle & Sebastian charm.
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