The Life Pursuit
by Belle And Sebastian
Belle And Sebastian bestography
The Life Pursuit is ranked 5th 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 129 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,185.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/15/2026 00:45 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:42 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 01:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,380 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2025 14:54 | Hyggevinyl | 4,208 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2025 15:13 |  Milhaud | 1,758 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Album Rating: 82.92
(1,078/13)
Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - The Life Pursuit
06.02.2006
1.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Act Of The Apostle 81
2.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Another Sunny Day 100
3.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - White Collar Boy 73
4.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - The Blues Are Still Blue 72
5.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Dress Up In You 97
6.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Sukie In The Graveyard 83
7.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - We Are The Sleepyheads 71
8.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Song For Sunshine 73
9.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Funny Little Frog 88
10.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - To Be Myself Completely 73
11.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Act Of The Apostle II 98
12.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea 82
13.Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Mornington Crescent 87
Ranked in order of preference:
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Another Sunny Day 100
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Act Of The Apostle II. 98
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Dress Up In You 97
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Funny Little Frog 88
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Mornington Crescent 87
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Sukie In The Graveyard 83
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea 82
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Act Of The Apostle 81
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - White Collar Boy 73
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - To Be Myself Completely 73
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - Song For Sunshine 73
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - The Blues Are Still Blue 72
* Belle And Sebastian (TLP - UK - SCO - Feb 06) - We Are The Sleepyheads 71
A Masterpiece. Might be one of the most inderrated albums of all time
Another solid indie pop record from Belle And Sebastian. Highlights are “Sunny Day”, “Mornington Crescent” and “Act Of The Apostle”.
Listening for the first time in 2021. This album is GREAT!
A more pop upbeat simpler album.
Sandrof1969 02/20/2018 20:46 | #208981
A dieci anni dall'esordio i Belle and Sebastian si presentano, dopo qualche cambio di formazione ed alcuni dischi un po' sottotono, in gran forma ed in grado di reggere il confronto con le nuove generazioni del pop. "The life pursuit" ha una delicatezza inferiore rispetto alle prime prove ma in compenso ha una robustezza ed una fisicità maggiori...
planetneutral 01/07/2018 17:11 | #204826
Not my favorite B&S album, but any B&S album is better than most things.
Hints of T.Rex and glam rock on some tracks here. The life pursuit, is another fine album from the underrated Belle and Sebastian. Fine songwriting, beautiful melodies, great lyrics, they are simply one of Britain's greatest ever bands. Classic stuff.
The progression from one track to the next seems perfect on this record, a really easy to listen to, enjoyable album from start to finsh. This is my preferred Belle & Sebastian (over the more acoustic style).
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