How To Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3)
by Belle And Sebastian
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How To Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3) is ranked 15th 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 139 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,277.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 07/09/2025 16:24 |  Milhaud | 1,979 | 70/100 | |
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Album Rating: 80.27
(1,204/15)
Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - How To Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3)
16.02.2018
1.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Sweet Dew Lee 77
2.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - We Were Beautiful 86
3.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Fickle Season 80
4.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - The Girl Doesn't Get It 75
5.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Everything Is Now 81
6.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Show Me The Sun 96
7.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Same Star 76
8.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - I'll Be Your Pilot 81
9.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Cornflakes 70
10.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - A Plague On All The Other Boys 87
11.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Poor Boy 77
12.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Everything Is Now (Part Two) 82
13.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Too Many Tears 75
14.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - There Is An Everlasting Song 78
15.Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Best Friend 83
Ranked in order of preference:
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Show Me The Sun 96
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - A Plague On All The Other Boys 87
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - We Were Beautiful 86
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Best Friend 83
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Everything Is Now (Part Two) 82
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - I'll Be Your Pilot 81
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Everything Is Now 81
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Fickle Season 80
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - There Is An Everlasting Song 78
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Poor Boy 77
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Sweet Dew Lee 77
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Same Star 76
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - The Girl Doesn't Get It 75
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Too Many Tears 75
* Belle And Sebastian (HTSOHP - UK - SCO - Feb 18) - Cornflakes 70
As always it's very sweet and charming and hummable, it's almost impossible to dislike a record like this, Belle & Savastian have maintained a consistently high level for the last few years. There are of course some weak songs, and this could perhaps have been a single LP instead of 3 EPs.
Would be a higher scorer if it wasn't so long. Could be about six tracks less and still be a really good pop album. Doesn't mean that it isn't really listenable though.
SleepDealer 04/24/2018 19:38 | #213565
Decent but long. Better than their last one.
Three e.p's on one album although it works pretty well as an album in it's own right. Personally, I think it's an improvement on, Girls in peacetime, but it's still nowhere near what they were doing in the nineties and early noughties. The songs just don't have that same freshness. There's been too much of a reliant on 'poppy' sounds on recent albums. Still, it's another decent addition to the B & S catalogue and they have never recorded a bad record, but I suspect their best days are behind them. Having said that, they are capable of it but it is unlikely that they will recapture the glory days of, If you're feeling sinister, and, The boy with the arab strap, again.
Even though the first EP was a bit of a dissapointment, the second was pretty good and the third is just brilliant. Poor boy and Tears go by get into disco and Motown territory and in the hands of B and S this creates some really joyous pop music. I'm starting to get more enthusiastic about this release.
This is starting to grow on me. It's uneven but there are some cool tracks. Likin' their take on psychadelic 60s funk. Not their best set but should please the faithful.
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