Dear Catastrophe Waitress
by Belle And Sebastian
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Dear Catastrophe Waitress is ranked 4th 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 136 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,688.
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Dear Catastrophe Waitress track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 07/03/2026 20:46 | dhbarrett | 8,584 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 16:25 |  AAL2014 | 4,055 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 01:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,114 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 22:52 |  Dingerbell | 4,111 | 62/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2026 14:25 | lolhahaha | 82 | 85/100 |
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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 78.8/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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Album Rating: 88.42
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Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
06.10.2003
1.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Step Into My Office, Baby 98
2.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Dear Catastrophe Waitress 83
3.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - If She Wants Me 85
4.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Piazza, New York Catcher 99
5.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Asleep On A Sunbeam 87
6.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - I'm A Cuckoo 89
7.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - You Don't Send Me 84
8.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Wrapped Up In Books 86
9.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Lord Anthony 100
10.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - If You Find Yourself Caught In Love 80
11.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Roy Walker 84
12.Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Stay Loose 86
Ranked in order of preference:
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Lord Anthony 100
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Piazza, New York Catcher 99
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Step Into My Office, Baby 98
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - I'm A Cuckoo 89
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Asleep On A Sunbeam 87
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Stay Loose 86
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Wrapped Up In Books 86
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - If She Wants Me 85
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Roy Walker 84
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - You Don't Send Me 84
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - Dear Catastrophe Waitress 83
* Belle And Sebastian (DCW - UK - SCO - Oct 03) - If You Find Yourself Caught In Love 80
Probably my favourite BAS offering.Not a bum note on this album.
What a great album. Not a bad song on it and flows well.
I understand why people prefer other Belle & Sebastian albums, but to be this is my clear favorite. Excellent job of balancing the glib with the silly (without being slightly absurd like other B & S songs can get).
nitomano 11/22/2016 15:37 | #178896
Favoritas:Piazza, New York Catcher, I'm a Cuckoo, If She Wants Me, Step Into My Office, Baby
This is Belle & Sebastian's key work in my opinion. Lord Anthony is beautiful and If She Wants Me epitomizes their unique style. Most of my favorite songs by them are contained here
A return to form after the slight disappointment of, fold your arms, child. Dear catastrophe waitress is another beautiful and brilliant album from Belle and Sebastian. As always the songwriting is superb, great songs in, if you find yourself list in love, piazza, stay loose, and the title track. Great album from a great band.
PsychologistHD 07/29/2015 20:26 | #146694
Belle & Sebastian, after two all-time classics, one really great album, a pretty good album, and an okay album, finally feel enough confidence to start a deviation from their typical sound. It doesn't play off as well here as it does on "The Life Pursuit", but it still works incredibly well.
junodog4 06/21/2015 20:26 | #144331
Easily overlooked, but there's loads of quality here.
Has a song about throwing coke cans at waitresses. Sounds all cheery and sad at same time.
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