The Life Pursuit Explained

The Life Pursuit
Type:studio
Artist:Belle and Sebastian
Cover:thelifepursuitcover.jpg
Released:6 February 2006
Recorded:2005
Studio:The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA
Genre:
Length:49:21
Label:Rough Trade
Producer:Tony Hoffer
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:The BBC Sessions
Next Year:2008

The Life Pursuit is the seventh studio album by Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. It was released in Europe on 6 February 2006 by Rough Trade Records and in North America on 7 February 2006 by Matador Records.

The models on the album cover are Alex Klobouk, Natasha Noramly, and Marisa Privitera.[4]

Release and reception

The album earned the band its most successful chart performance yet, reaching #8 in the UK Album Chart and #65 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 20,485 units in the first week. The Life Pursuit has been certified Silver in the UK. Lead single "Funny Little Frog" reached the top 20 of the UK Single Charts in January 2006, becoming the band's highest charting to date. "The Blues Are Still Blue" was released as the second single in April of that same year managing to peak inside the top 40. "White Collar Boy" was released as the last single in June peaking inside the top 50 of the same chart. "We Are the Sleepyheads" was used in MTV2 adverts and "To Be Myself Completely" was featured in MLB 2K6. In 2009, Pitchfork named the album the 86th greatest of the 2000s.[5]

The Life Pursuit has sold 112,000 units in US.[6]

Charts

Chart performance for The Life Pursuit! Chart (2006)! Peak
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pitchfork Staff . The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s . . October 2, 2009. Belle and Sebastian had been toying with R&B, glam, and funk for much of their existence, but by the time the group recorded The Life Pursuit, their musical chops had finally caught up with the quality and ambition of Stuart Murdoch’s songwriting.. April 28, 2023.
  2. Web site: Pitchfork Staff . The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s . . October 2, 2009. Belle and Sebastian had been toying with R&B, glam, and funk for much of their existence, but by the time the group recorded The Life Pursuit, their musical chops had finally caught up with the quality and ambition of Stuart Murdoch’s songwriting.. April 28, 2023.
  3. Web site: Pitchfork Staff . The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s . . October 2, 2009. Belle and Sebastian had been toying with R&B, glam, and funk for much of their existence, but by the time the group recorded The Life Pursuit, their musical chops had finally caught up with the quality and ambition of Stuart Murdoch’s songwriting.. April 28, 2023.
  4. http://www.belleandsebastian.com/recordings/the-life-pursuit
  5. Web site: The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s - Page 2. Pitchfork.
  6. Book: Belle & Sebastian's if You're Feeling Sinister. 9781441194909. Plagenhoef. Scott. 15 September 2007. Bloomsbury Publishing USA .

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