Released 6 June 1996 Artist Belle and Sebastian Producer Alan Rankine Genres Indie pop, Chamber pop | Length 41:37 Release date 6 June 1996 Label Electric Honey | |
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Recorded 4–6 March 1996, CaVa Studios, Glasgow Tigermilk
(1996) If You're Feeling Sinister
(1996) Similar Belle and Sebastian albums, Indie pop albums | ||
Tigermilk is the 1996 début album from Scottish pop group Belle and Sebastian. Originally given a limited release (1,000 copies) by Electric Honey, the album was subsequently re-released in 1999 by Jeepster Records. The cover photograph was taken by Stuart Murdoch, and features Joanne Kenney – the same model who appeared on the cover of the Dog on Wheels EP.
Contents
The album is named after an instrumental that did not end up on the album – it was later performed on Belle and Sebastian's early tours. All of the songs on the album were written by Stuart Murdoch between 1993 and 1996, and originally performed solo on the Glasgow open mic circuit. Though he performs on the album, trumpet player Mick Cooke was not then an official member of the band.
Pitchfork Media included "The State I Am In" at number 17 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.
Legacy
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Track listing
All tracks written by Stuart Murdoch.
Personnel
Songs
1The State I Am In4:58
2Expectations3:34
3She’s Losing It2:22