Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Dear Catastrophe Waitress is the sixth album by the Scottish band Belle & Sebastian. It was published in 2003 by the label Rough Trade.

Tracklist

Cover

How quite a few albums before the cover is kept in a color cast. War, for example, kept The Boy with the Arab Strap in green and If You're Feeling Sinister in red, so the subject is at Dear Catastrophe Waitress in a yellow- orange tone. Shown is a hectic scene from an Italian restaurant.

Reception

After the two predecessors; Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant from the year 2000 and the soundtrack to the movie storytelling from 2002 got mediocre reviews, Dear Catastrophe Waitress was a bit on the highly acclaimed first three albums ( Tigermilk, If You're Feeling Sinister & The re- Boy with the Arab Strap ) build. So the album receives at Allmusic about four and a half out of five. In particular, the work of producer Trevor Horn is praised:

" Certainly he helps Belle & Sebastian regain Their focus and vision, turning Dear Catastrophe Waitress into one of the group 's best albums. "

" He helped Belle & Sebastian certainly doing regain their focus and vision, and transformed Dear Catastrophe Waitress in one of the best albums of the group. "

Pitchfork Media also rated it better than the two previous albums with 7.5 of 10 points. The album also made ​​it into various years leaderboards in music magazines; among other things, got to number 2 in the Music Express only behind Elephant by The White Stripes.

Awards

The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2004.