Storytelling (Belle and Sebastian album)

Storytelling
Studio album / soundtrack by Belle and Sebastian
Released	3 June 2002
Genre	Indie pop
Length	34:45
Label	Jeepster
Producer	Tony Doogan
Belle and Sebastian chronology
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000) Storytelling (2002) Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
NME	7/10[4]
Pitchfork	6.5/10[5]
Q	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
The Times	[8]

Storytelling is the fifth studio album by Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. It is the score to the Todd Solondz movie Storytelling. Belle and Sebastian experienced many problems in communication with Solondz while scoring the film, and as such only about six minutes of their music was actually used in the movie.^[9] The album contains five tracks that are recorded dialogues. The instrumental track "Fuck This Shit" uses the prosody of the title phrase in a number of different keys but never the words themselves. The album was the band's final release on Jeepster, as they went on to sign a deal with Rough Trade the following year.

Track listing

Storytelling track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fiction"	2:32
2.	"Freak"	2:19
3.	"Dialogue: Conan, Early Letterman"	0:26
4.	"Fuck This Shit"	2:31
5.	"Night Walk"	2:07
6.	"Dialogue: Jersey's Where It's At"	0:21
7.	"Black and White Unite"	3:54
8.	"Consuelo"	2:55
9.	"Dialogue: Toby"	0:33
10.	"Storytelling"	3:01
11.	"Dialogue: Class Rank"	0:12
12.	"I Don't Want to Play Football"	0:57
13.	"Consuelo Leaving"	2:29
14.	"Wandering Alone"	2:38
15.	"Dialogue: Mandingo Cliche"	1:19
16.	"Scooby Driver"	1:13
17.	"Fiction Reprise"	1:22
18.	"Big John Shaft"	3:55
Total length:		34:45

Charts

Chart performance for Storytelling

Chart (2002)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	99
Irish Albums (IRMA)[12]	42
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14]	29
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	26
US Billboard 200[16]	150
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17]	12

References

1. "Reviews for Storytelling OST by Belle and Sebastian". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
2. Phares, Heather. "Storytelling – Belle and Sebastian". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
3. Simpson, Dave (31 May 2002). "Belle and Sebastian: Storytelling (Jeepster)". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
4. Beaumont, Mark (8 June 2002). "Belle & Sebastian : Storytelling". NME: 34. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
5. Bryant, Will (16 May 2002). "Belle and Sebastian: Storytelling". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
6. "Belle and Sebastian: Storytelling". Q (191): 111. June 2002.
7. Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Belle and Sebastian". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
8. Aston, Martin (1 June 2002). "Belle & Sebastian: Storytelling (Jeepster)". The Times. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
9. Cooke, Mick (2001). Storytelling (Liner notes). p. 2.
10. "Lescharts.com – Belle and Sebastian – Storytelling". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Belle and Sebastian – Storytelling" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
12. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Belle and Sebastian". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
13. "Norwegiancharts.com – Belle and Sebastian – Storytelling". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
14. "Swedishcharts.com – Belle and Sebastian – Storytelling". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
16. "Belle and Sebastian Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
17. "Belle and Sebastian Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 June 2021.