GOD HELP THE GIRL God Help The Girl (2009 UK 14-track CD album
- 'God Help The Girl' is a story set to music, which Stuart Murdoch
[Belle & Sebastian] has been working on intermittently for the last five
years, as he explains: I was out for
a run and I got this tune in my head [...] I could hear female voices
and strings, I could hear the whole thing, but I just couldn't envisage
myself singing it with the group. As more songs
emerged, a shape andtheme began to develop, before the music was
actually recorded, or the vocalists found to take on the parts. The
album features an array of singers, including Stuart's discovery
Catherine Ireton, Asya [of Smoosh], Neil Hannon [The Divine
Comedy], the other members of Belle & Sebastian and a 45-piece
orchestra conducted by 'Withnail & I' composer Rick Wentworth. The
result is a breathtaking record from one of pop's most singular voices,
combining the strengths and feel of the early Belle & Sebastian
records in a broader musical palette, which draws equally on musicals,
60s girl groups, 80s indie and, most of all, classic pop records)
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