The first three Belle and Sebastian albums versus the first three Hefner albums

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Breaking God's Heart (1998)

1. "The Sweetness Lies Within"
2. "Sad Witch"
3. "Hymn for the Postal Service"
4. "Love Will Destroy Us in the End"
5. "Librarian"
6. "God Is on My Side"
7. "Another Better Friend"
8. "Love Inside the Stud Farm"
9. "Tactile"
10. "Eloping"

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The Fidelity Wars (1999)

1. "The Hymn for the Cigarettes"
2. "May God Protect Your Home"
3. "The Hymn for the Alcohol"
4. "I Took Her Love for Granted"
5. "Every Little Gesture"
6. "Weight of the Stars"
7. "I Stole a Bride"
8. "We Were Meant to Be"
9. "Fat Kelly's Teeth"
10. "Don't Flake Out on Me"
11. "I Love Only You"

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We Love The City (2000)

1. "We Love The City"
2. "The Greedy Ugly People"
3. "Good Fruit"
4. "Painting And Kissing"
5. "Hold Me Closer"
6. "Don't Go"
7. "The Greater London Radio"
8. "As Soon As You're Ready"
9. "She Can't Sleep No More"
10. "The Cure For Evil"
11. "The Day That Thatcher Dies"
12. "Your Head To Your Toes"

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Tigermilk (1996)

1. "The State I Am In"
2. "Expectations"
3. "She's Losing It"
4. "You're Just a Baby"
5. "Electronic Renaissance"
6. "I Could Be Dreaming"
7. "We Rule the School"
8. "My Wandering Days Are Over"
9. "I Don't Love Anyone"
10. "Mary Jo"

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If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)

1. "The Stars of Track and Field"
2. "Seeing Other People"
3. "Me and the Major"
4. "Like Dylan in the Movies"
5. "The Fox in the Snow"
6. "Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying"
7. "If You're Feeling Sinister"
8. "Mayfly"
9. "The Boy Done Wrong Again"
10. "Judy and the Dream of Horses"

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The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)

1. "It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career"
2. "Sleep the Clock Around"
3. "Is It Wicked Not to Care?"
4. "Ease Your Feet in the Sea"
5. "A Summer Wasting"
6. "Seymour Stein"
7. "A Space Boy Dream"
8. "Dirty Dream Number Two"
9. "The Boy with the Arab Strap"
10. "Chickfactor"
11. "Simple Things"
12. "The Rollercoaster Ride"

Have never heard Hefner. They get my vote.

Hefner has the better cover art but is it as good a student girl leg opener??

Amongst northern girls, yeah.

Not everyone is a fan of pale flabby thighs.

Hefner were truly dreadful. So B&S have to get my vote

Hefner by a good distance. Asked my girlfriend coz I thought she'd say the opposite but instead she chose not to choose.

Where is the 'permanent loss of hearing' option?

is it as good a student girl leg opener??

OMG pato.

hymn for the cigs is probably the best song from all 6 records but the third hefner album is not great and the other two are pretty patchy. it's kind of a default win for b&s but nothing to get too excited about

I thought I would like Hefner cos the 1st song I heard by them was Hymn For The Cigarettes, which is actually good, but everything else I've heard since has been shit.

hefner had some great, great tracks, but their albums on the whole are really not that great, particularly the third one. so they lose.

I hate BS covers (tho the boobs on the first one are kinda surprising/charming, considering) but geez those Hefner covers're the worst ever. The first one's bad enough, but making it a habit? Um BS, I've never heard Hefner and haven't heard mention of them in about 10 years

Ignoring Smiths ripoff and forgiving the utter placidity of the BWTAS cover, those first two BS albums have really good photos as covers.

So I guess I don't hate them no more. Also if some heavily ironic band put their records out with those Hefner covers now they'd look kinda great! So, I don't hate anything really.

I love Hefner, and they probably hold a more personal place for me (especially their 10", "The Hefner Soul," which has probably my 5 favorite Hayman songs: Flowers, A Hymn for the Coffee, Broodmare, The Girl from the Coast, and More Christian Girls), but those first 3 B&S albums are so incredible. Two of my favorite lyricists ever, Murdoch and Hayman. I can't bring myself to vote, as though it would be some kind of betrayal. It's all very twee.

Have never heard Hefner. They get my vote.

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Shortly after these two bands peaked, old-punker me discovered B&S and old punker Doug Submachine discovered Hefner. And we respectively became obsessed, and introduced them to each other. Wimpy music people that don't like wimpy music can love. Because close listening reveals both bands to be total, magnificent jerks on the order of the Dwarves. B&S has better music, but Hefner has better lyrics. It's a tie. But I'll vote B&S, since they we the one who's record I bought first.

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I didn't vote, but if I did Hefner would've been +1

I like most of If You're Feeling Sinister (destroy: Judy and the Dream of Horses), but never really got into the other two B&S ones compared to the Hefners.