Significant longplayers from yesteryear

6 June 2026

Scottish dream pop collective BELLE AND SEBASTIAN released their
debut LP, called TIGERMILK, on 6 June 1996, today 30 years ago.

It came out through a small Scottish label, ‘Electric Honey‘, on a limited release of
just 1,000 copies. It sold out quickly, but it took 3 years to re-release it properly
and sell over 120.000 units.

The album is named after an instrumental that did not end up on the record.
All of the songs were written by Stuart Murdoch between 1993 and 1996, and
originally performed solo on the Glasgow open mic circuit.

The LP’s cover photograph was taken by Murdoch and features his girlfriend
Joanne Kenney, who also appeared on the cover of the Dog On Wheels EP.

Pitchfork wrote: “Tigermilk is proof that pop can foster a community
without catering to elitism or attempting to be one-size-fits-all.”

TUTV: Start of a long, successful career for
the melancholic and romantic pop masters.

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