Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

Infobox Album | Name = Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
Type = Album
Artist = Belle & Sebastian


Released = June 6 2000
Recorded = Cava Sound Workshops, Glasgow
Genre = Chamber pop
Length = 38:46
Label = Jeepster
Producer = Tony Doogan
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:py5e8qb9btv4 link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/belleandsebastian/albums/album/104344/review/5946958/fold_your_hands_child_you_walk_like_a_peasant 06/22/2000]
*Stylus (B) [http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/belle-and-sebastian/fold-your-hands-child-you-walk-like-a-peasant.htm Sept. 1, 2003]
*Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15371-fold-your-hands-child-you-walk-like-a-peasant link]
Last album = "The Boy with the Arab Strap"
(1998)
This album = "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant"
(2000)
Next album = "Storytelling"
(2002)

"Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant" is the fourth album from the Scottish group Belle & Sebastian. The album was released to mixed reviews, and it is considered by a number of critics to be of lower quality than preceding albums like "If You're Feeling Sinister" [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/belleandsebastian/foldyourhands?q=belle%20&%20sebastian] .

The band introduced many stylistic changes on this album, such as an organic strings section and more songs with lead vocals by other members of the band; Sarah Martin sings on "Waiting for the Moon to Rise", Isobel Campbell sings on "Family Tree", and performs a duet with Stevie Jackson (who sings in an unusually low voice) on "Beyond the Sunrise". Jackson also sings lead vocal on "The Wrong Girl".

The twin sisters pictured on the cover are Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir both former members of the Icelandic experimental group múm.

The album's title is a line from the 1960 play "The Devils" by John Whiting.

Track listing

#"I Fought in a War" – 4:09
#"The Model" – 3:58
#"Beyond the Sunrise" – 4:06
#"Waiting for the Moon to Rise" – 3:11
#"Don't Leave the Light On Baby" – 4:27
#"The Wrong Girl" – 3:41
#"The Chalet Lines" – 2:23
#"Nice Day for a Sulk" – 2:31
#"Women's Realm" – 4:35
#"Family Tree" – 4:04
#"There's Too Much Love" – 3:27