Editing Belle and Sebastian (section)

===''The Boy with the Arab Strap'', ''Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant'' and Line-up Changes (1998–2003)===
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 |description  = The title of the album, ''[[The Boy with the Arab Strap]]'' caused some tension between Belle and Sebastian and fellow Scots band [[Arab Strap (band)|Arab Strap]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Laurence |first=A. |title=Arab Strap interview |url=http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/may_2001/arab_strap_interview.html |work=Free Williamsburg |date=May 2005 |access-date=6 November 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927174011/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/may_2001/arab_strap_interview.html| archive-date= 27 September 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>}}
The band released their third LP, ''[[The Boy with the Arab Strap]]'' in 1998, and it reached No.&nbsp;12 in the UK charts.<ref>{{Citation |last=Best |first=Sophie |title=Ring the Belle |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/22/1090464785300.html |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=23 July 2004 |access-date=5 November 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071210205932/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/22/1090464785300.html| archive-date= 10 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>  ''Arab Strap'' garnered an NPR interview<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1024418|title=Belle And Sebastian|website=NPR.org|publisher=NPR}}</ref> and positive reviews from ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ratliff |first=Ben |title=The Boy With the Arab Strap review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/belleandsebastian/albums/album/103457/review/5941160/the_boy_with_the_arab_strap  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027105615/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/belleandsebastian/albums/album/103457/review/5941160/the_boy_with_the_arab_strap |archive-date=27 October 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=25 August 1998 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 November 2007}}</ref> and ''[[The Village Voice]],''<ref name="lim" /> and others; however, the album has its detractors,<ref>{{Citation |last=Owings |first=Henry |title=The Overrated Book |publisher=[[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp]] |year=2006 |isbn=0-86719-657-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/overratedbook0000unse }}</ref> including ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', who gave the album a particularly poor review, calling it a "parody" of their earlier work (Pitchfork has since removed the review from their website and re-reviewed the album positively in 2018).<ref>{{Citation |last=Josephes |first=Jason |title=The Boy With the Arab Strap review |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15372-the-boy-with-the-arab-strap |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221210634/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15372-the-boy-with-the-arab-strap |archive-date=21 December 2007 |work=Pitchfork |date=1 October 1998 |access-date=11 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott |title=The Boy With the Arab Strap |date=18 February 2018 |access-date=22 February 2018|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/belle-and-sebastian-the-boy-with-the-arab-strap/}}</ref> During the recording of the album, long-time studio trumpet-player Mick Cooke was asked to join the band as a full member.<ref name="rse">{{Citation |last=Pareles |first=John |title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |publisher=[[Fireside Publishing]] |year=2001 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/66 66] |isbn=0-7432-0120-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/66 }}</ref> The ''[[This Is Just a Modern Rock Song]]'' EP followed later that year.<ref>{{Citation |title=MODERN LOVERS ROCK HARD |url=https://www.nme.com/news/belle-and-sebastian/676 |website=NME |location=UK |date=26 October 1998 |access-date=5 November 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071130035719/http://www.nme.com/news/belle-and-sebastian/676| archive-date= 30 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In 1999, the band was awarded with Best Newcomer (for their third album) at the [[BRIT Awards]], upsetting better-known acts such as [[Steps (band)|Steps]] and [[5ive]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Robbie rules over Brits |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/brit_awards/280847.stm |publisher=BBC |date=17 February 1999 |access-date=4 November 2007}}</ref> That same year, the band hosted their own festival, the [[Bowlie Weekender]]. ''[[Tigermilk]]'' was also given a full release by [[Jeepster Records|Jeepster]] before the band started work on their next LP. The result was ''[[Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant]]'', which became the band's first top 10 album in the UK, though critics felt that the band were starting to stagnate.<ref name="pbs" /> A stand-alone single, "[[Legal Man]]", reached No.&nbsp;15 and gave them their first appearance on [[Top of the Pops]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Urban |first=Andy |title=Side Project Becomes Full-Length Let Down |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/237 |work=Dusted Magazine |date=18 June 2002 |access-date=4 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215072519/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/237 |archive-date=15 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Belle and Sebastian performing.jpg|thumb|230px|Belle and Sebastian performing at the [[9:30 Club]] in Washington, D.C., in 2006]]
As the band's popularity and recognition was growing worldwide, their music began appearing in films and on television. The 2000 film ''[[High Fidelity (film)|High Fidelity]]'' mentions the band (with [[Jack Black]]'s character referring to them as "old sad bastard music" and disdaining their soft style) and features a clip from the song "[[Seymour Stein]]" from ''The Boy with the Arab Strap''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |title=High Fidelity |url=http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/review/2000/03/31/high_fidelity/print.html |work=Salon |date=31 March 2000 |access-date=5 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612101724/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/review/2000/03/31/high_fidelity/print.html |archive-date=12 June 2010}}</ref> Two songs by the band ("Expectations" and "Piazza, New York Catcher") appeared on the soundtrack for the 2007 hit film ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]].''<ref>{{Citation |last=Various Artists |title=Juno: Music From the Motion Picture |date=2008 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Juno-Motion-Picture-Various-Artists/dp/B00104W8T6 |publisher=Rhino Records / Fox Music / Fox Searchlight |language=English |access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref> Also, the title track from ''Arab Strap'' was played over the end credits of the UK television series ''[[Teachers (UK TV series)|Teachers]],''<ref>{{Citation|last=Virtue |first=Graeme |title=Jingle Book Belles |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20031221/ai_n12585237 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210184147/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20031221/ai_n12585237 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2007 |work=Sunday Herald |date=21 December 2003 |access-date=4 November 2007 }}</ref> and the lyric "Colour my life with the chaos of trouble" from the song was quoted by one of the characters in the 2009 film ''[[(500) Days of Summer]]''.

[[Stuart David]] soon left the band to concentrate on his side project, [[Looper (band)|Looper]], and his book writing, which included his ''The Idle Thoughts of a Daydreamer''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Heim |first=Joe |title=Sharps & Flats: Looper |url=http://www.salon.com/entertainment/music/review/2000/05/09/looper/index.html |work=Salon |date=9 May 2000 |access-date=5 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201055935/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/music/review/2000/05/09/looper/index.html |archive-date=1 February 2011}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Bobby Kildea]] of [[V-Twin (band)|V-Twin]]. The "[[Jonathan David (song)|Jonathan David]]" single, sung by Stevie Jackson, was released in June 2001 and was followed by "[[I'm Waking Up to Us]]" in November, which saw the band use an outside producer ([[Mike Hurst (producer)|Mike Hurst]]) for the first time.<ref name="pop">{{Citation |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |title=Pop: Scots of the arch antics |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20011130/ai_n14433572 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071210184343/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20011130/ai_n14433572 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2007 |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=30 November 2001 |access-date=5 November 2007 }}</ref> Most of 2002 was spent touring and recording a soundtrack album, ''[[Storytelling (Belle and Sebastian album)|Storytelling]]'' (for ''[[Storytelling (film)|Storytelling]]'' by [[Todd Solondz]]).<ref>{{Citation |last=Nichols |first=Peter M. |title=The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |year=2004 |page=955 |isbn=0-312-32611-4}}</ref> Campbell left the band in the spring of 2002, in the middle of the band's North American tour to pursue a solo career, first as '''The Gentle Waves''', and later under her own name. She later collaborated with singer [[Mark Lanegan]] on three albums.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hansen |first=Liane |title=Isobel Campbell: After Belle Comes 'Ballad' |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5288601 |publisher=NPR |date=19 March 2006 |access-date=4 November 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071213050305/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5288601| archive-date= 13 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="mtv">{{Citation |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=Belle and Sebastian: Full Biography |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/belle_sebastian_1/artist.jhtml#bio |publisher=MTV |access-date=4 November 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071012020424/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/belle_sebastian_1/artist.jhtml| archive-date= 12 October 2007 | url-status= dead}}</ref>