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Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Studio album by Belle and Sebastian
Released	19 January 2015
Recorded	2014
Studio	Maze Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre	Indie pop
Length	61:16
Label	Matador
Producer	Ben H. Allen III
Belle and Sebastian chronology

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Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

2015 studio album by Belle and Sebastian

Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is the ninth studio album by Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, released on 19 January 2015.^[2] It was the first album by the group to be distributed by Matador Records worldwide.^[3] The album was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2014, and marked the first time the band worked with producer Ben H. Allen III. "The Party Line" was announced as the first single from the album on 29 October 2014, with its first airplay on BBC 6 Music.

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The album reached number nine on the UK Albums Chart and number 28 on the US Billboard 200.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.2/10^[4]
Metacritic	76/100^[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
The A.V. Club	B+^[7]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[8]
The Guardian	^[9]
The Independent	^[10]
Los Angeles Times	^[11]
NME	7/10^[12]
Pitchfork	6.6/10^[13]
Rolling Stone	^[14]
Spin	7/10^[15]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nobody's Empire"	5:08
2.	"Allie"	3:16
3.	"The Party Line"	4:14
4.	"The Power of Three" (Sarah Martin on lead vocals)	3:57
5.	"The Cat with the Cream"	5:17
6.	"Enter Sylvia Plath"	6:48
7.	"The Everlasting Muse"	5:25
8.	"Perfect Couples" (Stevie Jackson on lead vocals)	5:29
9.	"Ever Had a Little Faith?"	4:21
10.	"Play for Today" (featuring Dee Dee Penny^[1])	7:33
11.	"The Book of You" (Sarah Martin on lead vocals)	4:23
12.	"Today (This Army's for Peace)"	5:25

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Everlasting Muse"	5:21
2.	"The Power of Three"	3:54
3.	"Today (This Army's for Peace)"	5:24

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Born to Act" (bonus track)	3:08
2.	"Two Birds" (bonus track)	3:45
3.	"Ever Had a Little Faith?" (extended version)	7:48

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nobody's Empire"	5:07
2.	"Piggy in the Middle" (bonus track)	4:18
3.	"The Book of You"	4:19

Girls_in_Peacetime_Want_to_Dance

Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Reception

Track listing

4-LP box set track listing

Disc One: The Party Line

Disc Two: Enter Silvia Plath

Disc Three: Play for Today

Disc Four: Perfect Couples

Charts

References

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"Allie"	3:15
2.	"A Politician's Silence" (bonus track)	5:41
3.	"The Cat with the Cream"	5:13

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[17]	57
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[18]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[19]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[20]	69
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[21]	12
French Albums (SNEP)^[22]	49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[23]	30
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[24]	14
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[25]	86
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[26]	24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[27]	23
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[28]	17
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[29]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[30]	31
UK Albums (OCC)^[31]	9
US Billboard 200^[32]	28
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[33]	7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[34]	8