Dear Catastrophe Waitress

~ Release by Belle and Sebastian (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Annotation

Promo Only
For Internal Use Only

Includes "(I Believe in) Travellin' Light" which is the b-side of the single "I'm a Cuckoo".

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-27 00:36 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD-R
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Step Into My Office, Baby recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian and Trevor Horn phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) music videos: Step Into My Office, Baby by Belle and Sebastian part of: Sean Michaels: The Top 30 Songs of 2003 (number: 26) recording of: Step Into My Office, Baby writer: Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian) and Stuart Murdoch publisher: Sony/ATV Harmony	4	4:16
2	Dear Catastrophe Waitress recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: Dear Catastrophe Waitress orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian writer: Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian) and Stuart Murdoch publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.	5	2:26
3	If She Wants Me recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: If She Wants Me orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian writer: Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian) and Stuart Murdoch publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.	5	5:09
4	Roy Walker recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) brass arranger: Belle and Sebastian and Trevor Horn phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: Roy Walker writer: Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian), Roy Moller and Stuart Murdoch		3:01
5	(I Believe in) Travellin’ Light recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) producer: Trevor Horn mixer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer), Robert Orton and Dan Vickers cello: David Daniels (cellist), Martin Loveday (cellist) and Anthony Pleeth (cellist) viola: Gustav Clarkson (viola), Peter Lale (violist), Robert Smissen (violist) and Bruce White (violist) violin: Benedict Cruft (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Julian Leaper (concert master and violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Jackie Shave, Katherine Shave, Chris Tombling (violinist), David Woodcock (violinist), Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor) and Warren Zielinski (violinist) conductor: Nick Ingman arranger: Belle and Sebastian and Nick Ingman recording of: (I Believe in) Travellin’ Light writer: Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian), Roy Moller and Stuart Murdoch publisher: Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.		2:39
6	Asleep on a Sunbeam recording engineer: Darren Allison and Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: Asleep on a Sunbeam orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian		3:36
7	You Don’t Send Me recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: You Don’t Send Me orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian	5	3:12
8	Wrapped Up in Books recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) producer: Trevor Horn phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) music videos: Wrapped Up in Books by Belle and Sebastian recording of: Wrapped Up in Books orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian writer: Brian Bennett (Shadows drummer/library music composer), Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian), Hank Marvin (lead guitarist of The Shadows, songwriter), Stuart Murdoch, John Rostill and Bruce Welch (English guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer)	5	3:37
9	Lord Anthony recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: Lord Anthony orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian writer: Isobel Campbell, Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Stuart David, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian) and Stuart Murdoch publisher: Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)		4:17
10	If You Find Yourself Caught in Love recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: If You Find Yourself Caught in Love orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian writer: Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian) and Stuart Murdoch publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.		4:20
11	I’m a Cuckoo recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: I’m a Cuckoo orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian writer: Robbie Chater, Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian), Stuart Murdoch and Darren Seltmann publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)	5	5:22
12	Piazza, New York Catcher recording engineer: Phil Tyreman and Dan Vickers phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: Piazza, New York Catcher orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian publisher: Mattitude Music, LLC and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.	4	3:07
13	Stay Loose recording engineer: Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Belle & Sebastian (in 2003) recording of: Stay Loose orchestrator: Belle and Sebastian writer: Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, Bobby Kildea, Sarah Martin (UK violinist, member of Belle and Sebastian) and Stuart Murdoch	5	6:42

Credits

Release group

part of:	Best Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2004-01) (number: 13) (order: 13) Mercury Prize Shortlist Nominees (number: 2004) (order: 140)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/2675 [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/znrg [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/belle_and_sebastian/dear_catastrophe_waitress/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000693090 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1181194 [info]
discography entry:	https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Belle+&+Sebastian/Dear+Catastrophe+Waitress [info]

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Release information

Format:: CD-R
Length:: 51:44

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Promotion
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Rough Trade

Release events

United Kingdom
2003

Release group rating

3.5 (see all ratings)

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