Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
by Belle and Sebastian
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26

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  1. MikeT.
    Jul 11, 2001
    6
    Disappointing. Despite a couple of brilliant songs ("I Fought in a War", "The Model"), this is easily the band's weakest work to date.

Awards & Rankings

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#47 Most Discussed Album of 2000
63
#63 Most Shared Album of 2000

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Village Voice
    60
    Hand-clappable tunes and delicious cover design aside, sharp narrative-driven writing has been what saves the band from being merely annoying or silly or cute; too bad Fold Your Hands Child entirely abandons the vivid narrative vignette model.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    80
    In a larger sense, the shock is that Belle and Sebastian have grown out of their awkward adolescence. And they sound all the more interesting for having done so in full view of their fans.
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  3. Nude As The News
    45
    Belle & Sebastian's formula is beginning to see some wear.
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