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{{Infobox album
| name       = Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
| type       = [[Compilation album]]
| artist     = [[Belle and Sebastian]]
| cover      = Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman to Open Old Wounds.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 24 May 2005
| recorded   = 1995–2001
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Indie pop]]
| length     = 107:10
| label      = [[Jeepster Records|Jeepster]]
| producer   = Belle and Sebastian and Tony Doogan except where noted
| prev_title = [[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [[If You're Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican]]
| next_year  = 2005
}}
'''''Push Barman to Open Old Wounds''''' is a 2005 two-disc/triple-LP compilation released by [[Belle and Sebastian]].  [[Blender Magazine]] described the collection as "25 charming tales of shy girls dabbling in photography and bookish boys dabbling in shy girls." {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
==Content==
The compilation contains the singles and EPs they released for [[Jeepster Records]]:
* ''[[Dog on Wheels]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Lazy Line Painter Jane]]'' (1997)
* ''[[3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light]]'' (1997)
* ''[[This Is Just a Modern Rock Song]]'' (1998)
* "[[Legal Man]]" (2000)
* "[[Jonathan David (song)|Jonathan David]]" (2001)
* "[[I'm Waking Up to Us]]" (2001)
The track listing features every song on the aforementioned EPs, listed in chronological order.
==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 89/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/push-barman-to-open-old-wounds/belle-and-sebastian |title=Reviews for Push Barman To Open Old Wounds by Belle and Sebastian |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/push-barman-to-open-old-wounds-mw0000208602 |title=Push Barman to Open Old Wounds – Belle and Sebastian |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=28 February 2016 |last=Sendra |first=Tim}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/05/30/push-barman-open-old-wounds |title=Push Barman to Open Old Wounds |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=30 May 2005 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |last=Gunatilaka |first=Timothy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118115340/http://ew.com/article/2005/05/30/push-barman-open-old-wounds/ |archivedate=January 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Irish Times]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/pop-rock-1.444821 |title=Belle & Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds (Jeepster) |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=20 May 2005 |accessdate=4 November 2016 |last=Clayton-Lea |first=Tony}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://jeepster.co.uk/press/belle-and-sebastian/mojo-push-barman-to-open-old-wounds-2/ |title=Belle and Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=140 |date=July 2005 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |last=Sharp |first=Johnny |page=120}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://jeepster.co.uk/press/belle-and-sebastian/nme-push-barman-to-open-old-wounds/ |title=Time Gentlemen Please |journal=[[NME]] |date=21 May 2005 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |last=Needham |first=Alex |page=66}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 9.2/10<ref name=Pitchfork>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/637-push-barman-to-open-old-wounds/ |title=Belle and Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=25 May 2005 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://jeepster.co.uk/press/belle-and-sebastian/q-push-barman-to-open-old-wounds/ |title=Belle and Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=228 |date=July 2005 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |last=Scott |first=Danny}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RS>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/push-barman-to-open-old-wounds-20050630 |title=Push Barman to Open Old Wounds |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=30 June 2005 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Times]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://jeepster.co.uk/press/belle-and-sebastian/daily-mail-times-eye-push-barman-to-open-old-wounds/ |title=Belle and Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds |work=[[The Times]] |date=1 June 2005 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |last=Mackay |first=Emily}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://jeepster.co.uk/press/belle-and-sebastian/bs-uncut-june-05-push-barman-to-open-old-wounds/ |title=Family twee |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=98 |date=July 2005 |accessdate=26 June 2019 |last=Troussé |first=Stephen |page=130}}</ref>
}}
''Push Barman to Open Old Wounds'' received widespread critical acclaim from contemporary music critics. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 89, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".<ref name="MC"/>
Scott Plagenhoef of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave the album a very favorable review, stating, "The most beloved indie pop band since [[The Smiths]], Belle and Sebastian are also probably the best. This collection would work like their own ''[[Hatful of Hollow]]'' and ''[[Louder Than Bombs]]'' were the first half not sadly missing [[The BBC Sessions (Belle and Sebastian album)|their early BBC Sessions]], and the second forced to omit their ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]'' singles and Peel Session tracks. As it stands, the first is a testament to the power and pull of one of the most singular and instantly lovable pop bands of our time; the second is a gentle suggestion that they took the correct post-mainstream fame steps after all, avoiding self-parody (see: [[Morrissey]]) and finding a way to be playful without becoming too precious (see: [[Lawrence (musician)|Lawrence]] in his post-[[Felt (band)|Felt]] years). In combination, it's a perfect way into the world of Belle and Sebastian, even if the band spends the second half of the disc trying to redecorate that space."<ref name=Pitchfork/>
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing     =
| headline        = Disc one
| total_length    = 54:07
| title1 = Dog on Wheels
| length1 = 3:11
| title2 = The State I Am In
| length2 = 4:59
| title3 = String Bean Jean
| length3 = 4:43
| title4 = Belle and Sebastian
| length4 = 4:36
| title5 = Lazy Line Painter Jane
| length5 = 5:49
| title6 = You Made Me Forget My Dreams
| length6 = 3:50
| title7 = A Century of Elvis
| length7 = 4:29
| title8 = Photo Jenny
| length8 = 3:14
| title9 = A Century of Fakers
| length9 = 4:29
| title10 = Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
| length10 = 3:10
| title11 = Beautiful
| length11 = 5:13
| title12 = Put the Book Back on the Shelf
| length12 = 6:24
}}
{{track listing
| all_writing     =
| headline        = Disc two
| total_length    = 53:03
| title1 = This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
| length1 = 7:12
| title2 = I Know Where the Summer Goes
| length2 = 4:37
| title3 = The Gate
| length3 = 4:27
| title4 = Slow Graffiti
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = Legal Man
| length5 = 2:42
| title6 = Judy Is a Dick Slap
| length6 = 4:05
| title7 = Winter Wooskie
| length7 = 2:41
| title8 = Jonathan David
| length8 = 2:59
| title9 = Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It
| length9 = 3:35
| title10 = The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner
| length10 = 4:34
| title11 = I'm Waking Up to Us
| note11 = Produced by Mike Hurst and Belle and Sebastian
| length11 = 3:49
| title12 = I Love My Car
| length12 = 5:12
| title13 = Marx and Engels
| length13 = 3:45
}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Belle and Sebastian}}
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[[Category:Belle and Sebastian compilation albums]]
[[Category:B-side compilation albums]]
[[Category:2005 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Jeepster Records compilation albums]]