Isobel Campbell

Isobel Campbell在2002年Belle And Sebastian美国巡回演出途中毅然决然离团，当时实在让B&S陷入前所未有的窘境，许多乐迷都抱着「他们还玩的下去吗？」的问句。
结果不但没有令B&S走入无止尽的深渊，反倒令他们力图振作，发表“Dear Catastrophe Waitress”专辑重新回勇，B&S因祸得福。
Isobel有着甜美的外表与嗓音，光就这两点肯定让B&S津津乐道，如今她的出走，可能让许多乐迷惋惜。但Isobel永远都不是花瓶，他始终抱着远大的理想。
Isobel Campbell本身就是一个多才多艺的女生，在Belle And Sebastian里便是担任大提琴手的职务。在离团前，Isobel早已化身The Gentle Waves在1999年以及2000年出版过两张专辑“Green Fields Foreverland”和“Swansong For You”。
巧合的是，当B&S发行“Dear Catastrophe Waitress”的几乎同时，Isobel Campbell也发行了首张专辑“Amorino”。甚至到了今年06年，B&S发表了“The Life Pursuit”之后不久，Isobel也发表了与前Queens Of The Stone Age吉他手合作的Mark Lanegan的专辑“Ballad of the Broken Seas”，这样究竟是偶然还是孽缘呢？
也很巧合的，他们今年发行这两张专辑本人都没有特别的喜欢，应该说来都是平稳的作品。但是重新挖掘Isobel Campbell的“Amorino”，小妮子的缤纷世界今天听起来仍旧是光彩夺目！
 
Isobel Campbell (born April 27, 1976) is a Scottish singer, cellist and composer in the indie and folk genres. As with her former band Belle and Sebastian, she is often labelled as twee pop. Campbell was a member of Belle and Sebastian from their formation in Glasgow in 1996 until 2002, when she departed the band for personal reasons. She played cello with the band, and sang backing vocals.
In 2006 Isobel released a collaborative LP (Ballad of the Broken Seas) with former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer Mark Lanegan, a mixture of folk and more rock-orientated music. October 2006 also saw the release of her latest album, Milkwhite Sheets, a more acoustic folk album, consisting of a mixture of traditional songs alonside Isobel’s own compositions.
Isobel played cello with Belle & Sebastian and sang backing vocals. She also took lead vocals on a few songs from the band, and co-wrote their top-20 U.K. single Legal Man.
Isobel’s band The Gentle Waves released its first album on jeepster Records, titled The Green Fields of Foreverland, in 1999. The second Gentle Waves record, Swansong For You came out one year later. In 2002, she collaborated with Scottish jazz musician Bill Wells on a collection of Billie Holiday songs, released by Creeping Bent.
In 2003 Campbell released Amorino, the first solo album under her own name, to very good reviews. Bill Wells was featured here again, along with other jazz musicians.
Isobel Campbell is best known for her single Time Is Just the Same.