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Not to be confused with the Music/{{Nas}}/Music/{{DMX}} vehicle movie of the same name.
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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Hushabye Mountain" (cover of a song from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''),

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|1994}}''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Hushabye Mountain" (cover of a song from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''),

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* NoTitle: ''King'' includes a song called "Untitled and Unsung".


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* UntitledTitle: ''King'' includes a song called "Untitled and Unsung".
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* SelfBackingVocalist: Gail Greenwood can be heard singing once in a while, like at the end of "Red", but usually Donelly takes lead vocal and backs up herself.

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* SelfBackingVocalist: Gail Greenwood can be heard singing once in a while, like at the end of "Red", but usually Donelly takes lead vocal and backs up herself. (Tom Gorman can be heard singing in the background at the end of "Human Child".)
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All three of their album titles are four-letter words.
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* "SliceOfLife, sliced too thin" is a lyric from "Heartstrings" off of ''Dove''. It's a song about trying to stay in love through the endless routine of marriage.
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"punish" appeared on Dove as "arms of clay"


* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Hushabye Mountain" (cover of a song from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), "Punish" (new 2016 song)

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Hushabye Mountain" (cover of a song from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), "Punish" (new 2016 song)
''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''),
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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Arms of Clay" has the lyric, "Send a ''dove'', I leave it on the sill."
* AmicablyDivorced: "Suffer the Fools", in which Tanya sings about dividing property with a partner ("You keep my key and my lazy letters/I'll keep the angel that you bought to watch over me") and moving apart, but still hanging out together ("I'll bring that terrible wine you love").
* BreakupSong: "Arms of Clay" in which Tanya sings about ignoring messages from her partner, who is shocked by the truth.
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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Hushabye Mountain" (cover of a song from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), "Punish" (new 2016 song), "Human Child" (new 2016 song)

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Hushabye Mountain" (cover of a song from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), "Punish" (new 2016 song), "Human Child" (new 2016 song)
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* OneWordTitle: For the band, for both their albums, and for several of their songs.

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* OneWordTitle: For the band, for both all three of their albums, and for several of their songs.
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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Punish" (new 2016 song), "Human Child" (new 2016 song)

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith", "Hushabye Mountain" (cover of a song from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''), "Punish" (new 2016 song), "Human Child" (new 2016 song)
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* ''Dove'' (2018)
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Belly is an AlternativeRock band that was most popular in the mid-1990s.

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Belly is an AlternativeRock band from Rhode Island that was most popular in the mid-1990s.
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'''Belly''' is an AlternativeRock band that was most popular in the mid-1990s.

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'''Belly''' Belly is an AlternativeRock band that was most popular in the mid-1990s.
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* EnterStageWindow: "Super-Connected" has lyrics like "On your third broken window/With your hair full of glass", and "Better climb in the window/'Cause I'm closin' the door".
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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith"

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur", "Lilith"
"Lilith", "Punish" (new 2016 song), "Human Child" (new 2016 song)
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* DoNotGoGentle: It's hard to tell with the WordSaladLyrics, but "Stay" seems like a song about a lover who is facing imminent death.
--> Stay, oh oh oh oh, stay with me\\
It's not time for me to go\\
It's not time for me to go\\
It's not time for me to go\\
Stay
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* NoTitle: ''King'' includes a song called "Untitled and Unsung".

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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: "Slow Dog" was inspired by an article Donelly read about an ancient Chinese punishment for adultery--tying a dead dog to the back of the offending woman and making her carry it around.



* SelfBackingVocalist: Gail Greenwood can be heard singing once in a while, like at the end of "Red", but usually Donelly takes lead vocal and backs up herself.



* TranslatedCoverVersion: The B-side "Judas Mon Coeur" is actually a remake of a song from ''King'', "Judas My Heart", with the lyrics translated to French.

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* StopAndGo: "Full Moon, Empty Heart" comes to a complete stop around the middle before starting up again.
* TranslatedCoverVersion: The B-side "Judas Mon Coeur" is actually a remake of a song from ''King'', "Judas My Heart", with the lyrics translated to French.French.
* WordSaladLyrics: Although she could occasionally make herself clear, most of Donelly's lyrics are this.
--> So he's lying on top again\\
Just like Gepetto and his doll.\\
And he's running around again,\\
And I can't get him out of this house.\\
And if you bore him,\\
You lose your soul to me.
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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: "Slow Dog" was inspired by an article Donelly read about an ancient Chinese punishment for adultery--tying a dead dog to the back of the offending woman and making her carry it around.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In "Slow Dog" Tanya describes the dog's "see-through skin/the kind of skin you can see through."
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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur"

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S", "Sweet Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur"
Coeur", "Lilith"

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!!Miscellany

* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S" (BSide), "Sweet Ride" (BSide)

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!!Miscellany and [[BSide B-sides]]

* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S" (BSide), S", "Sweet Ride" (BSide)
Ride", "Dream on Me", "Trust in Me" (cover of song from ''Film/TheJungleBook''), "Spaceman", "Diamond Rib Cage", "Think About Your Troubles" (Music/HarryNilsson cover), "Thief", "Baby's Arm", "John Dark", "Judas Mon Coeur"



* ShoutOut: "Sexy S" has to be a shoutout to Music/TheBeatles, especially since the lyrics mention [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum Sadie]].

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* ShoutOut: "Sexy S" has to be a shoutout to Music/TheBeatles, especially since the lyrics mention [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum Sadie]].Sadie]].
* TranslatedCoverVersion: The B-side "Judas Mon Coeur" is actually a remake of a song from ''King'', "Judas My Heart", with the lyrics translated to French.

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S" (BSide)

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S" (BSide), "Sweet Ride" (BSide)



* OdeToIntoxication: "Sweet Ride" is about heroin addiction.



* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After a 20-year break!

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* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After a 20-year break!break!
* ShoutOut: "Sexy S" has to be a shoutout to Music/TheBeatles, especially since the lyrics mention [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum Sadie]].

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack)

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack)
soundtrack), "Hot Burrito #1" (Flying Burritos cover), "Sexy S" (BSide)



* GreatestHitsAlbum: Despite not having a lot of hits, they still had ''Sweet Ride: The Best of Belly'', which collected their radio singles and some B-sides.



* OneWordTitle: For the band, for both their albums, and for several of their songs.

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* OneWordTitle: For the band, for both their albums, and for several of their songs.songs.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After a 20-year break!
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* DoYouWantToCopulate: "King" (the song) eventually gives up the innuendo ("there is a lightkeeper/under the blanket here") and goes straight to "Baby I can't take it/I'd like to see you naked."
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* JanglePop: Jangly guitars, bright, upbeat melodies--it fits.
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* DreamPop: The dreamy pop sound of ''Star'', with Donelly's high vocals, fit this trope exactly.



* OneWordTitle: For the band, for both their albums, and for several of their songs.

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'''Belly''' is an AlternativeRock band that was most popular in the mid-1990s.

Belly was founded by singer-songwriter Tanya Donelly. Donelly was a founding member of the band Music/ThrowingMuses, along with her step-sister Kristin Hersh. Donelly was called "the Music/GeorgeHarrison of Throwing Muses" due to her role of playing lead guitar but only writing/singing one or two songs per album. After ''The Real Ramona'', fourth album by Throwing Muses, Donelly left the band. She was a founding member of Music/TheBreeders along with Kim Deal, playing on the Breeders' debut album ''Pod'' and their follow-up EP ''Safari''. Instead of sticking with The Breeders, however, Donelly elected to form her own band.

The original lineup for Belly featured Donelly on guitar and lead vocals, with Thomas Gorman on guitar, Chris Gorman on drums, and Fred Abong (the bassist on Throwing Muses' ''The Real Ramona'') on bass. Donelly wrote all the music, which had the light, poppy sound associated with her Throwing Muses work (as opposed to the more hard-edged compositions of Kristin Hersh). Debut album ''Star'' was released in January 1993. The album became a hit, going gold in the United States. "Feed the Tree" became a breakout hit, rising to #1 on the Modern Rock charts and getting heavy airplay on MTV and alternative radio. In 1993 Belly toured with Music/{{Radiohead}} and Music/TheCranberries.

Fred Abong left the group after the recording of ''Star'' and was replaced with Gail Greenwood. Greenwood's more assertive bass style led to the band adopting a harder, more electric rock sound for their follow-up album ''King'' (1995). This may or may not have been the reason why ''King'' sold less than half as many copies as did ''Star''. Singles "Now They'll Sleep", "Super-Connected", and "Seal My Fate" did not chart as well as did ''Star'' singles "Feed the Tree" and "Gepetto". Belly toured with Music/CatherineWheel and emerging pop star Music/{{Jewel}}, but commercial success proved elusive and in 1996 Donelly broke up the band.

Donelly continued to perform and record, releasing four albums over the ten years following the breakup of Belly, as well as other songs over the Internet. In 2016 Belly announced a reunion after a 20-year hiatus, featuring Donelly, the Gormans, and Greenwood, with shows forthcoming in the United States and the United Kingdom as well as new music.

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* ''Star'' (1993)
* ''King'' (1995)

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* "Are You Experienced?" (Music/JimiHendrix cover), "It's Not Unusual" (Music/TomJones cover), "Broken" (on ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' soundtrack)

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* DueToTheDead: This is what "Feed the Tree" is about, namely, paying respects to a grave where a tree is growing.
--> "Take your hat off, when you're talking to me/And be there when I feed the tree"
* NewSoundAlbum: ''King'' was noticeably harder than ''Star'', and more studio-polished as well. This has been suggested as one reason why it didn't sell well and the band broke up.
* OneWordTitle: For the band, for both their albums, and for several of their songs.

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