How to Solve Our Human Problems

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox album

| name = How to Solve Our Human Problems

| type = compilation

| artist = Belle and Sebastian

| cover = How to Solve Our Human Problems.jpg

| alt =

| released = 16 February 2018

| recorded = 2016–2017

| studio =

| genre = Indie pop

| length = 69:18

| label = Matador

| producer = Various

| prev_title = Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Days of the Bagnold Summer

| next_year = 2019

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 71/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/how-to-solve-our-human-problems-pts-1-3/belle-and-sebastian|title=How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pts. 1-3 by Belle and Sebastian Reviews|publisher=Metacritic.com}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/how-to-solve-our-human-problems-pts-1-3-mw0003129518|title=How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pts. 1-3|publisher=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|title=Review: Belle and Sebastian Deliver Bright Pop Throwbacks, a Few Left-Field Moves|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-belle-and-sebastian-deliver-bright-pop-throwbacks-a-few-left-field-moves-202772/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=15 February 2013}}

| noprose = yes

}}

How to Solve Our Human Problems is the collective title of three EPs by the band Belle and Sebastian, released through Matador Records between 2017 and 2018. The EPs were eventually compiled as a compilation album on 16 February 2018.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = How to Solve Our Human Problems EP 1

| all_writing = Belle and Sebastian except where noted

| title1 = Sweet Dew Lee

| extra1 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Stuart Evans|Emily MacLaren}}

| length1 = 6:29

| title2 = We Were Beautiful

| extra2 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Brian McNeill}}

| length2 = 5:37

| title3 = Fickle Season

| extra3 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Leo Abrahams}}

| length3 = 4:03

| title4 = The Girl Doesn't Get It

| extra4 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Brian McNeill}}

| length4 = 4:49

| title5 = Everything Is Now

| extra5 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Paul Savage}}

| length5 = 5:28

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = How to Solve Our Human Problems EP 2

| title6 = Show Me the Sun

| extra6 = Inflo

| length6 = 3:53

| title7 = The Same Star

| extra7 = Leo Abrahams

| length7 = 3:35

| title8 = I'll Be Your Pilot

| extra8 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Brian McNeill}}

| length8 = 4:16

| title9 = Cornflakes

| extra9 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Stuart Evans|Emily MacLaren}}

| length9 = 4:26

| title10 = A Plague on Other Boys

| extra10 = Leo Abrahams

| length10 = 5:03

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = How to Solve Our Human Problems EP 3

| title11 = Poor Boy

| extra11 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Inflo}}

| length11 = 4:28

| title12 = Everything Is Now (Part Two)

| extra12 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Paul Savage}}

| length12 = 5:39

| title13 = Too Many Tears

| extra13 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Brian McNeill}}

| length13 = 4:27

| title14 = There Is an Everlasting Song

| extra14 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Brian McNeill}}

| length14 = 3:24

| title15 = Best Friend

| note15 = Stuart Murdoch and Carla J. Easton{{cite web |title=Belle & Sebastian How to Solve Our Human Problems |url=https://www.discogs.com/Belle-And-Sebastian-How-To-Solve-Our-Human-Problems/release/11537026 |website=Discogs |date=14 February 2018 |accessdate=21 November 2019}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Belle and Sebastian|Brian McNeill}}

| length15 = 3:41

}}

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for How to Solve Our Human Problems

! scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Austria|37|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Flanders|129|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|118|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|72|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Germany4|27|id=350804|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Portugal|13|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Scotland|6|date=20180223|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Spain|29|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|27|artist=Belle and Sebastian|album=How to Solve Our Human Problems|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|UK2|28|date=20180223|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}
{{album chart|UKIndependent|3|date=20180223|rowheader=true|access-date=13 September 2023}}

References