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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: Anniemal |
| Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:27:59 -0800 (PST) |
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Sub Pop put out a St. Etienne comp a year or two ago
called Travel Music that's good for catching up. The
U.S. issue of their new album mystifies me, as they
snipped "Relocate" a wonderful duet between Sarah
Cracknell & David Essex.
Mike Bennett
--- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <wigout6@juno.com>
> > Pardon my ignorance, but is the album Good Humor
> (which I've been
> > playing heavily lately) an example of "early St.
> Etienne"? I think
> > it's fabulous (esp. Mr. Donut), but don't know
> where it fits into
> > their discography. Can someone please provide a
> brief rundown on
> > their albums, and which others are worth picking
> up? Thanks in
> > advance.
>
> No, GOOD HUMOR is the start of the second St.
> Etienne era, where the
> records are much less dance oriented and have a
> softer vibe that
> reflects the trio's shared interests in '60s
> sunshine pop and easy
> listening stuff. The albums that have followed are
> in the same
> general ballpark: those are 2000's SOUND OF WATER,
> 2002's FINISTERRE
> and last year's TALES FROM TURNPIKE HOUSE, which
> features
> contributions from David Essex and Tony Rivers.
> (This last has just
> been released in the states in a much different
> edition than the UK
> original, lacking the second EP of original
> children's songs, and
> replacing three tracks with new material.) I like
> the new one best of
> what they've done since GOOD HUMOR, followed
> probably by SOUND OF
> WATER and a bit of a rarity called THE MISADVENTURES
> OF ST. ETIENNE
> that's the soundtrack of an obscure indie film and
> is therefore mostly
> atmospheric instrumentals.
>
> The other three proper St. Etienne studio albums
> (not including EPs
> and compilations, which are legion) are 1992's
> FOXBASE: ALPHA (one of
> my favorite albums of all time), 1993's SO TOUGH and
> 1994's TIGER BAY.
> As I say, FOXBASE: ALPHA is just absolutely magical,
> but it requires a
> fondness for electronic dance music that you may or
> may not have.
> However, any album that kicks off with an acid-house
> version of Neil
> Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" has to be
> reckoned with. The
> other two early albums are the weakest of the band's
> career, I think.
> They don't have the freshness of the debut, and
> they're not as
> wide-ranging and stylistically diverse as the era
> that started with
> GOOD HUMOR.
>
> S
>
>
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