Thursday, July 18, 2024

K SPECIAL Saint Etienne - And All Because the Lady Loves... A Saint Etienne Assortment (41CD Super Deluxe Selection Box) (2024)


K SPECIAL 

Saint Etienne - And All Because the Lady Loves... A Saint Etienne Assortment (41CD Super Deluxe Selection Box) (2024)

Following on from BB's excellent Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs post, here is a superb selection of brilliant pop classics from their legendary band Saint Etienne. The albums posted are a combination of K and BB collections.

Saint Etienne is an English band from Greater London, formed in 1990. The band consists of Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. Commonly associated with the indie dance scene of the 1990s, their music blends club culture with 1960s pop and other disparate influences.

Their debut album, Foxbase Alpha, was released to critical acclaim in 1991, featuring their most enduring hits "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "Nothing Can Stop Us". It was followed by So Tough (1993), with the number twelve single "You're in a Bad Way", and the techno folk experiment of Tiger Bay (1994); both albums reached the top-ten. Their early period was rounded out by the gold-certified compilation Too Young to Die: Singles 1990 - 1995, producing the band's highest-charting single, "He's on the Phone" with Étienne Daho.

The band embraced indie pop on Good Humor (1998), with its lead single "Sylvie" reaching number twelve.

By the new millennium, Saint Etienne had pivoted towards ambient music on Sound of Water (2000), while Finisterre (2002) and Tales from Turnpike House (2005) distilled these stylistic diversions and a return to their early influences. The 2010s, with Words and Music (2012) and Home Counties (2017), saw a contemporary update of their sound. The band incorporated samples for the first time in nearly two decades on I've Been Trying to Tell You (2021), which became their highest-charting album since 1994 at number fourteen.

The band's name comes from the French football club AS Saint-Étienne.

Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists, who once had a fanzine called Caff which had developed into a record label by 1989. They originally planned that Saint Etienne would use a variety of different lead singers, and their 1991 debut album, Foxbase Alpha – influenced by sources such as club culture, 1960s pop, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Dazzle Ships features several vocalists, including Moira Lambert and Donna Savage. However, after working with Sarah Cracknell on "Nothing Can Stop Us", they decided to make her the permanent vocalist, and Cracknell has written or co-written many of the band's songs.


Saint Etienne were associated with the "indie dance" genre in the early 1990s. Their typical approach was to combine sonic elements (such as samples and digitally synthesized sounds) of the dance-pop that emerged in the wake of the so-called Second Summer of Love with an emphasis on songwriting involving romantic and introspective themes more commonly associated with traditional British pop and rock music. Early work demonstrated the influence of 1960s soul, 1970s dub and rock as well as 1980s dance music, giving them a broad palette of sounds and a reputation for eclecticism. Years later, The Times wrote that they "deftly fused the grooviness of Swinging Sixties London with a post-acid house backbeat". Their first two albums, Foxbase Alpha and So Tough, feature sounds chiefly associated with house music, such as standard TR-909 drum patterns and Italo house piano riffs mixed with original sounds, notable by the use of found dialogue, sampled from 1960s British realist cinema.

In 1991, the band also released two singles, "7 Ways to Love" and "He Is Cola", under the name Cola Boy with different singers (one of them being future radio personality Janey Lee Grace, who recorded and appeared in the video for the former); their explanation for publishing under a pen name is that the tracks were "too cheesy for Saint Etienne. We'd have been finished overnight". The band would later produce an updated electro-house version of "7 Ways to Love" for Japanese singer Nokko for her 1993 album "I Will Catch U" (also known as "Call Me Nightlife" for the United States, Canada and Europe), in which she added lyrics to the song in both Japanese and English.

During the early 1990s the group enjoyed extensive coverage in UK music weekly papers NME and Melody Maker and gained a reputation as purveyors of "pure pop" in the period immediately prior to the Brit-Pop explosion. So Tough reached No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart. Their most popular singles of this period (1993) were "You're in a Bad Way" and "Join Our Club" (which reached No. 12 and No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart).

Tiger Bay (1994) represented a change of direction: the entire album was inspired by folk music, combined with modern electronica.

Although the album reached No. 8 in the UK Albums Chart, the singles performed disappointingly, with "Pale Movie", "Like a Motorway" and "Hug My Soul" reaching No. 28, No. 47 and No. 32 in the UK Singles Chart. In a 2009 interview, Bob Stanley said that in retrospect the band "got ahead of ourselves a bit" by releasing such an uncommercial album, which "definitely could have done with a couple more obvious songs".

In 1995, they released their most successful single, "He's on the Phone", a reworking of Étienne Daho's "Week-end à Rome" that they had created for a collaborative EP with Daho entitled Reserection. It reached No. 11 on the UK chart.

Stanley has said that with hindsight it was "a bit stupid" that the band "didn't release another single for two and a half years". Instead, they released a compilation album, Too Young to Die (1996), contributed a song to the Gary Numan tribute album Random the following year, and then returned in 1998 with Good Humor, which de-emphasized the contemporary dance music influence on their previous work, replacing it with a more traditional sound. Also in 1998 they covered "La, la, la" on A Song for Eurotrash, a compilation of re-imagined past hits from the Eurovision Song Contest (The song can be found on Fairfax High.)

In 2000, they shifted toward a more atmospheric type of electronica with the release of Sound of Water.

Finisterre was released in 2002. A follow-up DVD by photographer and film maker Paul Kelly was released in 4 July 2005. In November 2004, they released their first US compilation of greatest hits, called Travel Edition 1990-2005. 13 June 2005 saw the release of the band's album Tales from Turnpike House. It was preceded by a single for the track "Side Streets". A second single, "A Good Thing", was released in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2005. Early editions of the album were accompanied by a six-track sampler CD for a planned album of children's songs entitled Up the Wooden Hills.

After years floating around various record labels, the band returned to its original label Heavenly for their 2009 career retrospective, London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne. The album contained two singles, a reworked "Burnt Out Car" and a new track, the Richard X-produced "Method of Modern Love". The album also contained as a third "new" track, a remix by Richard X of the previously vinyl-only "This is Tomorrow".

In May 2012, following the January release of the single "Tonight", the band released their eighth studio album, Words and Music by Saint Etienne. Saint Etienne's ninth studio album, Home Counties, was released on 2 June 2017.

Their tenth album, I've Been Trying to Tell You, was released on 10 September 2021. According to Pete Wiggs, the album was a lockdown project for the trio during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the title suggests, this post features a superb 41CD overview of Saint Etienne's very best work spanning their entire career to date, including all 10 studio albums with many presented as special 2CD deluxe editions, plus remixes, B-sides, rare bonus tracks and a couple of greatest hits collections.

01 Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha (2009 Deluxe Edition) (2CD) (1991)

02 Saint Etienne - So Tough (2009 Deluxe Edition) (2CD) (1993)

03 Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay (2019, 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) (3CD) (1994)

04 Saint Etienne - Casino Classics (2012 Deluxe Edition) (5CD) (1996)

05 Saint Etienne - Continental (2009 Deluxe Edition) (2CD) (1997)

06 Saint Etienne - Good Humor (2010 Deluxe Edition) (2CD) (1998)

07 Saint Etienne - Sound of Water (2009 Deluxe Edition) (2CD) (2000)

08 Saint Etienne - Smash the System - Singles and More (2CD) (2001)

09 Saint Etienne - Finisterre (2010 Deluxe Edition) (2CD) (2002)

10 Saint Etienne - Tales from Turnpike House (2010 Deluxe Edition) (2CD) (2005)

11 Saint Etienne - Boxette (4CD) (2008)

12 Saint Etienne - London Conversations - The Best of Saint Etienne (2CD) (2009)

13 Saint Etienne - Foxbase Beta (2CD) (2009)

14 Saint Etienne - Words and Music by Saint Etienne (Super Deluxe Edition) (4CD) (2012)

15 Saint Etienne - The Very Best of (2015)

16 Saint Etienne - Home Counties (3CD) (2017)

17 Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying to Tell You (2021)


Plus a few Top of the Pops performances and videos to watch:


Only Love Can Break Your Heart (1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4&feature=youtu.be


Nothing Can Stop Us (1991)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdK-CKW8BA&feature=youtu.be


You're in a Bad Way (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7KGi9zo9Wk&feature=youtu.be


Who Do You Think You Are (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PTO_Kf1JmI&feature=youtu.be


Pale Movie (1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9BmJ4lwlS0&feature=youtu.be


He's on the Phone (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a6WU8GKJNo&feature=youtu.be


Sylvie (1998)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJyvbFkO8dE&feature=youtu.be


Enjoy!

K

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Track lists

Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha   

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - This Is Radio Etienne 0:43

02 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 4:29

03 Saint Etienne - Wilson 1:59

04 Saint Etienne - Carnt Sleep 4:43

05 Saint Etienne - Girl Vii 3:46

06 Saint Etienne - Spring 3:44

07 Saint Etienne - She's The One 3:07

08 Saint Etienne - Stoned To Say The Least 7:42

09 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us 4:20

10 Saint Etienne - Etienne Gonna Die 1:32

11 Saint Etienne - London Belongs To Me 3:56

12 Saint Etienne - Like The Swallow 7:41

13 Saint Etienne - Dilworth's Theme 0:39


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Kiss And Make Up 6:20

02 Saint Etienne - Filthy 5:34

03 Saint Etienne - Chase Hq 3:32

04 Saint Etienne - Sally Space 5:06

05 Saint Etienne - The Reckoning 1:30

06 Saint Etienne - Speedwell 6:33

07 Saint Etienne - Parliament Hill 2:38

08 Saint Etienne - People Get Real 4:44

09 Saint Etienne - Sweet Pea 4:49

10 Saint Etienne - Winter In America 5:53

11 Saint Etienne - Fake 88 5:03

12 Saint Etienne - Studio Kinda Filthy 4:57

13 Saint Etienne - Kiss And Make Up (Us Version) 5:15

14 Saint Etienne - Sky's Dead 7:25


Saint Etienne - So Tough

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe 4:37

02 Saint Etienne - Railway Jam 4:14

03 Saint Etienne - Date with Spelman 0:18

04 Saint Etienne - Calico 5:12

05 Saint Etienne - Avenue 7:40

06 Saint Etienne - You're in a Bad Way 2:48

07 Saint Etienne - Memo to Pricey 0:23

08 Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving 4:54

09 Saint Etienne - Leafhound 4:12

10 Saint Etienne - Clock Milk 0:14

11 Saint Etienne - Conchita Martinez 3:59

12 Saint Etienne - No Rainbows for Me 3:58

13 Saint Etienne - Here Come Clown Feet 0:25

14 Saint Etienne - Junk the Morgue 5:12

15 Saint Etienne - Chicken Soup 0:18


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Everything Flows 4:44

02 Saint Etienne - Orpington Blues 6:22

03 Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are 3:52

04 Saint Etienne - Some Place Else 3:44

05 Saint Etienne - Duke Duvet 3:12

06 Saint Etienne - Paper 4:10

07 Saint Etienne - Johnny In The Echo Cafe 4:01

08 Saint Etienne - Archway People 3:21

09 Saint Etienne - California Snow Story 4:21

10 Saint Etienne - Join Our Club 3:18

11 Saint Etienne - Everlasting 4:32

12 Saint Etienne - Snowplough 3:43

13 Saint Etienne - Rainy Day Women 3:57

14 Saint Etienne - Peterloo 4:28

15 Saint Etienne - I'm Too Sexy 5:09

16 Saint Etienne - Stranger In Paradise 3:29

17 Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving (Van Dyke Parks Arrangement) 4:50


Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Urban Clearway 3:58

02 Saint Etienne - Former Lover 3:48

03 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul 4:15

04 Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway 5:42

05 Saint Etienne - On The Shore 4:06

06 Saint Etienne - Marble Lions 4:34

07 Saint Etienne - Pale Movie 3:52

08 Saint Etienne - Cool Kids Of Death 5:48

09 Saint Etienne - Western Wind/Tankerville 7:12

10 Saint Etienne - The Boy Scouts Of America 2:59


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Urban Clearway (Demo) 5:32

02 Saint Etienne - Black Horse Latitude 4:22

03 Saint Etienne - I Buy American Records 2:52

04 Saint Etienne - Hate Your Drug 3:49

05 Saint Etienne - You Know I'll Miss You When I'm Gone 2:59

06 Saint Etienne - Sushi Rider 2:58

07 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul (Demo) 4:27

08 Saint Etienne - The Wedding Of Stacy Dorning 2:49

09 Saint Etienne - Deborah's French Feast 2:17

10 Saint Etienne - Western Wind (Demo) 3:58

11 Saint Etienne - Pale Movie (Demo) 4:28

12 Saint Etienne - La Poupee Qui Fait Non (No No No) 3:59

13 Saint Etienne - Highgate Road Incident 2:09

14 Saint Etienne - My Christmas Prayer 3:27

15 Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day 3:11


CD3

01 Saint Etienne - Urban Clearway (Arrival Strings) 0:38

02 Saint Etienne - Like a Motorway (Bass) 0:44

03 Saint Etienne - Former Lover (Intro Chat) 0:23

04 Saint Etienne - Western Wind (Stephen Duffy Vocal) 1:12

05 Saint Etienne - The Boy Scouts of America (Lynch Frost Bed) 2:05

06 Saint Etienne - Cool Kids of Death (Sven Verse) 1:09

07 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul (Vibes & Strings) 1:14

08 Saint Etienne - Tankerville (Orchestra) 6:06

09 Saint Etienne - Like a Motorway (Fragments) 1:02

10 Saint Etienne - Pale Movie (Guitar Solo) 0:33

11 Saint Etienne - The Boy Scouts of America (Orchestra) 1:35

12 Saint Etienne - Marble Lions (Sarah Plus Orchestra) 4:02

13 Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay (Coda) 1:19


Saint Etienne - Casino Classics

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherhall Remix) 9:01

02 Saint Etienne - Like a Motorway (Chemical Brothers Remix) 9:11

03 Saint Etienne - Kiss and Make Up (Pete Heller Remix) 7:47

04 Saint Etienne - Speedwell (The Aloof Remix) 5:54

05 Saint Etienne - Filthy (Monkey Mafia Remix) 5:54

06 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Masters at Work Remix) 7:39

07 Saint Etienne - Avenue (Gordon King Remix) 6:21

08 Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are? (Aphex Twin Remix) 8:05

09 Saint Etienne - Cool Kids of Death (Underworld Remix) 10:27

10 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul (Sure Is Pure Remix) 8:01


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Like a Motorway (David Holmes Remix) 12:58

02 Saint Etienne - He's On the Phone (Motiv 8 Remix) 6:26

03 Saint Etienne - The Sea (PFM Remix) 4:50

04 Saint Etienne - Angel (Broadcast Remix) 4:18

05 Saint Etienne - Sylvie (Faze Action Remix) 10:06

06 Saint Etienne - How We Used to Live (Paul Van Dyk Remix) 8:44

07 Saint Etienne - Boy Is Crying (Hybrid Remix) 6:29

08 Saint Etienne - Action (DJ Tiesto Remix) 6:50

09 Saint Etienne - Heart Failed (Two Lone Swordsman Remix) 3:39

10 Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car (Mark Brown Remix) 7:25

11 Saint Etienne - Method of Modern Love (Richard X Remix) 6:00


CD3

01 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us (Masters at Work Remix) 5:14

02 Saint Etienne - People Get Real (Death in Vegas Remix) 7:20

03 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us (Lionrock Remix) 5:45

04 Saint Etienne - Join Our Club (Billy Nasty Remix) 6:42

05 Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are? (Roger Sanchez Remix) 6:59

06 Saint Etienne - Your Head My Voice (Aphex Twin Remix) 4:11

07 Saint Etienne - Like a Motorway (Autechre Remix) 8:23

08 Saint Etienne - Pale Movie (Secret Knowledge Remix) 10:12

09 Saint Etienne - Sometimes in Winter (Psychonaughts Remix) 9:00

10 Saint Etienne - He's On the Phone (Primax Remix) 6:02

11 Saint Etienne - Angel (Way Out West Remix) 6:37


CD4

01 Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car (Balearico Remix) 4:18

02 Saint Etienne - Sylvie (Trouser Enthusiast Remix) 8:04

03 Saint Etienne - 4.35 in the Morning (Kid Loco Remix) 4:37

04 Saint Etienne - Foto Stat (Bronx Dogs Remix) 7:19

05 Saint Etienne - Uri Geller Bent My Boyfriend (Add N to X Remix) 6:08

06 Saint Etienne - Lose That Girl (Trouser Enthusiast Remix) 8:14

07 Saint Etienne - How We Used to Live (Aim Remix) 4:27

08 Saint Etienne - Heart Failed (Bridge and Tunnel Remix) 5:44

09 Saint Etienne - Northwestern (Si Cut DB Remix) 5:40

10 Saint Etienne - Action (Laub Remix) 4:27

11 Saint Etienne - Soft Like Me (K. O. W. Radiophonic Remix) 5:38

12 Saint Etienne - Method of Modern Love (Cola Boy Remix) 6:38


CD5

01 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Kenlou B-Boy Remix) 6:55

02 Saint Etienne - Join Our Club (Le Hammond Inferno Remix) 5:31

03 Saint Etienne - Avenue (A R Kane Remix) 6:30

04 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul (Motiv 8 Remix) 6:42

05 Saint Etienne - Sylvie (Stretch 'N' Vern Remix) 9:12

06 Saint Etienne - Mr. Donut (Kid Loco Remix) 4:52

07 Saint Etienne - Saturday (Fugu Remix) 3:23

08 Saint Etienne - How We Used to Live (Dot Allison Remix) 5:58

09 Saint Etienne - Heart Failed (Futureshock Remix) 8:54

10 Saint Etienne - Action (DJ Tiesto Remix Instrumental) 6:53

11 Saint Etienne - Soft Like Me (Mr Joshua Remix) 4:03

12 Saint Etienne - Stars Above Us (Eric Kupper Remix) 3:43

13 Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car (Xenomania Remix) 3:39


Saint Etienne - Continental

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Shad Thames 3:33

02 Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car 4:18

03 Saint Etienne - Sometimes In Winter 4:11

04 Saint Etienne - Winter Melody 4:45

05 Saint Etienne - Public Information Film 1:02

06 Saint Etienne - The Process 3:10

07 Saint Etienne - He’s On The Phone 4:07

08 Saint Etienne - Stormtrooper In Drag 5:27

09 Saint Etienne - Star 4:02

10 Saint Etienne - Down By The Sea 3:13

11 Saint Etienne - The Sea 7:16

12 Saint Etienne - Lonesome 3:25

13 Saint Etienne - Angel 4:17


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Accident 4:30

02 Saint Etienne - Is It True? 2:52

03 Saint Etienne - Where Did Our Love Go 2:48

04 Saint Etienne - Groveley Road 3:39

05 Saint Etienne - How I Learned To Love The Bomb 3:04

06 Saint Etienne - Postal Interlude 1:25

07 Saint Etienne - Can't Stop Now 4:33

08 Saint Etienne - Under Her Spell 4:22

09 Saint Etienne - Saturday 3:22

10 Saint Etienne - Suburban Autumn Lieutenant 4:03

11 Saint Etienne - We Could Have It All 2:50

12 Saint Etienne - Lover Plays The Bass 4:15

13 Saint Etienne - Home 4:46

14 Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car (X Files Version) 2:51


Saint Etienne - Good Humor

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Woodcabin 4:07

02 Saint Etienne - Sylvie 4:48

03 Saint Etienne - Split Screen 3:24

04 Saint Etienne - Mr. Donut 3:34

05 Saint Etienne - Goodnight Jack 4:37

06 Saint Etienne - Lose That Girl 4:03

07 Saint Etienne - The Bad Photographer 4:14

08 Saint Etienne - Been So Long 3:33

09 Saint Etienne - Postman 3:46

10 Saint Etienne - Erica America 4:02

11 Saint Etienne - Dutch TV 3:31


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Hill Street Connection 3:55

02 Saint Etienne - Hit The Brakes 3:46

03 Saint Etienne - Madeleine 3:57

04 Saint Etienne - Swim Swan Swim 3:03

05 Saint Etienne - 4.35 In The Morning 4:34

06 Saint Etienne - Clark Co. Record Fair 3:15

07 Saint Etienne - Zipcode 3:02

08 Saint Etienne - My Name Is Vlaovic 2:32

09 Saint Etienne - Afraid To Go Home 3:27

10 Saint Etienne - La La La 3:14

11 Saint Etienne - Do You Love Me 2:58

12 Saint Etienne - Cat Nap 2:47

13 Saint Etienne - Jack Lemon 4:22

14 Saint Etienne - Constantly 2:46

15 Saint Etienne - The Emidisc Theme 2:23

16 Saint Etienne - 4.35 In The Morning (Original Version) 3:59


Saint Etienne - Sound of Water

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Late Morning 4:12

02 Saint Etienne - Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi) 3:41

03 Saint Etienne - Sycamore 3:47

04 Saint Etienne - Don't Back Down 4:50

05 Saint Etienne - Just A Little Overcome 3:40

06 Saint Etienne - Boy Is Crying 3:52

07 Saint Etienne - Aspects Of Lambert 3:30

08 Saint Etienne - Downey Ca 4:24

09 Saint Etienne - How We Used To Live 9:02

10 Saint Etienne - The Place At Dawn 1:47


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Roseneck 3:26

02 Saint Etienne - Northwestern 5:30

03 Saint Etienne - Red Setter 3:45

04 Saint Etienne - Blofeld Buildings 6:11

05 Saint Etienne - Bar Conscience 4:37

06 Saint Etienne - Shoot Out The Lights 4:08

07 Saint Etienne - Thank You 4:27

08 Saint Etienne - Chaos At The Gym 2:53

09 Saint Etienne - Tony Jacket 3:54

10 Saint Etienne - Garage For Gunther 3:51

11 Saint Etienne - Ivyhouse 2:07

12 Saint Etienne - 52 Pilot 5:37

13 Saint Etienne - We're In The City 4:41

14 Saint Etienne - Artieripp 4:46

15 Saint Etienne - Sadie's Anniversary 3:01

16 Saint Etienne - Half Timbered 1:20

17 Saint Etienne - Empty Shop 3:24


Saint Etienne - Smash the System - Singles and More 

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 4:30

02 Saint Etienne - Kiss And Make Up 5:12

03 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us 4:20

04 Saint Etienne - Spring 3:42

05 Saint Etienne - Carnt Sleep 4:43

06 Saint Etienne - Filthy 5:33

07 Saint Etienne - Join Our Club 3:16

08 Saint Etienne - People Get Real 4:43

09 Saint Etienne - Paper 4:08

10 Saint Etienne - Avenue 7:33

11 Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe 4:38

12 Saint Etienne - You're In A Bad Way 3:03

13 Saint Etienne - Archway People 3:27

14 Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are 3:48

15 Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving 4:50

16 Saint Etienne - Pale Movie 3:46

17 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul 3:53


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway 3:41

02 Saint Etienne - Cool Kids Of Death 5:39

03 Saint Etienne - The Process 3:09

04 Saint Etienne - He's On The Phone 4:08

05 Saint Etienne - Angel 4:09

06 Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car 4:19

07 Saint Etienne - Shad Thames 3:32

08 Saint Etienne - Wood Cabin 4:12

09 Saint Etienne - Sylvie 4:01

10 Saint Etienne - Lose That Girl 4:03

11 Saint Etienne - The Bad Photographer 4:00

12 Saint Etienne - Goodnight Jack 4:21

13 Saint Etienne - Madeleine 3:57

14 Saint Etienne - 4:35 In The Morning 4:37

15 Saint Etienne - Jack Lemmon 4:21

16 Saint Etienne - Saturday 3:20

17 Saint Etienne - 52 Pilot 5:32


Saint Etienne - Finisterre

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Action 4:45

02 Saint Etienne - Amateur 3:40

03 Saint Etienne - Language Lab 3:13

04 Saint Etienne - Soft Like Me (Featuring Wildflower) 4:24

05 Saint Etienne - Summerisle 3:08

06 Saint Etienne - Stop & Think It Over 3:57

07 Saint Etienne - Shower Scene 4:32

08 Saint Etienne - The Way We Live Now 4:23

09 Saint Etienne - New Thing 4:12

10 Saint Etienne - B92 3:22

11 Saint Etienne - The More You Know 3:33

12 Saint Etienne - Finisterre 4:34


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Primrose Hill 2:13

02 Saint Etienne - Anderson Unbound 3:45

03 Saint Etienne - Seven Summers 5:05

04 Saint Etienne - Gimp Crisis 3:26

05 Saint Etienne - Abby I Hardly Knew You 3:22

06 Saint Etienne - So Mystified 3:00

07 Saint Etienne - White Dress 2:16

08 Saint Etienne - Time & Tide 4:00

09 Saint Etienne - Shock Corridor 3:24

10 Saint Etienne - Stop & Think It Over (Kid Loco Remix) 3:33

11 Saint Etienne - Mountain Rain 3:50

12 Saint Etienne - Queen Of Polythene 3:09

13 Saint Etienne - Le Ballade De Saint Etienne 3:54

14 Saint Etienne - Stevie 3:03

15 Saint Etienne - Got It Together Again (Featuring Nathan Bennet) 2:29

16 Saint Etienne - Fascination 3:51

17 Saint Etienne - There There My Brigadier 3:29


Saint Etienne - Tales from Turnpike House

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Sun In My Morning 2:42

02 Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 4:03

03 Saint Etienne - Lightning Strikes Twice 3:45

04 Saint Etienne - Slow Down At The Castle 4:42

05 Saint Etienne - A Good Thing 4:00

06 Saint Etienne - Side Streets 2:56

07 Saint Etienne - Last Orders For Gary Stead 4:28

08 Saint Etienne - Stars Above Us 3:24

09 Saint Etienne - Relocate 3:09

10 Saint Etienne - The Birdman Of EC1 2:46

11 Saint Etienne - Teenage Winter 5:45

12 Saint Etienne - Goodnight 2:31


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Murder In E Minor 2:33

02 Saint Etienne - Take Me Home (On A Pushbike) 1:50

03 Saint Etienne - Another Cup Of Coffee 5:31

04 Saint Etienne - School Run 3:00

05 Saint Etienne - You Can Judge A Book By It's Cover 2:03

06 Saint Etienne - Who Pays The Rent 2:13

07 Saint Etienne - Woodhenge 2:22

08 Saint Etienne - Got A Job 2:22

09 Saint Etienne - Must Be More 4:00

10 Saint Etienne - Holiday Song 3:01

11 Saint Etienne - The Leyton Art Inferno 2:19

12 Saint Etienne - Missing Persons Bureau 4:20

13 Saint Etienne - Inside The Hive 5:25

14 Saint Etienne - Aqualad 3:51

15 Saint Etienne - Book Norton 2:01

16 Saint Etienne - Quiet Essex 3:27


Saint Etienne - Boxette

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Flight To Tashkent 2:48

02 Saint Etienne - Sushi Rider 5:23

03 Saint Etienne - Deutscher Kendals 0:51

04 Saint Etienne - Think Twice 3:04

05 Saint Etienne - Studio Kinda Filthy 4:57

06 Saint Etienne - We’re Coming In Loaded 3:21

07 Saint Etienne - Fife Coast 3:43

08 Saint Etienne - Fake ’88 5:01

09 Saint Etienne - Parliament Hill 2:35

10 Saint Etienne - Everything I Touch Turns To Gold 3:29

11 Saint Etienne - Schroeder 3:43

12 Saint Etienne - Stranger In Paradise 3:25


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - The Clothes Show 0:23

02 Saint Etienne - Suburban Autumn Lieutenant 4:05

03 Saint Etienne - Jaydip Pharmacy 2:52

04 Saint Etienne - Tomorrow Never Dies 3:48

05 Saint Etienne - Nazi Jaloux 3:20

06 Saint Etienne - Please 2:35

07 Saint Etienne - Keep Nothing 4:00

08 Saint Etienne - Russian 3:27

09 Saint Etienne - Blofeld Buildings 4:38

10 Saint Etienne - Ken 3:40

11 Saint Etienne - Are We Gonna Be Alright 3:13

12 Saint Etienne - Andrew Mccarthy 2:55

13 Saint Etienne - We're In The City (Live) 4:21

14 Saint Etienne - The Clothes Show (Sad Refrain) 1:43


CD3

01 Saint Etienne - United World 1:13

02 Saint Etienne - Lost 2:40

03 Saint Etienne - Dunnottar 1:15

04 Saint Etienne - Owl 2:39

05 Saint Etienne - The Montana Gang 2:24

06 Saint Etienne - Magic Child 3:19

07 Saint Etienne - The Chemicals 2:27

08 Saint Etienne - Garsington 2:19

09 Saint Etienne - Portrait Of Beau 1:16

10 Saint Etienne - Christmas 1936 1:36


CD4

01 Saint Etienne - Marcie Dreams Of Deptford 3:44

02 Saint Etienne - Say It To The Rain 4:19

03 Saint Etienne - Departure Lounge 4:25

04 Saint Etienne - Summer Song 3:27

05 Saint Etienne - A Slavic Beauty With A Rose Between Her Teeth 3:54

06 Saint Etienne - Absolute Beginners 4:59

07 Saint Etienne - A Good Thing 3:34

08 Saint Etienne - The Same But Different 1:59

09 Saint Etienne - Southern Train 3:01

10 Saint Etienne - Message In A Bottle 2:07

11 Saint Etienne - Kofi Annan 5:28

12 Saint Etienne - Puppy Love 2:13


Saint Etienne - London Conversations - The Best of Saint Etienne

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 4:32

02 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us 4:22

03 Saint Etienne - Join Our Club 3:18

04 Saint Etienne - Avenue 3:50

05 Saint Etienne - You're In A Bad Way 3:03

06 Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving 4:50

07 Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are 3:50

08 Saint Etienne - Pale Movie 3:46

09 Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway 3:43

10 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul 3:55

11 Saint Etienne - He's On The Phone 4:09

12 Saint Etienne - Sylvie 4:02

13 Saint Etienne - Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi) 3:39

14 Saint Etienne - Action 3:51

15 Saint Etienne - A Good Thing 4:02

16 Saint Etienne - Side Streets 2:57

17 Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car 3:41

18 Saint Etienne - Method Of Modern Love 4:20

19 Saint Etienne - This Is Tomorrow 3:28

20 Mark Brown feat. Sarah Cracknell - The Journey Continues (Bonus Track) 3:39


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Kiss And Make Up 5:14

02 Saint Etienne - Filthy 5:35

03 Saint Etienne - Spring 3:44

04 Saint Etienne - People Get Real 4:45

05 Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe 4:31

06 Saint Etienne - Goodnight Jack 4:22

07 Saint Etienne - The Bad Photographer 4:00

08 Saint Etienne - Lose That Girl 4:05

09 Saint Etienne - Lover Plays The Bass 4:16

10 Saint Etienne - How We Used To Live 8:51

11 Saint Etienne - Boy Is Crying 3:39

12 Saint Etienne - Finisterre 3:45

13 Saint Etienne - Soft Like Me 4:26

14 Saint Etienne - Shower Scene 4:22

15 Saint Etienne - Stars Above Us 3:26

16 Saint Etienne - Teenage Winter 5:53

17 Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day 3:11


Saint Etienne - Foxbase Beta

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - This Is Radio Etienne 0:53

02 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 4:28

03 Saint Etienne - Wilson 2:10

04 Saint Etienne - Carnt Sleep 4:56

05 Saint Etienne - Girl VII 4:35

06 Saint Etienne - Spring 3:58

07 Saint Etienne - She's The One 3:38

08 Saint Etienne - Stoned To Say The Least 6:05

09 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us 3:44

10 Saint Etienne - Etienne Gonna Die 1:29

11 Saint Etienne - London Belongs To Me 4:08

12 Saint Etienne - Like The Swallow 6:17

13 Saint Etienne - Dilworth's Theme 2:16


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Foxbase Beta Commentary 49:12

02 Saint Etienne - Kiss And Make Up (First Version) 5:27

03 Saint Etienne - Richard III 4:14

04 Saint Etienne - Girl VII (Coda) 1:50

05 Saint Etienne - (Hidden Track) 0:17


Saint Etienne - Words and Music by Saint Etienne 

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - Over The Border 5:05

02 Saint Etienne - I've Got Your Music 3:46

03 Saint Etienne - Heading For The Fair 3:45

04 Saint Etienne - Last Days Of Disco 3:35

05 Saint Etienne - Tonight 4:37

06 Saint Etienne - Answer Song 3:26

07 Saint Etienne - Record Doctor 0:53

08 Saint Etienne - Popular 3:23

09 Saint Etienne - Twenty Five Years 3:40

10 Saint Etienne - DJ 4:39

11 Saint Etienne - When I Was Seventeen 3:37

12 Saint Etienne - I Threw It All Away 3:27

13 Saint Etienne - Haunted Jukebox 4:15


CD2

01 Saint Etienne - Tonight (Two Bears Remix) 7:18

02 Saint Etienne - Last Days Of Disco (Erol Alkan Remix) 6:16

03 Saint Etienne - DJ (Stay+ Remix) 3:45

04 Saint Etienne - I've Got Your Music (Golden Filter Remix) 7:09

05 Saint Etienne - Popular (Tom Middleton Cosmos Remix) 8:17

06 Saint Etienne - Heading For The Fair (The Time And Space Machine Waltzer Remix) 7:57

07 Saint Etienne - Tonight (Club Clique Remix) 4:39

08 Saint Etienne - Answer Song (White Horses Remix) 3:37

09 Saint Etienne - Haunted Jukebox (Summer Camp Remix) 3:26

10 Saint Etienne - I've Got Your Music (Kisses Remix) 4:23

11 Saint Etienne - DJ (Muddyloop Remix) 4:16

12 Saint Etienne - Last Days Of Disco (Beat Connection Remix) 4:41


CD3

01 Saint Etienne - Solid Gold 3:58

02 Saint Etienne - Your Valentine 4:53

03 Saint Etienne - Jan Leeming 4:35

04 Saint Etienne - Racing Car 2:05

05 Saint Etienne - Landscape 3:20

06 Saint Etienne - Manhattan 4:13

07 Saint Etienne - You're Not Alone 3:15

08 Saint Etienne - Just Friends 2:33

09 Saint Etienne - Fairground Rock And Roll 2:30

10 Saint Etienne - Lullaby 3:35


CD4

01 Saint Etienne - Record Doctor Dub 4:40

02 Saint Etienne - Peter Pan 4:54

03 Saint Etienne - Lion Green 2:40

04 Saint Etienne - Wouldn't It Be Nice 3:12


Saint Etienne - The Very Best of 

01 Saint Etienne - This Is Radio Etienne 0:43

02 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 4:32

03 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us 4:22

04 Saint Etienne - Kiss And Make Up 5:14

05 Saint Etienne - Join Our Club 3:18

06 Saint Etienne - People Get Real 4:45

07 Saint Etienne - Spring 3:44

08 Saint Etienne - Avenue 3:50

09 Saint Etienne - You're In A Bad Way 3:03

10 Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving 4:50

11 Saint Etienne - Here Come Clown Feet 0:25

12 Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are 3:50

13 Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe 4:31

14 Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway 3:43

15 Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul 3:55

16 Saint Etienne - He's On the Phone 4:09

17 Saint Etienne - Sylvie 4:02

18 Saint Etienne - The Bad Photographer 4:00

19 Saint Etienne - Heart Failed (In The Back of a Taxi) 3:39

20 Saint Etienne - Method of Modern Love 4:20

21 Saint Etienne - I've Got Your Music 3:46


Saint Etienne - Home Counties

CD1

01 Saint Etienne - The Reunion 0:22

02 Saint Etienne - Something New 3:17

03 Saint Etienne - Magpie Eyes 3:34

04 Saint Etienne - Whyteleafe 3:09

05 Saint Etienne - Dive 4:48

06 Saint Etienne - Church Pew Furniture Restorer 1:53

07 Saint Etienne - Take It All In 3:25

08 Saint Etienne - Popmaster 0:28

09 Saint Etienne - Underneath the Apple Tree 2:35

10 Saint Etienne - Out of My Mind 3:57

11 Saint Etienne - After Hebden 3:31

12 Saint Etienne - Breakneck Hill 1:39

13 Saint Etienne - Heather 3:58

14 Saint Etienne - Sports Report 0:12

15 Saint Etienne - Train Drivers in Eyeliner 3:16

16 Saint Etienne - Unopened Fan Mail 3:04

17 Saint Etienne - What Kind of World 3:07

18 Saint Etienne - Sweet Arcadia 7:43

19 Saint Etienne - Angel of Woodhatch 2:14


CD2 Dive EP

01 Saint Etienne - Dive (3.35 Edit) 3:35

02 Saint Etienne - London Like a Distant Sun 2:46

03 Saint Etienne - Doods Brow 1:41

04 Saint Etienne - Obvious 4:30


CD3 Dive Remixes

01 Saint Etienne - Dive (Colorama & Shawn Lee Remix) 8:20

02 Saint Etienne - Dive (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Remix) 7:50

03 Saint Etienne - Dive (Matt Berry Remix) 3:51


Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying to Tell You

01 Saint Etienne - Music Again 5:45

02 Saint Etienne - Pond House 4:02

03 Saint Etienne - Fonteyn 4:50

04 Saint Etienne - Little K 5:45

05 Saint Etienne - Blue Kite 4:51

06 Saint Etienne - I Remember It Well 3:50

07 Saint Etienne - Penlop 5:30

08 Saint Etienne - Broad River 5:35

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18 comments:

  1. Wow, what a comprehensive set! Thanks for sharing. Does anyone have the compilation CDs put together as 'Saint Etienne Presents', I think there are three (Songs for Mario's Cafe, Songs for the Dog and Duck, and Songs for the Lyons Cornerhouse) but maybe more? Cheers

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    1. Oh and there's another, Songs for the Fountain Coffee Room

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    2. Hi Ac,
      Yes. They are scheduled and will be posted in due course.
      They will include
      VA - Saint Etienne Presents Songs for Mario's Cafe (Discotheque) [2004]
      VA - Saint Etienne Present Songs for The Dog & Duck [2009]
      VA - Saint Etienne Presents Songs for The Lyons Cornerhouse [2012]
      VA - Saint Etienne Presents Songs for a Central Park Picnic [2013]
      VA - Saint Etienne Presents Songs for A London Winter [2014]
      VA - Saint Etienne Presents Songs for The Fountain Coffee Room [2020]
      plus, more
      Cheers

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    3. also... VA - Saint Etienne Present Songs for The Carnegie Deli [2016]
      Cheers.

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  2. Love your blog and a lovely post today, a couple of Saint Etienne albums and gems here i`ve missed along the way.

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  3. Well...there goes my weekend. Thanks Butterboy!

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  4. I've been listening to this all weekend. I just can't imagine how long this took to put together. Another top-notch job. You have my sincere thanks.

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  5. Wowsa -- had no idea they produced 41 CDs worth of music -- thanks BB & K!

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    1. Hi MrDave.
      They’ve produced a lot more than 41 CDs worth! This is just a sampling of their very best.
      Cheers.

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  7. Bob Stanley is a terrific writer and has produced two histories of early and late 20th century popular music. I don't know if it would be possible to have compilations of songs he mentions in the two books. I appreciate that would be a great undertaking. Thanks so much for this treasure trove of the best of Saint Etienne. It's so much appreciated. Looking forward to hearing it K and BB.

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  8. Part 2 here seems to be a duplicate of part 1. When I tried to open it,it said it already existed. Am I mistaken? Cheers!

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    1. Hi Montax.
      I just checked. All the links are OK
      Cheers.

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    2. ok...I'll have another go...thanks.

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  9. Ah,I see what's happened...'Good Humor' is in both Part 1 and Part 2...I tried to open them both in one new folder and it showed the whole of zip 2 as being there already because of the duplicated '...Humor'...opened Part 2 in the main downloads folder and moved each album individually to the new one,omitting the extra '...Good Humor'...it had been staring me in the face but I'd had a few glasses of wine...and I'm ancient!

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    1. OK. Glad to hear you got it all working.
      Cheers.

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