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~ Saint Etienne
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Product details

  • Audio CD (1 Jan 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Creation
  • ASIN: B0000248R9
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 34,023 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Mario's Cafe 4:38£0.69
Listen  2. Railway Jam 4:14£0.69
Listen  3. Date With Spelman0:18£0.69
Listen  4. Calico 5:12£0.69
Listen  5. Avenue 7:40£0.69
Listen  6. You're In A Bad Way 2:43£0.69
Listen  7. Memo To Pricey0:23£0.69
Listen  8. Hobart Paving 5:03£0.69
Listen  9. Leafhound 4:05£0.69
Listen10. Clock Milk0:14£0.69
Listen11. Conchita Martinez 4:02£0.69
Listen12. No Rainbows For Me 3:56£0.69
Listen13. Here Comes Clown Feet0:23£0.69
Listen14. Junk The Morgue 5:12£0.69
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This eclectic second disc from the graceful London trio features dub-dance grooves, cafe folk, Rush samples, a Van Dyke Parks arrangement, Eno-meets-rap experiments, and a gentle pop single ("You're In A Bad Way") that could have been sung by Cilla Black in 1965. A puzzle worth solving. --Jeff Bateman

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At the time of this album's release, dance music scenestersassumed that the title of 1993's SO TOUGH was some sort of response to the Pet Shop Boys' recent SO HARD. Actually, thealbum title is stolen from the 1972 Beach Boys album CARL AND THE PASSIONS--SO TOUGH. Even more so than the group's kaleidoscopic 1991 debut, FOXBASE ALPHA, SO TOUGH marries club rhythms to classic pop forms. The arrangements, while only occasionally resembling Brian Wilson's work, are undoubtedly influenced by his style. This is particularly evident on thelush, hypnotic "Avenue", which wears its PET SOUNDS influence proudly. Elsewhere, the Continental "Mario's Cafe", girl-groupish "You're in a Bad Way", and thumping "Join Our Club"exhibit other sides of Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs' smart, open-minded musical attitude. SO TOUGH is much more than the sum of its influences.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Contains "The Most Beautiful Song In The World", 7 Feb 2005
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Five Stars.

The name Saint Ettienne had probably been dropped on the radio once or twice back during my school days but it was not until the appearance of So Tough in the early 90's at my local library that I heard this band.

Instantly I was hooked, the clever interplay of samples from classic films set between such perfect pop gems as You're in a Bad Way or Mario's Cafe was enough to win me over. Add to that the placating, velvet tones of Sarah Cracknell and you might see why I have begun to regard this at a truly brilliant album. But then, if you needed any more persuasion to buy this album, you have Hobart Paving (two band members are from Tazzie y'know) which is without a shadow of a doubt, the most beautiful song in the world.

Buy it today, Thank you St. Ett.

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