Much loved pop trio Saint Etienne re-entered the national consciousness earlier this year with their beautifully packaged, beautiful sounding ‘London Conversations’ album. It was a comprehensive anthology, which tracked their prolific career and hit home how revered and influential their melancholic Anglo electro-pop has been.
A deluxe celebration of their whole back catalogue is now imminent, with each original album featuring a bonus cd of b-sides, rare tracks, and unreleased material. These will be released in pairs over the next few months.
First up are ‘Foxbase Alpha’ - their genre-defining debut album of cut-ups, sampledelia, and hugely melodic pop - and ‘Continental’. This was the parent album topan-European hit ‘He’s On The Phone’, but was only released in Japan, for dark and mysterious reasons, back in 1997. It gets its first domestic release (and its first Heavenly catalogue number) this year.
Saint Etienne will be playing ‘Foxbase Alpha’ in its entirety at the following shows in May:
Wed 13 Glasgow ABC
Thu 14 Sheffield Leadmill
Fri 15 London Bloomsbury Ballroom
Sat 16 London Bloomsbury Ballroom
Following on from these inaugural re-issues will be ‘So Tough’ and ‘Sound of Water’ in the summer, ‘Tiger Bay’ and ‘Finisterre’ in the autumn, and ‘Good Humour’ and ‘Tales From Turnpike House’ in early 2010, along with all of their remixes on ‘Casino Classics’.
A deluxe celebration of their whole back catalogue is now imminent, with each original album featuring a bonus cd of b-sides, rare tracks, and unreleased material. These will be released in pairs over the next few months.
First up are ‘Foxbase Alpha’ - their genre-defining debut album of cut-ups, sampledelia, and hugely melodic pop - and ‘Continental’. This was the parent album topan-European hit ‘He’s On The Phone’, but was only released in Japan, for dark and mysterious reasons, back in 1997. It gets its first domestic release (and its first Heavenly catalogue number) this year.
Saint Etienne will be playing ‘Foxbase Alpha’ in its entirety at the following shows in May:
Wed 13 Glasgow ABC
Thu 14 Sheffield Leadmill
Fri 15 London Bloomsbury Ballroom
Sat 16 London Bloomsbury Ballroom
Following on from these inaugural re-issues will be ‘So Tough’ and ‘Sound of Water’ in the summer, ‘Tiger Bay’ and ‘Finisterre’ in the autumn, and ‘Good Humour’ and ‘Tales From Turnpike House’ in early 2010, along with all of their remixes on ‘Casino Classics’.
Saint Etienne
‘Foxbase Alpha’
CD1 - Original Album
This Is Radio Etienne
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Wilson
Carnt Sleep
Girl VII
Spring
She's The One
Stoned To Say The Least
Nothing Can Stop Us Now
Etienne Gonna Die
London Belongs To Me
Like The Swallow
Dilworth's Theme
CD2 - Bonus Material
Kiss & Make Up - 12" Version
Filthy
Chase HQ *
Sally Space *
The Reckoning *
Speedwell
Parliment Hill
People Get Real
Sweet Pea *
Winter In America *
Fake 88
Studio Kinda Filthy
Kiss And Make Up - Sarah Version
Sky's Dead
* previously unreleased
Saint Etienne
‘Continental’
CD1 - Original Album
Shad Times
Burnt Out Car
Sometimes In Winter
Winter Melody
Public Info Film
The Process
He's On The Phone
Stormtrooper In Drag
Star
Down By The Sea
The Sea
Lonesome
Angel
CD2 - Bonus Material
Accident
Is It True?
Where Did Our Love Go – Demo *
Groveley Road
How I Learned To Love The Bomb
Postal Interlude *
Cant Stop Now
Under Her Spell *
Saturday Remixed
Suburban Autumn Lieutenant
We Could Have It All – Demo *
Lover Plays The Bass
Home - Demo
Burnt Out Car – Demo
* previously unreleased
‘Foxbase Alpha’
CD1 - Original Album
This Is Radio Etienne
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Wilson
Carnt Sleep
Girl VII
Spring
She's The One
Stoned To Say The Least
Nothing Can Stop Us Now
Etienne Gonna Die
London Belongs To Me
Like The Swallow
Dilworth's Theme
CD2 - Bonus Material
Kiss & Make Up - 12" Version
Filthy
Chase HQ *
Sally Space *
The Reckoning *
Speedwell
Parliment Hill
People Get Real
Sweet Pea *
Winter In America *
Fake 88
Studio Kinda Filthy
Kiss And Make Up - Sarah Version
Sky's Dead
* previously unreleased
Saint Etienne
‘Continental’
CD1 - Original Album
Shad Times
Burnt Out Car
Sometimes In Winter
Winter Melody
Public Info Film
The Process
He's On The Phone
Stormtrooper In Drag
Star
Down By The Sea
The Sea
Lonesome
Angel
CD2 - Bonus Material
Accident
Is It True?
Where Did Our Love Go – Demo *
Groveley Road
How I Learned To Love The Bomb
Postal Interlude *
Cant Stop Now
Under Her Spell *
Saturday Remixed
Suburban Autumn Lieutenant
We Could Have It All – Demo *
Lover Plays The Bass
Home - Demo
Burnt Out Car – Demo
* previously unreleased
