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― kraudive, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
I think it's the last four songs that really make the album.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:35 AM (1 week ago)
Very much agree with this.
― timellison, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
Synth at the end of the chorus in "DJ" is very Italo.
― timellison, Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
xxxxp hey thanks everything! glad you like it.
we've only just had our copies through and clocked that the remix before ours is by Richard 'Grid/Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve' Norris. had no idea who 'Time And Space Machine' was!
― piscesx, Friday, 1 June 2012 13:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
I think the FACT reviewer was annoyed because the album has tunes on it. I realise that this is a terrible neoliberal conceit in FACT World.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 1 June 2012 13:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
What's that obvious soundtrack-y sample at the start of 25 Years? It's probably really obvs and is totally bugging me.
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 2 June 2012 19:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
xpost to piscesx. Yeah that remix of Coming Through the Fair is another favorite. It scratches my "Cool Kids of Death"/"Stoned To Say The Least" itch quite nicely. I have a copy of the new Time and Space Machine album but haven't got round to checking it out yet. Basically I've been listening to this all week now.
― everything, Sunday, 3 June 2012 15:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
(Sarah's voice is generally less obnoxious on the remixes as it's been treated in various ways)
^this is v otm; i <3 sarah but on the reg songs shes overwhelming
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 June 2012 16:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
predictably i think this album is pretty great. first go-around and i was not particularly thrilled but it sounds better every time i give it a go.
― omar little, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 22:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
Best tracks anyone? To lead me into this.
― kraudive, Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
djtonightpopularwhen i was 17last days of disco
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
― everything, Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
i warmed up to this album in a big way btw & it kinda works 4 summer imo
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
yea tonight & both remixes are in constant rotation the last few wks
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
― everything, Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
― everything, Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
i like this album, totally surprised as nothing of theirs has clicked with me since the 90s!
― brony ver (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
this album probably skews a bit closer to their 'tiger bay'/'continental'-era sound than anything else they've done.
― omar little, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
i know the first song is 'obvious' a bit but i really like it
― brony ver (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
i really like you!
― omar little, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 01:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
― brony ver (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 02:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
A nice Saint Etienne track here:
http://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/track/steeplechase
― djh, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 09:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
so...I like this? "DJ" grabbed me by the collar, maybe because it reminds me of "Action."
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
ya i think i officially like this album
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
really gets better w/each listen imo. looking forward to the tour!
― omar little, Monday, 24 September 2012 23:34 (8 months ago) Permalink
This is their best album since So Tough, which after years of fruitless exploration on my part is a relief.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:35 (8 months ago) Permalink
i would give good humor a re-scr...re-listen. i feel like a lot of people aren't into it bc of st et expectations, it was my entry point and i think it's a pretty sweet album. more club 8 labrador swedish pop style than a st et album.
― omar little, Monday, 24 September 2012 23:41 (8 months ago) Permalink
Good Humor is outstanding.
― timellison, Monday, 24 September 2012 23:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
I like GH best of the post-ST records.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:51 (8 months ago) Permalink
Tales From Turnpike House is by far my favourite since So Tough, there are no bad songs on that album. Agree that Words & Music just gets better and better.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 08:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
aye.. there's a ballot coming up fairly soon, I believe.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 09:37 (8 months ago) Permalink
Finistere for me - but admittedly I haven't heard the two last ones
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:09 (8 months ago) Permalink
Finally getting to see "What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?"
This is what I want Saint Etienne to sound like, to be like, these days.
― djh, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
bought a ticket 4 the boston show - excited! have nvr seem em live
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://saintetienne.greedbag.com/
The special "US" edition that's impossible to get in the UK unless you spend tons on ebay is, um, possible to get now.
Basically, the second CD is all-new (bar two) songs, about ten in total.
― Mark G, Thursday, 29 November 2012 09:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
Disappointed that I missed them when they were in town recently; I checked this album out after the poll and it's quite good, best I've heard since So Tough.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:19 (5 months ago) Permalink
Heh, when those extra copies went on sale yesterday, the greedbag site instantly died and didn't come back for hours. Their limited edition fuckery is getting pretty tiresome. Four editions of the latest album, three with different track listings, two extremely difficult to buy... except on eBay, of course. It's 2012 guys... do pre-orders for the limited edition releases and press up enough to satisfy demand. It isn't hard.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 November 2012 17:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
That Greedbag site was horrible, and you're right, girl from spirea x, the fuckery one must endure to receive their many limited releases is absurd. This isn't the first time that they couldn't handle the surge from users when offering something new, either. Quite a lot of us in the states didn't live anywhere near where the band was playing, and then to have to scurry for a copy of an album's worth of material from a band we've been following for more than two decades. They should work that out.
― crustaceanrebel, Thursday, 29 November 2012 18:08 (5 months ago) Permalink
I think it's things like this that make things like peer-to-peer filesharing ethically justifiable in certain circumstances.
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 November 2012 18:14 (5 months ago) Permalink
Absolutely, especially when you know a load of these were bought just to end up on ebay. Love the band, but not going to buy the same album twice.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 29 November 2012 18:17 (5 months ago) Permalink
feel free to PM me if you are looking for those tracks.
― skip, Thursday, 29 November 2012 19:38 (5 months ago) Permalink
may not last long but someone put the whole special US edition on yt; i really love 'solid gold'
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
I'm going to take this opportunity to remind everyone that a Masters at Work rmx of "Nothing Can Stop Us" exists:
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:30 (1 month ago) Permalink