Saint Etienne - You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone

Especially the acoustic song with the sound of distant rioting on the end..

Water?

And yes, I love this.

1. Who Do You Think You Are
2. Archway People
3. California Snow Story
4. Kiss and Make Up
5. Duke Duvet
6. Filthy
7. Join Our Club
8. Paper
9. People Get Real
10. Some Place Else
11. Speedwell

FUCKIN A. I love them in any mode but this rec kinda gets them right bang on when they were just right for the times etc, sad thinking about how out of them they are now cos of what it says about current times and YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES to "Archway People".

So this seems as good a thread as any to ask...

a *long* time ago, probably about the early to mid-90s, i was full on into Saint Etienne and also into the house/rave scene. i was at my local DJ shop and found a "white label" that actually had a printed up label, but looked a bit like a bootleg of sorts, and it was credited to Saint Etienne. The track is called "Deep in the Coast of the Exstasy" or something along those lines

i'm at work and haven't looked at the record for a while, but i've never seen anything even mentioning it w/r/t St Etienne in any of their discogs, etc. It's actually a really great deep house track, very italo pianos, balaeric vibe, etc. It reminds me of something Creation would have put out around the time (Like "Nena de Ibiza", etc)

Anyone ever see this or know what I'm taking about? No googling has seemed to help me out at all.

Couldn't get enough of 'Filthy' at the time. That bass! But as far as odds/ends collections, "Continental" still far and away holds the crown.

Found an old CD I'd made at least a decade ago and had an idea that I might put it on Spotify. Seem to be lots of gaps on there though. For some reason it as called "Lovely is the New Edge" but quite why is blurry. I'm not sure there is much rhyme or reason but I always loved "You Need A Mess of Help".

1. (Not sure what this is but it is 1:19 in length)
2. Late Morning.
3. Anderson's Unbound
4/5/6. Western Wind
7. Is It True?
8. Downey CA
9. How We Used To Live
10. Seven Summers
11. Sylvie
12. Zip Code
13. Amateur
14. Finisterre
15. Swim Swan Swim
16. Heart Failed (Bridge & Tunnel)
17. Abby, I Hardly Knew You
18. The Process
19. Ivyhouse
20. Railway Jam
21. Relocate

Will try and fill gaps but here is what there is for now:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ZzHGM4NmtI6ErgHpU5YF2

Lovely is the new edge is from the liner notes to Sound of Water

And if the 1:19 is instrumental with some la-la vocals from Sarah it's probably Half-Timbered from Places to Visit

Oh, good calls on both of those.

Has there been much in an "amazing b-side" sort of way since ... whatever is the latest thing on that comp above?