JOIN OUR CLUB: The Official Saint Etienne poll (#28 in a series) - Deadline 12th November

Here is a break down of what I voted for.

Foxbase 2
So Tough 4
Tiger Bay 2
Good Humor 2
Sound of Water 1
Finisterre 1
Turnpike 3
Words & Music 2
B-side 1
One off singles 2

This is one of the few polls I've voted in where the band's recent work more than stands up to the early stuff.

i have my trax down to abt 50!

26 on my list, I can deal with that

What is Continental, incidentally?

It's a Japanese album that came out there around the time of "He's on the phone" and the Etienne De Crecy era, some tracks ended up on "Smash the system" and it got the 2 cd deluxe treatment first. A very good album, if not exactly cohesive.

It also has great sleevenotes about The Pebble Mill Effect iirc.

Hug My Soul was on my shortlist but on relistening it sounds like a big case of chorus-lets-down-verse. The transition, via a stock drumfill, takes some of the blame. It's not the drumfill per se, which works well in the intro to 'I Want To Hear It From You' by Go West. I digress...

Hug My soul stayed on my list because of the remixes..

What do we think of "Pale Movie"?

I think la la la la la la lah

and flamenco

and Sherpa Tensing

I think of it as SE's Domino Dancing - latin flavoured and I imagine it might divide opinion. The "softness of cinema seats" was nicked from something Taylor Parkes said, appearently.

recommended deep cuts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1wO8S06bI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN7FSCThUN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vWUHqbM9rk

top 3 for me, though not a deep cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo4lRv51Hf0

im def voting for "are we gonna be alright", can't find a yt of it tho

I may vote for this. Would definitely vote for a version with Sarah on vocals!
http://youtu.be/CzBdXD-9F-I

Also contemplating including this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gthGa25Pabo

What's with the two Goodnight Jacks?

Deep(ish) cuts I may vote for:

4:35 in the Morning (Kid Loco Remix)
Mr Donut
Stormtrooper in Drag
I Buy American Records
Girl VII
My Christmas Prayer

Deepish cuts I may vote for:

Speedwell
Railway Jam
Calico
Former Lover
Stormtrooper In Drag
I Buy American Records
Hate Your Drug
Marble Lions
We're In The City
Sadie's Anniversary
Sycamore
B92

mr donut is klassic

former lover, marble lions, & maybe b92 are going on my list.

Sent! I've no idea what are the deep cuts and what aren't, but I've got three from the last two posts.

FBA 5; ST 1; TB 3; GH 2; C 2; F 2; TfTH 3; W&M 2

Only five ballots received so far. I'm hoping it's due to people spending some time thinking things over carefully rather than voter apathy. Hoping to get at least 20 ballots.

If you can't think of a full 20 and only want to submit a top 10 then that'd be fine. Also if you want to send an unordered ballot you can do, I'll then give 22 points to each track and 5 points for an album.

i think im putting more effort/thought into this ballot than anything since i studied for the bar exam

I suppose I should actually listen to TFTH and WAM before voting in this.

O__O

Look. I have 8 Saint Etienne albums on my shelf. That's about as many albums as I have from anyone.

Def listen to them and marinate over your ballot for a bit. I'm doing some serious listening these days trying to figure out my final 20.

Ballot sent. I appreciate that asking for more than 20 choices makes the poll harder to run but I wish there were more room for B-sides, remixes, etc.

FBA - 4, ST - 3, TB - 2, GH - 1, SOW - 1, TFTH - 2, SINGLES - 3, B-SIDES - 3, CRACKNELL SOLO - 1

Election day bump.

going thru this has hammered home how much i like good humor, i have 4 trax from it (5 i guess really if we're including the bonus fairfax high disc)

now i just have to order my 20, ~i can do this~

I've narrowed down my list to 25 tracks, now contemplating their order.

i like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46FCicXL6eo

Friday night bump, ideal weekend for listening to Saint Etienne and completing a ballot. Everyone welcome, lurkers, hardcore fans, dillettantes

Only 8 points between the top 2 tracks and the top 2 albums are tied.

I'm on the case...

done

The speaky bits are finally starting to annoy me, at least on the later albums. "The consignment of white gold has arrived for Mr Anderson" - is this kind of thing meant to be evocative of something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_CRANDTCAY

that voice is ricky jay's? mind blown.

Well that's the thing - that's a great bit of crackly scene-setting. The one I quoted isn't. In fact it sounds like it's been specially recorded, but why bother?

i saw them live last weekend and they were tremendous. definitely a bit stripped down compared to the TFTH tour but still fantastic. it helped that the venue this time around was ten times better.

One thing that I'd imagine is unheralded is their use of guitars - there's usually one somewhere back in the mix sounding very nice. I guess that's them carrying the balearic influence right through their career.

shit i better get on this. have i missed much not hearing all the fan-comps and only the official albums?

um

Ballot submitted!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pBLDsv_tc8

They are masters of the incidental.

Sunday morning bump. After 14 ballots the top two tracks have the same number of points!

Nobody else vote!

I'm joking, readers.