I think X did a good job on Girl VIII but not on "Only Love...". That bassline is a bit tedious IMO.
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Saturday, 12 September 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Was just listening to "Method of Modern Love" and remembered the little New Order bit:"There's no sense or reason why we're shot with a bolt of blue..."
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
who wrote the sleeve notes for the latest batch of deluxe versions?
― djh, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
also coming soon "songs for the dog and duck" ...
― djh, Saturday, 19 September 2009 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
free 3 track live ep for signing up for the fan club right now. great 'folk' version of Like A Motorway.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 19 September 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
richard x is working with sound of arrows too.
― keythkeythkeyth, Sunday, 20 September 2009 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
so foxbase beta is going on sale tomorrow, but in the e-mail i received it doesn't say what time it's going on sale, just "tomorrow morning"...
― omar little, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone else going to the Shepherd's Bush Empire show? Annie is supporting, just like she did the last time I saw StEt live in London.
― I saw your posse, but now it's me who's bossy (DavidM), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.ekmpowershop8.com/ekmps/shops/saintetienneltd/tracklisting--audio-samples-4-w.asp
― djh, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
It's up now - surprisingly, the site is not dying under the load unlike the last few times they've tried this...
― carson dial, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 08:10 (fourteen years ago) link
omg the new mix of Only Love Will Break Your Heart that just came out on 12" is KILLING ME - total 105 bpm balearic hotness!
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
choice
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 October 2009 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Received Foxbase Beta today ... still making my mind up ... looking forward to So Tougher nevertheless.
― djh, Thursday, 15 October 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
are you in the US? i'm yet to receive mine.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 15 October 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I've racked up eighteen plays of that new 12" so far - considering it's eight minutes long, that's a pretty high percentage of my non-sleeping non-working life.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 15 October 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
...looking forward to So Tougher nevertheless.
― djh, Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:24 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
You just made that up, right?
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Thursday, 15 October 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
so tough with a vengeance
― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, 15 October 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
the 12" is the Richard X "extended Beta" version?
― RAPTOBER (sic), Thursday, 15 October 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yes
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link
wish they had spread the release dates of deluxe reissues out a little more, i still need the so tough + sound of water dlxes but i'm not in a position to drop $60 on cds right now
― hyperstudio (skeletor), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, they won't run out of them...
― Mark G, Friday, 16 October 2009 07:06 (fourteen years ago) link
this is freaking great! the biggest improvement is that the bottom end is gigantic through the whole thing. "Nothing Can Stop Us" is great, as is "She's the One" and "Spring". "Only Love" is my favorite I think. really pleased with this!
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Sunday, 18 October 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't believe what he's done with 'Girl VII' it's just fantastic. Properly amazing warm pop music. The 'commentary' track is priceless! It seems that list of London places on 'Girl VII' had the exact effect on Richard X sitting bored in Blackburn as it had on me, sitting bored in Warrington around the same time.
― piscesx, Sunday, 18 October 2009 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
It's mostly great, though I'd only point to Only Love and She's the One as being actual improvements on the originals. Don't care too much for the reworkings of Nothing Can Stop Us or Like the Swallow (ie the children's mini choir thing).
Despite Sarah's voice breaking with a cold, I really enjoyed the FBA gig in Shepherd's Bush last Fri night.
― DavidM, Sunday, 18 October 2009 10:34 (fourteen years ago) link
the Air France mix of 'Spring' is a bit too over-excited and kinda sloppy
― modescalator (blueski), Sunday, 18 October 2009 11:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Like The Swallow is my favorite update. Listening to the commentary track is really fun too.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 18 October 2009 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
only love KILLS it
― Bobby Wo (max), Sunday, 18 October 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
word, can't get enough. for me wilson>carn't sleep>girl vii is slaying today! ab so lutely loving this...
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Sunday, 18 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
was kinda wary of hearing this beta stuff cause FA is like my favorite album ever; thoughts of fantasia 3d, etc.. i am encouraged to check it out, though, due to the endorsements on this thread
― guammls (QE II), Sunday, 18 October 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
must admit i'm not loving it. the sampled dialogue doesn't work for me and the conceptual cab journey seems a bit lame. shame as i love both st et and x.
that said, i do walk to work listening to foxbase alpha everyday.
― djh, Sunday, 18 October 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
you are awesome
― guammls (QE II), Sunday, 18 October 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
On first listen, his mix kinda defines OTM.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 19 October 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
totally, it is completely in the spirit of the original, he updates it and adds these little touches but retains the integrity of the originals....
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
so are you all in the fanclub or what? want 2 hear this...
― modescalator (blueski), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
it's pretty epic
― access flap (omar little), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQChL9V88g
― access flap (omar little), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Stoned to Say the Least is really great. It's one of my favs on FBA anyway, but this update is sweet. Wish he had made it 8mins instead of 4 but those 4 are pretty perfect.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
could handle 8 min of that ^ Only Love youtube tbh
― RAPTOBER (sic), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:33 (fourteen years ago) link
have scored 12" of this. a treat!
― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link
the extended mix from the 12" is 8mins.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think you really need to be in the fanclub. Just ordered mine, no hassle.
Go here: http://www.ekmpowershop8.com/ekmps/shops/saintetienneltd/index.asp
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone know where one can download the liner notes to boxette?
btw, yeah, the saint etienne fanclub is the only one I have ever belonged to. it is embarrassing, but necessary.
― Graveyard Ghost, Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Wish I could get on board with the new "Only Love" but the flat metronomic drum beat sort of ruins it for me.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 1 November 2009 04:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Really loving the remixed "Like the Swallow." The children's choir is total overkill but it really works.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Sunday, 1 November 2009 04:52 (fourteen years ago) link
who has heard Songs For The Dog And Duck?
― Graveyard Ghost, Thursday, 19 November 2009 05:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Wasn't into Songs for the Dog and Duck at all (so much so that I sent it back to Amazon).
But the Deluxe versions of Finisterre and Tiger Bay ... delicious.
― djh, Friday, 19 March 2010 09:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Surprised not to hear more love for the re-issues - as a series, probably my favourite "deluxe" editions ever.
― djh, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i have p much all the tracks alreads
― long time listener, first time balla (history mayne), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i liked that richard x remix of OLCBYH tho
i jam the re-issues reg altho not heard the second discs of Sound Of Water and Finisterre yet - too busy
― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
while we are having our usual fun dunking on their pricey fan club releases, should probably note that all proceeds from the christmas single DO go to charity
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
Reasonable point, well made.
That said, music buying has changed so much. I have loads of Saint Etienne CD singles, originally priced between 99p and £3.99 - I think but am not entirely sure that "Avenue" was one of the former - and I'm fairly certain I subsequently bought the accompanying albums.
― djh, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
The sample source for Her Winter Coat made me chuckle.
― djh, Saturday, 11 December 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Anything on these releases essential?
https://saint-etienne-official.myshopify.com/products/pre-order-fairfax-black?pr_prod_strat=collection_fallback&pr_rec_id=6b333c8be&pr_rec_pid=7878303711460&pr_ref_pid=7878308790500&pr_seq=uniform
― djh, Thursday, 10 November 2022 21:08 (one year ago) link
Fairfax High is a must if you’re into Good Humor
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Thursday, 10 November 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
Ta. I must admit I *think* I own most (if not all) of "Fairfax High" without owning the actual release.
― djh, Thursday, 10 November 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
It's a superb album. Equal to if not better than Good Humor. It has a bit of the vibe of their earlier albums. Hit the Brakes is a stand out track that could have been a single.
― everything, Thursday, 10 November 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
I've got the original as the bonus CD disc to Good Humor, and most (maybe all?) the tracks are on the Good Humor reissue which I've also got, but I would have serious trouble resisting buying this if I saw it for sale in a record store.
― everything, Thursday, 10 November 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
It's easy to find on CD, either the original US release of Good Humor with bonus disc or the deluxe CD reissue from a few years back... don't think it's ever been on vinyl before though!
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Friday, 11 November 2022 00:00 (one year ago) link
presales on the vinyl editions of the Character of Saint Etienne, Good Humor, and Fairfax High are live...
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
This year's Xmas collection is now available to order. 'Built On Sand' on vinyl + a 2-track 10" (Music For Hermione)
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 17:11 (four months ago) link
Gah! Music for Hermione sold out ...
― djh, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 18:23 (four months ago) link