| All Artists: Saint Etienne Title: Tales From Turnpike House Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Universal UK Release Date: 10/12/2010 Album Type: Import Genres: Pop, Rock Style: Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 Other Editions: Tales From Turnpike House, Tales from Turnpike House UPCs: 602527502403, 602527502403 |
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 | Saint Etienne Tales From Turnpike House Genres: Pop, Rock If your first thought upon hearing of this release was "What the heck is British dance-lounge-pop act Saint Etienne doing on an American jazz label?," you are not alone. When you discover that the record in question is a f... more » |
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Amazon.com If your first thought upon hearing of this release was "What the heck is British dance-lounge-pop act Saint Etienne doing on an American jazz label?," you are not alone. When you discover that the record in question is a full-on concept album and that David "Rock On" Essex is on the thing, you might wonder if the album might be sort of a muddled mess. And it is, though not in a bad way. Vocalist Sarah Cracknell sounds great throughout, but except for "Stars Above Us," the more straight ahead dance-pop songs fall a bit flat. But the rest is great, maybe even the band's best yet. More than half the songs (which offer slices of life in a housing project on the outskirts of London kind of like that famous Georges Perec book) do achieve an ideal of jet set sophistication. The songs pit house rhythms with sardonic name-dropping lyrics, vocal harmonies worthy of the Association with swooshy synthesizers, and big guitar riffs against whispered voices. It's swank! -Mike McGonigal Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsThis is the version to have! SteveMor | Cleveland, OH | 05/18/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "I am a big saint Etienne fan, they are one of my favorite groups. However, I had criticism of their new CD when it was released last year. Although it contained many good tracks, overall I felt the album was too confectionary (too perfect) for me. One of the things I always enjoyed about Saint Etienne was the uniqueness of their music, the edgyness of some of the songs, the instrumentals, etc. Now with the US version I decided to buy so I could downloaded it to my computer. Then after listening to it, I realized I never heard many of these songs. Dream Lover, Oh My, and I'm Falling are all new songs. Relocate & Bird Man of EC1 have been REMOVED from the US version! The three new songs are awesome, and changes my perspective of the new CD completley. I find it very interesting that Saint Etienne did this, it sure made a better CD! While some of the same songs are still for me not quite as good as stuff from their best CD's like Sound Of Water, Good Humour, etc, the US version is a great CD (true alternative pop at it's best). I love Saint Etienne! Now I hear there are also TWO MORE CUTS from these sessions available only on the Japan release. I look forward to hearing them someday as well!"
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