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Tales From Turnpike House (+ Bonus CD) (Limited)

By: Saint Etienne (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Tales From Turnpike House (+ Bonus CD) (Limited) Album By Saint Etienne (Artist)
1   Sun In My Morning - (studio)  
2   Milk Bottle Symphony - (studio)  
3   Lightning Strikes Twice - (studio)  
4   Slow Down At The Castle - (studio)  
5   Good Thing - (studio)  
6   Side Streets - (studio)  
7   Last Orders For Gary Stead - (studio)  
8   Stars Above Us - (studio)  
9   Relocate - (studio)  
10   Bird Man Of Eci - (studio)  
11   Teengae Winter - (studio)  
12   Goodnight - (studio)  
13   You Can Count On Me - (studio)  
14   Barnyard Brou Ha Ha - (studio)  
15   Let's Build A Zoo - (studio)  
16   Excitation - (studio)  
17   Bedfordshire - (studio)  
18   Night Owl - (studio)  
 
DISC 2 for Tales From Turnpike House (+ Bonus CD) (Limited) Album By Saint Etienne (Artist)
1   You Can Count On Me (Up The Wooden Hills/bonus track)  
2   Barnyard Brouhaha (bonus track)  
3   Let's Build A Zoo (bonus track)  
4   Excitation (bonus track)  
5   Bedfordshire (bonus track)  
6   Night Owl (bonus track)  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n unabashedly joyful celebration of being British...[it] could make an Anglophile out of anyone."
Magnet (p.111) - "TALES is unabashedly domestic, and to avoid being too groove-heavy or sleepy, it's sequenced to pogo between lite ballads and dance-floor fodder."

Review

Rolling Stone (p.64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n unabashedly joyful celebration of being British...[it] could make an Anglophile out of anyone."
Magnet (p.111) - "TALES is unabashedly domestic, and to avoid being too groove-heavy or sleepy, it's sequenced to pogo between lite ballads and dance-floor fodder."

Product note

The special-edition release features an additional six-track disc.
Saint Etienne, the U.K.'s foremost purveyors of indie dance pop, returned in 2006 with TALES FROM TURNPIKE HOUSE. The trio is in excellent form here, revisiting the propulsive disco and house-inflected fare of their earlier releases on cuts like "A Good Thing" and "Stars Above Us." Yet songwriters/producers Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley are as steeped in music history as ever, harking back to the 1960s harmony-heavy pop of the Beach Boys ("Sun in My Morning") and the wiry sounds of '80s new wave ("Oh My").
Sarah Cracknell's breathy vocals add just the right amount of breeziness and luster to these pop confections. The album's best moments, in fact, are its quietest, when Cracknell's sultry whisper and Wiggs and Stanley's glossy arrangements and production are brought into perfect balance (the bossa nova-themed opener "Side Streets" and the hazy, downtempo "Dream Lover" are two cases in point). Beautifully conceived and executed, TALES FROM TURNPIKE HOUSE is a refreshing dose of electronic pop purity.

Title Note

The special-edition release features an additional six-track disc.

Saint Etienne, the U.K.'s foremost purveyors of indie dance pop, returned in 2006 with TALES FROM TURNPIKE HOUSE. The trio is in excellent form here, revisiting the propulsive disco and house-inflected fare of their earlier releases on cuts like "A Good Thing" and "Stars Above Us." Yet songwriters/producers Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley are as steeped in music history as ever, harking back to the 1960s harmony-heavy pop of the Beach Boys ("Sun in My Morning") and the wiry sounds of '80s new wave ("Oh My").

Sarah Cracknell's breathy vocals add just the right amount of breeziness and luster to these pop confections. The album's best moments, in fact, are its quietest, when Cracknell's sultry whisper and Wiggs and Stanley's glossy arrangements and production are brought into perfect balance (the bossa nova-themed opener "Side Streets" and the hazy, downtempo "Dream Lover" are two cases in point). Beautifully conceived and executed, TALES FROM TURNPIKE HOUSE is a refreshing dose of electronic pop purity.

Album Description

'Tales From Turnpike House' is Saint Etienne's first full-length album release for Sanctuary Records. Taking their unmistakably lush, 60's pop infused sound and moulding it into a strong and coherent concept album, 'Tales From Turnpike House' is proof positive that Saint Etienne are as innovative and enduring as ever. Includes the single 'Side Streets', and the 2 disc version also includes a bonus album of tracks for children entitled 'Up The Wooden Hills'.

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