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Rolling Stone (10/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A gem for the highly sensitive..."Q (10/02, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their updated pastiches of 60s and early-70s pop exotica have become even more chilled....distilled to a fine essence..."Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #52 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"Uncut (11/02, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Saint Etienne's most far-reaching album since FOX BASE ALPHA..."Magnet (1/03, p.104) - "...Sewn together with slower tunes that would put both Sade and Brian Wilson's noses in the rulebook..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.110) - "...Cryptic voiceovers, crafted pop, nouveau-retro keyboards, slippery samples and subliminal Anglo cultural debate..."Pitchfork (Website) - "FINISTERRE was a return to urbane form for Saint Etienne....The clever spoken-word samples they'd used until TIGER BAY were here again, and the stylish dance-pop was, too..."14.13901
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Rolling Stone (10/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A gem for the highly sensitive..."Q (10/02, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their updated pastiches of 60s and early-70s pop exotica have become even more chilled....distilled to a fine essence..."Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #52 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"Uncut (11/02, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Saint Etienne's most far-reaching album since FOX BASE ALPHA..."Magnet (1/03, p.104) - "...Sewn together with slower tunes that would put both Sade and Brian Wilson's noses in the rulebook..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.110) - "...Cryptic voiceovers, crafted pop, nouveau-retro keyboards, slippery samples and subliminal Anglo cultural debate..."Pitchfork (Website) - "FINISTERRE was a return to urbane form for Saint Etienne....The clever spoken-word samples they'd used until TIGER BAY were here again, and the stylish dance-pop was, too..."14.13901
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Rolling Stone (10/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A gem for the highly sensitive..."Q (10/02, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their updated pastiches of 60s and early-70s pop exotica have become even more chilled....distilled to a fine essence..."Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #52 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"Uncut (11/02, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Saint Etienne's most far-reaching album since FOX BASE ALPHA..."Magnet (1/03, p.104) - "...Sewn together with slower tunes that would put both Sade and Brian Wilson's noses in the rulebook..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.110) - "...Cryptic voiceovers, crafted pop, nouveau-retro keyboards, slippery samples and subliminal Anglo cultural debate..."Pitchfork (Website) - "FINISTERRE was a return to urbane form for Saint Etienne....The clever spoken-word samples they'd used until TIGER BAY were here again, and the stylish dance-pop was, too..."14.13901
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Rolling Stone (10/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A gem for the highly sensitive..."Q (10/02, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their updated pastiches of 60s and early-70s pop exotica have become even more chilled....distilled to a fine essence..."Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #52 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"Uncut (11/02, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Saint Etienne's most far-reaching album since FOX BASE ALPHA..."Magnet (1/03, p.104) - "...Sewn together with slower tunes that would put both Sade and Brian Wilson's noses in the rulebook..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.110) - "...Cryptic voiceovers, crafted pop, nouveau-retro keyboards, slippery samples and subliminal Anglo cultural debate..."Pitchfork (Website) - "FINISTERRE was a return to urbane form for Saint Etienne....The clever spoken-word samples they'd used until TIGER BAY were here again, and the stylish dance-pop was, too..."14.13901
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Rolling Stone (10/1/98, pp.68-69) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...their most relentless album yet, every bit as smashing as their 1995 singles collection....they go for a warmer, more acoustic sound, with piano, vibes and jazzy saxophone to decorate their bittersweet melodies..."Entertainment Weekly (9/11/98, p.132) - "...While GOOD HUMOR lacks some of the bold juxtapostions of Saint Etienne's previous efforts, its unassuming sweetness is hard to resist." - Rating: BRecord Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "By GOOD HUMOR, they'd roped in a full band and horn section and were turning out purer pop than ever before."14.13351
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Pitchfork (Website) - "It's far more subdued, even reflective than FOXBASE's unashamedly hooks-first buoyancy....It's also sonically 'big' in a way that makes it seem like a commentary on the mid-90s moment when even chill-out-centric electronics music went stadium-sized."Record Collector (magazine) (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[C]overing everything from glam to trip-hop and drum'n'bass sound washes..."14.04292
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3 stars out of 5 -- "FINISTERRE combines keenly observed sequences from the urban landscape with loving voice-overs..." Rolling Stone11.33294
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Q (Magazine) (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Opener 'For Falling Asleep' is 20 minutes of late-night hypnosis, bristling with gorgeous machine warmth."9.830046
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Q (Magazine) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Its love of its subject matter is virulently infectious, and perhaps deeper because Cracknell, Stanley and Wiggs are all north of 40 now....They have made an amazing album about how amazing pop music can be."Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "WORDS AND MUSIC leans heavily towards gamboling Stock, Aitken & Waterman disco-pop, with hints elsewhere of Italian house...and New Order."Uncut (magazine) (p.82) - "[T]his is a beautifully executed love letter to the eternal pop rush."9.830046
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Q (Magazine) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Its love of its subject matter is virulently infectious, and perhaps deeper because Cracknell, Stanley and Wiggs are all north of 40 now....They have made an amazing album about how amazing pop music can be."Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "WORDS AND MUSIC leans heavily towards gamboling Stock, Aitken & Waterman disco-pop, with hints elsewhere of Italian house...and New Order."Uncut (magazine) (p.82) - "[T]his is a beautifully executed love letter to the eternal pop rush."8.425754
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Entertainment Weekly (2/14/92, p.55) - "...a glitterting, kaleidoscopic set of dance tracks..." - Rating: B+Q - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Alternative Press (7/95, p.116) - "...a pop odyssey generating inspired, witty music informed by the past, but built for the future..."Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #17 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...a dazzling diverse display of sampladelic imagination."Q (Magazine) (p.139) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fusing '60s girl group pop with cut-ups and samples, their records reimagined Burt Bacharach as a house producer."Pitchfork (Website) - "[A] UK indie pop record with a particularly unique sound and vision -- the joys and pangs of cusp-of-adulthood love and loss, delivered with a clued-in-ingenue mix of wide-eyed enthusiasm and knowing languor by Sarah Cracknell..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Ambient music holds a firm grip over many of the segues...the album's most famous for the pure sampleadelic pop of 'Nothing Can Stop Us'..."6.936342
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Uncut (magazine) (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Songwriter/vocalist Marie Amdam impresses, whether channeling Saint Etienne, or injecting skank into Morricone..."0.1811845
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Rolling Stone (10/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A gem for the highly sensitive..."Q (10/02, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their updated pastiches of 60s and early-70s pop exotica have become even more chilled....distilled to a fine essence..."Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #52 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"Uncut (11/02, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Saint Etienne's most far-reaching album since FOX BASE ALPHA..."Magnet (1/03, p.104) - "...Sewn together with slower tunes that would put both Sade and Brian Wilson's noses in the rulebook..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.110) - "...Cryptic voiceovers, crafted pop, nouveau-retro keyboards, slippery samples and subliminal Anglo cultural debate..."Pitchfork (Website) - "FINISTERRE was a return to urbane form for Saint Etienne....The clever spoken-word samples they'd used until TIGER BAY were here again, and the stylish dance-pop was, too..."0.1570916
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Down Beat (p.80) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Sherik's blues-inflected saxophone lines weave through the group's polyrhythms, providing just enough melody....A satisfying introduction to the quartet."JazzTimes (p.64) - "Serious grooves and varied sonics are the main attractions here..."0.1394378
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Alternative Press (4/00, p.80) - 4 out of 5 - "...an enticing blend of disco, pop, techno and soul. All the material here is strong....[Her] gifts for a catchy melody and sultry, charismatic voice have been big keys to [St. Etienne's] success..."Magnet (4-5/00, p.69) - "...a study in elegantly cool, Dusty Springfield-like divadom....She offers continental delicacies and homespun confections....It's a sweet gift..."CMJ (2/7/00, p.20) - "...very much in tune with St. Etienne's retro-futuristic fusion of Brit pop and post-rave grooves....[Her] whimsical ballads are enlivened with moving guitar passages and energetic brass/piano counterpoints....This is a lost gem that you won't want to overlook twice."0.1281168
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.107) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "A cover of 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' pays homage to the dreamy Saint Etienne version, adn it all ends with 'It's About To Get Worse,' a wonderfully despondent slowie."Uncut (magazine) (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[P]olished, sullen synth-pop with husky, La Roux-style vocals....Sumner's faithful remake of St Etienne's dreamy 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' is inspired recycling."0.1281168
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Entertainment Weekly (2/14/92, p.55) - "...a glitterting, kaleidoscopic set of dance tracks..." - Rating: B+Q - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Alternative Press (7/95, p.116) - "...a pop odyssey generating inspired, witty music informed by the past, but built for the future..."Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #17 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...a dazzling diverse display of sampladelic imagination."Q (Magazine) (p.139) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fusing '60s girl group pop with cut-ups and samples, their records reimagined Burt Bacharach as a house producer."Pitchfork (Website) - "[A] UK indie pop record with a particularly unique sound and vision -- the joys and pangs of cusp-of-adulthood love and loss, delivered with a clued-in-ingenue mix of wide-eyed enthusiasm and knowing languor by Sarah Cracknell..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Ambient music holds a firm grip over many of the segues...the album's most famous for the pure sampleadelic pop of 'Nothing Can Stop Us'..."0.1232468
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Entertainment Weekly (2/14/92, p.55) - "...a glitterting, kaleidoscopic set of dance tracks..." - Rating: B+Q - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Alternative Press (7/95, p.116) - "...a pop odyssey generating inspired, witty music informed by the past, but built for the future..."Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #17 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...a dazzling diverse display of sampladelic imagination."Q (Magazine) (p.139) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fusing '60s girl group pop with cut-ups and samples, their records reimagined Burt Bacharach as a house producer."Pitchfork (Website) - "[A] UK indie pop record with a particularly unique sound and vision -- the joys and pangs of cusp-of-adulthood love and loss, delivered with a clued-in-ingenue mix of wide-eyed enthusiasm and knowing languor by Sarah Cracknell..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Ambient music holds a firm grip over many of the segues...the album's most famous for the pure sampleadelic pop of 'Nothing Can Stop Us'..."0.1232468
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Global Rhythm (Publication) (pp.48-49) - "Vittor Santos is a trombonist of great skill...Santos remains the star throughout..."0.1220081
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Rolling Stone (8/16/01, p.105) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Bittersweet pop...Any fan of Everythging But The Girl, Saint Etienne or vintage Blondie should find plenty to swoon over here..."CMJ (8/01, p.82) - "...Quieter and more keyboard-dependent than the group's previosu work, it operates along the expected Ivy line....sophisticated..."0.1132403
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Clash (magazine) - "A sweetly melancholic, analogue warmth pervades this record with Nico-like hushed vocals atop floating acoustic guitar and laconic beats."Uncut (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Their songs often recall the Europhilic climes of Saint Etienne's TIGER BAY-era ballads, partly thanks to Regina Janssen's droll, almost detached delivery."0.1132403
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Spin (7/94, p.72) - "...the group has learned to modulate its thematic shifts more subtly...Saint Etienne makes dance pop that's more welcoming than hypnotic or seductive..."Alternative Press (8/94, p.90) - "...Etienne's disco-llision of `60s pop and `70s dance is now reaching such peaks of consistent perfection that it's impossible to believe they haven't long since...conquered the entire known universe..."Option (11-12/94, p.141) - "...Though the band steals freely from vintage Depeche Mode and other early-'80s disco beats, TIGER BAY thoroughly captivates, and captures a broader meaning of the word `ambient.'"Melody Maker (2/26/94, p.30) - "...somehow they've created a Virtual Pop Reality where deep house, medieval balladry, Moroderesque hi-NRG, snare-smacking Northern Soul, pneumatic Jamaican dub, and tearjerking torch songs coexist, and are of equal value. The Etienne aesthetic prevails...."Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Most of the songs were based on old traditionals, the ancient melodies relocated atop synths and sequencers."Pitchfork (Website) - "TIGER BAY still makes for the subtlest, most cinematic, and pretty much indisputably last of Saint Etienne's astounding initial burst of albums."Clash (magazine) - "[S]ome very sophisticated and very serious British pop music....It was subtle, unassuming, classy and it has stayed current because of those reasons."0.1132403
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