Saint Etienne - bedfordshire, 2005

"in tribute to Stanley’s grandmother, who sometimes put him to bed by suggesting they go “up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire”

Saint Etienne - nothing can stop us instrumental, 1991

"The first song me and Pete ever wrote. Beginners luck."

Saint Etienne - only love can break your heart cover foxbase beta mix, 2009

"a remix-cum-update-cum-re-upholstering of their 1991 debut, with Richard X at the controls. He’s been given free reign to do what he fancies with the album, revisiting all the DATs, cassettes, floppy discs and other storage solutions of the time to put a little oomph into the original. Neither a remaster nor a complete overhaul – the tracks remain in same order and he’s kept pretty much to the same length – Beta sees proceedings spruced up and reinvigorated, future-proofing an album that was very much of its time in October 1991."

Saint Etienne - london belongs to me, 1991

"Even as they sang about London life, about side streets and greasy spoons, they looked to the continent for inspiration, for an internationalist conception of nationality and Britishness, and it was intoxicatingly glamorous."

Saint Etienne - paper, 1992

"Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs are obviously fanatical about music and that’s part of what makes their music so special. The heart of the band is how they convey that love and obsession with music for people just like them. When they invited us to, join their club in 1992 they meant it and it was an honour to go along with them for the ride. A ride which has lasted 35 glorious years."

Saint Etienne - flight to tashkent, 1995

"Saint Etienne has been a part of my life since first hearing their debut album “Foxbase Alpha” as a teen in my small Pennsylvania town. In the years before I would eventually move to London, I felt so cool sitting in my childhood bedroom, dreaming up a glamorous version of the city based on all the neighborhoods and locations that have been a fixture of their music from the very beginning."

Saint Etienne - star, 1997

"It was written by Sarah Cracknell and Ian Catt, and later covered by Ribbons vs. Armaments in 2023 for the album PRF Tribute 111 / Saint Etienne. Continental itself is a Japan-only release from 1997, featuring a mix of pop and electronic influences typical of Saint Etienne’s indie dance style."

Saint Etienne - the way we live now, 2002

"Saint Etienne remain England's best pop group - they only look bad when they're compared to themselves, and this album, for all its shortcomings, has a handful of moments capable of making you think that they are the best pop group to have ever existed."

Saint Etienne - avenue radio edit, 1992

"The album version is a 7-minute version with lengthy instrumental sequences; it was edited down to around 4 minutes for radio play, though the commercial single contained the full-length version, with the radio edit only released on promotional material."

Saint Etienne - hobart paving alternative single mix, 2006

"An alternative mix of "Hobart Paving", created for the single but ultimately not used, was eventually released on the Nice Price outtakes collection in 2006."

Saint Etienne - who do you think you are cover original mix debsey vocal, 2006

"A cover version of a song by 1970's band Candlewick Green. The guest vocalist is Debsey Wykes, former member of Dolly Mixture and later, Birdie. It was originally recorded the previous year as a solo single for Debsey but shelved (this version appears on the album Nice Price) and eventually re-recorded and released as a duet, appearing on a double A-side with Hobart Paving as the lead track (though this cover achieved more radio play), the single reached #23 in the UK single chart."

Saint Etienne - southern train, 2008

"Boxette UK 2008 Foreign Office. FORMAT: 4CD. CAT#: FO 004. Pre-order December 13, 2007. Shipped January 2008. Saint Etienne fan club albums have become the stuff of legend - feted, collected, booted. 15 years ago in January 2008 Saint Etienne offered Lovers Unite members an opportunity to receive them re-packaged and re-mastered as a limited edition box of 3000. Boxette contained I Love To Paint, Built On Sand, Asleep At The Wheels Of Steel, and a fourth disc that collected odd tracks from other fan club cds and binded them together with a few rarities never before released."

Saint Etienne - i've got your music extended version, 2012

"a vibrant, synth-driven pop song celebrating the joy of music and its emotional resonance."

Saint Etienne - he's on the phone too young to die singles, 1995

"He's on the Phone" is a song by British pop group Saint Etienne in collaboration with French singer-songwriter Étienne Daho, released in October 1995 by Heavenly and MCA as a single from their third compilation album, Too Young to Die (1995). A fast-paced dance track, it is one of Saint Etienne's biggest hits, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number 31 in Iceland, number 41 in Sweden and number 33 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart."

Saint Etienne - i threw it all away, 2012

"The album refers to the “strange magic” of pop. About the special alchemy that transforms even the most mundane of experiences – walking home with the headphones on at night, sitting in a bedroom with your friends in the day, getting ready to go out on the weekend – into a lingering moment of seamless enchantment, one that resonates for the rest of your life."

Saint Etienne - i've got your music kisses remix, 2012

"Seven years on, Words and Music … opens with a song that could be Teenage Winter's negative image. Over the Border features the same structure – a bittersweet chorus flanked by spoken-word verses – but its lyrics fetishise old record labels ("green and yellow Harvests, pink Pyes, silver Bells") and hymn Top of the Pops, Dexys Midnight Runners and Smash Hits. Like Teenage Winter, it wonders whether all this is still relevant in middle age – "when I was married and when I had kids, would Marc Bolan still be as important?" – but this time decides it is. "I'm growing older," sings Sarah Cracknell. "Love is here to stay."

Saint Etienne - sweet arcadia, 2017

"The following song, Sweet Arcadia, is the masterpiece. It starts in familiar territory, Sarah narrating a train journey, just as she has on Saint Etienne songs in the past. But this one turns from idyllic catalogue to Wicker Man style threat, the sweet arcadia no longer sounding like the cosy nooks and havens of the lyrics, but instead falling into a spiralling hell of proggy, intoxicated keyboards. Sarah's voice is threatening, the music is anxious and seductive all at the same time. Like a 1970s made for TV ghost story, or Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World come to marvel at the self build homes of Essex and Lewisham. Angel of Woodhatch, the final melody, is a folksy, chiming lament, an arts and crafts folly that would fit nicey into John Betjeman's Metroland."

Saint Etienne - four thirty-five in the morning original version, 1998

"All tracks produced at Tambourine Studios, Malmo. ℗ & © 1998 Creation Records Ltd. Made in Austria. Issued in a 6-panel Digipak with a 16 page booklet. Comes in a card slipcase. Comes with a limited edition bonus disc issued in a cardsleeve: "Ce CD contient un titre inédit - tirage limité." / "Interdit à la vente."

Saint Etienne - hats off to roy hodgson, 2022

"a previously unreleased song likely paying tribute to the English football manager Roy Hodgson"

Saint Etienne - finisterre edit, 2008

"Covering everything from their first single through 2002's Finisterre, London Conversations offers up a good spread, with hits and obscure B-sides occupying equal territory. The running order runs (mostly) chronologically on each CD, but the sequence flows well enough that the "mx-tape" vibe remains hip-ly intact for the listener."