Tiger Bay

by Saint Etienne

Tiger Bay cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1994
  • Label: Heavenly
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 52:11
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Ian Catt, Bob Stanley, Rick Smith, Spencer Smith, Pete Wiggs, Siobhan Brookes, Kate St. John, Debsey Wykes, Mike Patton, Shara Nelson, Sarah Cracknell, Mick Bund

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An incredibly unique fusion project, 'Tiger Bay' marries the sweeping orchestral melodies of traditional British folk music with modern, pulse-driven dance production. Sarah Cracknell's elegant vocals narrate dark tales of mortality and pastoral romance, creating one of the most ambitious and texturally rich pop albums of the decade.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, death, dance, folk

Tracklist

  1. Urban Clearway (3:57)
  2. Hug My Soul (4:14)
  3. Former Lover (3:48)
  4. Like a Motorway (5:42)
  5. On the Shore (4:06)
  6. Marble Lions (4:34)
  7. Pale Movie (3:52)
  8. Cool Kids of Death (5:47)
  9. I Was Born on Christmas Day (3:11)
  10. Boy Scouts of America (3:06)
  11. Hug My Soul - Alternate Version (4:23)
  12. Like a Motorway - Alternate Version (5:25)

Credits

  • James Clarke Hook - artwork [painting - based on]
  • Pete Wiggs - keyboards, other [space blue rinse, saucy git], written-by, arranged by
  • Bob Stanley - keyboards, other [wulfren, scouse wit], written-by, arranged by
  • Francesca Simon - other [archive research]
  • Peter Mennim - painting
  • Sarah Cracknell - vocals, other [snowboard, scaremonger], written-by
  • Debsey Wykes - backing vocals
  • Mike Patton - guitar, mandolin

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