Words and Music by Saint Etienne

by Saint Etienne

Words and Music by Saint Etienne cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 May 2012
  • Label: Heavenly
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 48:16
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: НОМ, Siobhan Brookes, Q-Tee, Mark Waterfield, НОМ, Π’ΠΈΡ‚Π°Π»ΠΈΠΉ Π›Π°ΠΏΠΈΠ½, Paul Hartnoll, Cajun Queen, Николай ГусСв, Π’Π°Ρ€Π²Π°Ρ€Π° Π—Π²Π΅Ρ€ΡŒΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°, Ian Catt, Π’ΠΈΡ‚Π°Π»ΠΈΠΉ Π›Π°ΠΏΠΈΠ½, Tim Powell, Augustin Bousfield, John Bousfield, Bob Stanley, Sven Andersson, Π‘Π΅Ρ€Π³Π΅ΠΉ КагадССв, Moira Lambert, Π‘Π΅Ρ€Π³Π΅ΠΉ КагадССв, Tom Rowlands, Sarah Cracknell, other, Mats Larsson, Иван Вурист, Debsey Wykes, Mike Patton, Rick Smith, Nick Heyward, Erol Alkan, Kate St. John, Иван Вурист, Shara Nelson, АндрСй КагадССв, АндрСй КагадССв, Janet Planet, Pete Wiggs, Николай КопСйкин, Rasmus Kihlberg, Николай КопСйкин, Π’Π°Ρ€Π²Π°Ρ€Π° Π—Π²Π΅Ρ€ΡŒΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°, Petter LindgΓ₯rd, Jez Williams, Mick Bund, Jens LindgΓ₯rd, Gerard Johnson, Neil Young, АлСксандр Π›ΠΈΠ²Π΅Ρ€, Harvey Williams, Charlie Casey, АлСксандр Π›ΠΈΠ²Π΅Ρ€, Spencer Smith, Reggie Goodchild, Николай ГусСв

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving after a long studio absence, the British trio crafted a heartfelt conceptual love letter to the transformative power of pop music itself. The narrative follows the experience of buying records, obsessing over artists, and the passage of time through the lens of a dedicated music fan. Glossy electronic production underpins Sarah Cracknell's elegant vocal delivery, reaffirming their status as sophisticated curators of dance-pop aesthetics.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, conceptual, rhythmic, about-music

Tracklist

  1. Over The Border (5:05)
  2. I've Got Your Music (3:46)
  3. Heading For The Fair (3:45)
  4. Last Days Of Disco (3:37)
  5. Tonight (4:37)
  6. Answer Song (3:25)
  7. Record Doctor (0:53)
  8. Popular (3:23)
  9. Twenty Five Years (3:40)
  10. DJ (4:39)
  11. When I Was Seventeen (3:37)
  12. I Threw It All Away (3:27)
  13. Haunted Jukebox (4:15)

Credits

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