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Saint Etienne have been "back" before, but this time-- this time it sounds like they're really back.
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Saint Etienne have regained their touch.
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It may not be the best album of their career, but it's certainly the most interesting -- and a reliable cure for your indifference.
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UncutSaint Etienne's most far-reaching album since Fox Base Alpha. [Nov 2002, p.124]
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BlenderLiterate and heartfelt, the album's also a sonic riot, with gutsy electro, dream-pop and feminist rap jostling for attention beneath Sarah Cracknell's creamy vocals. [#11, p.142]
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UrbIt's clear Saint Etienne have returned from their pastoral hiatus, ready to do what they do best: distill and riff on music history's catalog with inimitable style and substance. [Nov 2002, p.98]
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Q MagazineFinisterre distills their Mellotrons, strummed guitars and electronic beats to a fine essence. [Oct 2002, p.114]
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MojoCracknell's straight '60s pop ballads sit oddly, but a clubbable Shower Scene and well-electroclash Amateur and New Thing suggest more than a fiar outlook for the weathering well threesome. [Oct 2002, p.110]
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DanTJan 7, 2004
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robertDec 4, 2003their best since "so tough". the title track has to be one of their best ever.