Tales From Turnpike House
by Saint Etienne
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Q Magazine
    30
    Three tracks in you realise with horror that [it] is a concept album. Worse, it's a concept album of kitchen-sink dramas about Tony The Milkman and Doris The Housewife set to Saint Etienne's dated indie disco. [Jul 2005, p.120]
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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
  1. JaimeZ
    May 23, 2006
    10
    With any dubt about it, this is the first conceptual album from Saint Etienne and the best. Ethereal, danceable, nocturnal.
  2. JeffT
    Apr 10, 2006
    9
    I admit, TFTH is not an easy listen. But oh, did it ever grow on me (Ok, well not the bizaare "Relocate" -- thank GOD it was removed from US I admit, TFTH is not an easy listen. But oh, did it ever grow on me (Ok, well not the bizaare "Relocate" -- thank GOD it was removed from US version)!! Now it's one of my favorite albums of the year!… Full Review »
  3. KipK
    Feb 26, 2006
    9
    One of my favorite bands, their music transcends sound only, their music is really about the way it makes you think and the feelings it One of my favorite bands, their music transcends sound only, their music is really about the way it makes you think and the feelings it evokes. A true soundtrack album. Not a lot of filter, some true gems including Stars Above Us, Sun In My Morning and Side Streets. A return to form after the stumble that was Finisterre.… Full Review »
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