Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay


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Label: Heavenly
Catalog#: HVNLP8CD
Format: CD, Album
Country:UK
Released:1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo, Synth-pop
Credits: Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] - David Whitaker
Artwork By [Design] - Anthony Sweeney
Artwork By [Painting - Based On] - James Clarke Hook
Artwork By [Painting] - Peter Mennim
Engineer - Ian Catt
Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Other [Bodlondeb] - Ian Catt
Keyboards, Other [Space Blue Rinse, Saucy Git] - Pete Wiggs
Keyboards, Other [Wulfren, Scouse Wit] - Bob Stanley
Other [Archive Research] - Francesca Simon
Photography - Aude Prieur , Paul Kelly
Producer - Saint Etienne
Vocals, Other [Snowboard, Scaremonger] - Sarah Cracknell
Written-By - Stanley* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12) , Wiggs* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Notes:Recorded at Cat Music, Summer - Autumn 1993.

Tracks 1, 4 & 8 mixed & programmed at Lemon World.
Tracks 3 & 7 mixed for SSO Productions.

Shara Nelson courtesy of Cooltempo Records.

Painting after ''Welcome Bonny Boat'. (Courtesy of the Harris Museum, Preston, Lancs).

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 12 published by Warner Chappell
Track 3 published by Momentum Music
Track 6 published by Momentum Music/Copyright Control
℗ & © Creation Records Ltd 1994
Barcode: 5 025006 690081

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Tracklisting:

1   Urban Clearway (3:58)
    Mixed By, Programmed By - Rick Smith
2   Former Lover (3:48)
    Backing Vocals - Debsey*
  Guitar - Mike Patton (3)
3   Hug My Soul (4:14)
    Backing Vocals - Siobhan Brookes
  Drums - Spencer Smith (3)
  Engineer - 'Jim Bob' Wheatley*
  Mixed By - Mark "Spike" Stent*
  Written-By - Batson* , Male* , Cracknel*
4   Like A Motorway (5:42)
    Mixed By, Programmed By - Rick Smith
5   On The Shore (4:06)
    Drum Programming [Rhythms], Bass, Mixed By - Original Rockers
  Mandolin - Mike Patton (3)
  Oboe - Kate St. John
  Vocals - Shara Nelson
6   Marble Lions (4:35)
    Guitar - Mick Bund
  Written-By - Bund* , Cracknell*
7   Pale Movie (3:52)
    Backing Vocals - Debsey* , Siobhan Brookes
  Engineer - 'Jim Bob' Wheatley*
  Guitar [Flamenco] - Ian Davies (2)
  Mixed By - Mark "Spike" Stent*
8   Cool Kids Of Death (5:48)
    Mixed By, Programmed By - Rick Smith
9   Western Wind (1:33)
    Arranged By - Stanley* , Wiggs*
  Drum Programming [Rhythms], Bass, Mixed By - Original Rockers
  Vocals [Guest] - Stephen Duffy
  Written-By - Trad. arr.*
10   Tankerville (4:01)
    Drum Programming [Rhythms], Bass, Mixed By - Original Rockers
11   Western Wind (1:37)
    Arranged By - Stanley* , Wiggs*
  Drum Programming [Rhythms], Bass, Mixed By - Original Rockers
  Vocals [Guest] - Stephen Duffy
  Written-By - Trad. arr.*
12   The Boy Scouts Of America (2:56)
User Reviews:
scoundrel, Aug 31, 2005

Those Saints of Etienne, on their 3rd (4th if you dont count SO TOUGH as a double album) album TIGER BAY, get much more cinematic and epic, with more emphasis on the electronics and the strings. That much is immediately evident from "Urban Clearway." But pop sensibility is still strong: "Hug My Soul" and "Cool Kids of Death" have a dancey Euro-sheen to them. But the overall mood seems darker a slower; take a look at "Like a Motorway" and "Pale Movie." For those who like their folksier touches, "Former Lover" and "Western Wind"/"Tankerville" epic are sharp updates of the usual tropes. There are weak tracks, like the dub-based "On the Shore," but these are few. Set sail!

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