tracks.
-
1.StopAction – Saint Etienne 04:45
-
2.StopAmateur – Saint Etienne 03:40
-
3.StopLanguage Lab – Saint Etienne 03:13
-
4.StopSoft Like Me – Saint Etienne 04:24
-
5.StopSummerisle – Saint Etienne 03:08
-
6.StopStop and Think It Over – Saint Etienne 03:57
-
7.StopShower Scene – Saint Etienne 04:32
-
8.StopThe Way We Live Now – Saint Etienne 04:23
-
9.StopNew Thing – Saint Etienne 04:11
-
10.StopB92 – Saint Etienne 03:22
-
11.StopThe More You Know – Saint Etienne 03:33
-
12.StopFinisterre – Saint Etienne 04:34
-
13.StopPrimrose Hill [*] – Saint Etienne 02:13
-
14.StopAnderson Unbound [*] – Saint Etienne 03:45
-
15.StopSeven Summers [*] – Saint Etienne 05:05
-
16.StopGimp Crisis [*] – Saint Etienne 03:26
-
17.StopAbby I Hardly Knew You [*] – Saint Etienne 03:22
-
18.StopSo Mystified [#][*] – Saint Etienne 03:00
-
19.StopWhite Dress [#][*] – Saint Etienne 02:16
-
20.StopTime and Tide [*] – Saint Etienne 04:00
-
21.StopShock Corridor [*] – Saint Etienne 03:24
-
22.StopStop and Think It Over [Kid Loco Mix] [#][*] – Saint Etienne 03:33
-
23.StopMountain Rain [*] – Saint Etienne 03:49
-
24.StopQueen of Polythene [*] – Saint Etienne 03:09
-
25.StopBallade de Saint Etienne [*] – Saint Etienne 03:54
-
26.StopStevie [*] – Saint Etienne 03:03
-
27.StopGot It Together Again [*] – Saint Etienne 02:29
-
28.StopFascination [*] – Saint Etienne 03:51
-
29.StopThere There My Brigadier [#][*] – Saint Etienne 03:29
A return or a retread? Regardless of where you stand with this group as a fan (whether you detest Good Humor and Sound of Water or not), it's a bit of both. Those who've been waiting nearly a decade for the group to return to the messy but masterful patchwork anti-formula formula of the first three albums should be happy with this one. Like So Tough and Foxbase Alpha, the flow of the album is charmingly disjointed and seemingly made up of tangents -- albeit the kind of tangents for which most pop groups would happily exchange their Sarah discographies in order to call just one their own. In that sense, Finisterre is a return, forsaking the unified approaches taken on both Good Humor and Sound of Water. But the album resembles what many longtime fans would call a blatant return -- a return in lieu of new ideas (to borrow). The group's bright and shimmery dance-pop instincts are practically oozing out of one-third of these songs, though none of them quite scale the heights of the group's best material. If another third of the album didn't sound like it could've only been made in the wake of the electro (not electro) revival, it could've been released at any point during the latter half of the '90s. The remainder of the album, along with some of the electro-leaning material, mines melancholy and occasionally dark territories. In fact, there are no sweeping string arrangements, no delicately strummed acoustic guitars, and nary a whistle-worthy melody within the album's last four songs. Still, Saint Etienne remain England's best pop group -- they only look bad when they're compared to themselves, and this album, for all its shortcomings, has a handful of moments capable of making you think that they are the best pop group to have ever existed. [The 2010 double-disc reissue adds a second disc of stray tracks, songs from singles and EPs, and four previously unreleased songs. Also making the set worth picking up are the liner notes, which are made up of reminiscences from the band.] Andy Kellman, Rovi
- Genre: World, Rock
- Subgenre: Dance
- Category Indie Pop, Alternative Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock
- Label: UNIVERSAL UK
- Release Date: April 27, 2010
- Artist: Saint Etienne
- Additional Artist: Michael Jayston (Vocals)