This album could practically be an ilxor (of a certain age and place). And "Answer Song" is gigantic.
― bentelec, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 08:56 (eleven years ago) link
Damn i wish i put this on my iphone now. I want to hear it again.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
After sitting with this for a while, it's not as good as I first thought. There's a few very strong songs (Tonight, When I Was 17) and several similar tracks that don't hit the same peaks. Also I don't usually complain about Autotune but it bothered me on this album - one thing I always loved about Sarah's voice was that bit of vulnerability when she wouldn't hit pitches perfectly, and I feel like it got Autotuned out? Not sure I would care if I wasn't so familiar with her voice from the pre-Autotune era.
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
Never got into this. Usually love Saint Etienne.
― djh, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
Ditto. The bonus disc is everything I want from a Saint Etienne album and I think as a stand-alone album it would be up there with any of their best if you made a couple of minor changes here and there. But I can't even listen to the main disc all the way through - it leaves me feeling queazy. Hate all that record store/vinyl fetish/I heart the 70s subject matter and Crackers' delivery and the way her voice is recorded is a major turn off. There are some nice musical bits but also lots of annoying sections. I think it's pretty poor overall.
― everything, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
Been out of the loop for a while but I really liked this and dig the new Suede album as well./jackie_harvey
― Oulipo Traces (on a Cigarette) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 May 2013 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I still love this. I don't rate it quite as highly as Turnpike House but it's up there. (Suede album is also great)
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 30 May 2013 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
this album is so beautiful
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 March 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
otm
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
this album rules and i find most of the discussion of it itt extremely confusing
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 17 April 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
I relistened to this this weekend bcz of you and v much enjoyed it, so thank you
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 17 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
the more I think about it ,the more I feel W&M might actually be my favorite Saint Etienne album.
― KevRus, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:43 (seven years ago) link
i was otm in this thread
― nomar, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 01:42 (seven years ago) link
often "DJ" is my favorite track ever recorded by anybody
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link