Posted at 1:49 PM, 16 February 2009 -
London Conversations: The Best Of Saint Etienne hits stores in the UK today. It's the band's fifth anthology, marking the start of a campaign to remaster and reissue their entire back catalogue.The Quietus reviewed the compilation today, saying that it is «a comprehensive history of a band that believes in the art of pop»:
«From the baggy-meets-Balearic sound of 1991's debut 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' through incursions into Northern Soul and Techno, via proto-Britpop, to recent collaborations with the Xenomania hit factory, Saint Etienne have always produced a carefully crafted dialogue between a nostalgic delight in (and archivist's knowledge of) pop culture's golden age(s), and thoroughly modern production.»
London Conversations comes in three different formats:
1) 2xCD + DVD housed in a Booklet format
2) 2XCD
3) 2XLP
The expanded edition includes an extra disc with all the band's videos. The DVD is housed in an exclusive book-shaped package with exclusive artwork and sleeve notes by music journalist Jon Savage.
Find out more about the formats and tracklists here.
Labels: releases, Saint Etienne
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