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Saint Etienne, Sound of Water
Audio CD
Disk ID: 708390
Disk length: 42m 52s (10 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2000
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Late Morning | 4:13 |
| 2. Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi) | 3:41 |
| 3. Sycamore | 3:46 |
| 4. Don't Back Down | 4:49 |
| 5. Just A Little Overcome | 3:41 |
| 6. Boy Is Crying | 3:52 |
| 7. Aspects Of Lambert | 3:30 |
| 8. Downey CA | 4:24 |
| 9. How We Used To Live | 9:02 |
| 10. The Place At Dawn | 1:47 |
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Review
Saint Etienne's delicate, perfectly crafted blend of '60s pop and of-the-moment electronica has been replicated by so many other acts over the years that the band is threatened with losing its musical brand. The artistic achievement in Sound of Water has been diminished somewhat by competent musicians such as Broadcast and Mono having picked up the gauntlet Saint Etienne first threw down in 1988, and having taken the sounds to new places. Trends are fleeting by definition, and Saint Etienne, in the precarious position of being an inadvertent trendsetter, would have served their audience better with a little reinvention (the Cardigans made this transition magically with 1998's Gran Turismo). Rather, they stick to their overly precious formula, mixing cheap-sounding drum loops, Sarah Cracknell's snazzy-cool vocals, drawn-out melody, and subtle instrumentation (flute, harpsichord, bongos) with butterfly-fluttering techno. As lovely as it all is, by the end of the album, the ear is desperate to hear something more assertive--it's as unsatisfying as eating cotton candy all day when you long for lasagna. In all, the abundance of emotionless na na na's and la la la's result in no no no's. --Beth Massa
Other Versions
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Tracks: 10, Disk length: 42m 51s (-1m 59s)
Tracks: 12 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 52m 38s (+9m 46s)
Tracks: 14 (+4 tracks), Disk length: 58m 19s (+15m 27s)
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