Description
Title: Tiger Bay: Extended Edition
Artist: Saint Etienne
Label: Heavenly Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5414939956782
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2017-06-23
Number of Discs: 2
Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition including bonus b-sides, rarities and more. Tiger Bay is the third studio album by Saint Etienne, It was released in 1994 by Heavenly Recordings. In an interview with Record Collector, band member Bob Stanley stated that the title is a reference to the 1959 film Tiger Bay. The album is described by Bob Stanley as “”an album of modern folk songs done in twentieth century styles like techno and dub, “”Like a Motorway””, for example, blends Kraftwerk -style techno with the melody from the nineteenth century folk song “”Silver Dagger””. Some of the songs, such as “”Marble Lions”” and “”Former Lover”” forsake electronics for classical folk instrumentation and orchestral arrangements. One, “”Western Wind””, is a traditional English folk song. The original cover art is James Cook Harts “”Welcome Bonny Boat””, doctored to include the band members.
Tracks:
1.1 Urban Clearway
1.2 Former Lover
1.3 Hug My Soul
1.4 Like a Motorway
1.5 On the Shore
1.6 Marble Lions
1.7 Pale Movie
1.8 Cool Kids of Death
1.9 Tankerville/Western Wind
1.10 The Boy Scouts of America
2.1 Urban Clearway
2.2 Black Horse Latitude
2.3 I Buy American Records
2.4 Hate Your Drug
2.5 You Know I”ll Miss You When I”m Gone
2.6 Sushi Rider
2.7 Hug My Soul
2.8 The Wedding of Stacy Dorning
2.9 Deborah”s French Feast
2.10 Western Wind
2.11 Pale Movie
2.12 La Poupee Qui Fait Non (No No No)
2.13 Highgate Road Incident
2.14 My Christmas Prayer
2.15 I Was Born on Christmas Day
