Tales from Turnpike House

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Tales from Turnpike House
Studio album by Saint Etienne
Released	13 June 2005 (UK) 24 January 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Synthpop Alternative rock House
Length	44:11
Label	Sanctuary (UK) Savoy Jazz (U.S.)
Producer(s)	Saint Etienne
Professional reviews
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Saint Etienne chronology
Finisterre (2002)	Tales From Turnpike House (2005)	-

Tales from Turnpike House is an album by British pop group Saint Etienne. It was released 13 June 2005 on Sanctuary Records, preceded by a single for the album track "Side Streets" on 6 June. The album features productions from Xenomania and a guest vocal from 1970s pop star David Essex.

Initial quantities came with a bonus EP called Up the Wooden Hills. This was a children's album, the group felt that music for young children under seven was fed into unexceptional pop music, and wanted to make music that children and parents could enjoy together.

It is a concept album about life in a block of flats in Islington, London.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK release 1.2 Japan bonus tracks 1.3 U.S. release 1.4 Up the Wooden Hills 2 Singles 3 Personnel 3.1 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK release

Tales From Turnpike House

1. "Sun in My Morning" – 2:41
2. "Milk Bottle Symphony" – 4:03
3. "Lightning Strikes Twice" – 3:45
4. "Slow Down at the Castle" – 4:42
5. "A Good Thing" – 4:00
6. "Side Streets" – 2:56
7. "Last Orders for Gary Stead" – 4:28
8. "Stars Above Us" – 3:24
9. "Relocate" – 3:09
10. "Bird Man of EC1" – 2:47
11. "Teenage Winter" – 5:45
12. "Goodnight" – 2:31

[edit] Japan bonus tracks

The Japan release inserts two B-sides from the "Side Streets" single in the middle of the track listing.

6. "The Leyton Art Inferno"
7. "Got a Job"

[edit] U.S. release

The U.S. release rearranged the track listing considerably, adding some songs while removing others. "I'm Falling" is a B-side from the second single, "A Good Thing".

1. "Side Streets" – 2:56
2. "A Good Thing" – 4:00
3. "Sun in My Morning" – 2:41
4. "Milk Bottle Symphony" – 4:03
5. "Dream Lover" – 3:32
6. "Lightning Strikes Twice" – 3:45
7. "Slow Down at the Castle" – 4:42
8. "Oh My" – 4:02
9. "Last Orders for Gary Stead" – 4:28
10. "I'm Falling" – 4:22
11. "Stars Above Us" – 3:24
12. "Teenage Winter" – 5:45
13. "Goodnight" – 2:31

[edit] Up the Wooden Hills

Both the UK and U.S. 2-disc limited editions included this disc.

1. "You Can Count On Me" – 3:58
2. "Barnyard Brou Ha Ha" – 0:59
3. "Let's Build a Zoo" – 2:34
4. "Excitation" – 2:12
5. "Bedfordshire" – 3:58
6. "Night Owl" – 2:05

[edit] Singles

• "Side Streets" (6 June 2005)
• "A Good Thing" (31 October 2005)
• "Stars Above Us" (Released as "Dance Remixes Vol. 1" - U.S. only EP) (February 28, 2006)

[edit] Personnel

Saint Etienne are:

• Pete Wiggs
• Bob Stanley
• Sarah Cracknell

[edit] Miscellanea

This is the second Saint Etienne album to feature David Essex. So Tough samples dialogue by him from the film That'll Be the Day.

The song "A Good Thing" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2006 Pedro Almodóvar film Volver.

Turnpike House is a high rise block in the London Borough of Islington, in an area of (ex)-council blocks between fashionable Clerkenwell and Upper Street link