Tiger Bay (album)

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Tiger Bay
Studio album by Saint Etienne
Released	June 28, 1994
Recorded	Summer - Autumn 1993
Genre	House Techno Alternative rock Ambient Electronica
Length	46:16 58:49 (1996 Rerelease)
Label	Heavenly Records
Producer(s)	Saint Etienne
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Original link All Music Guide US Version link
Saint Etienne chronology
So Tough (1993)	Tiger Bay (1994)	Good Humor (1998)

Tiger Bay is the third studio album by British band Saint Etienne released in 1994.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Singles 4 U.S. version 5 1996 re-release 6 Track listing 7 Links 8 Commentry

[edit] Track listing

1. "Urban Clearway" – 3:59
2. "Former Lover" – 3:48
3. "Hug My Soul" – 4:15
4. "Like a Motorway" – 5:43
5. "On the Shore" – 4:06
6. "Marble Lions" – 4:35
7. "Pale Movie" – 3:53
8. "Cool Kids of Death" – 5:48
9. "Western Wind" – 1:33
10. "Tankerville" – 4:01
11. "Western Wind" – 1:37
12. "Boy Scouts of America" – 2:57

[edit] Personnel

• Sarah Cracknell - Vocals, snowboard, scaremonger
• Bob Stanley - Keyboards, wulfren, Scouse wit
• Pete Wiggs - Keyboards, space blue rinse, sausy git
• Ian Catt - Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, bodlondeb

[edit] Singles

Pale Movie February 1994

7"/Cassette Pale Movie – 3:51 Highgate Road Incident – 2:06

CD/12" Pale Movie – 3:51 Pale Movie (Stentorian Dub) – 6:46 Pale Movie (Secret Knowledge Trouser Assassin Mix) – 10:16 Pale Movie (Lemonentry Mix) – 4:05

Like a Motorway May 1994

7"/Cassette Like A Motorway (Radio Edit) – 3:38 You Know I'll Miss You When You're Gone – 2:57 Sushi Rider – 2:57

CD/12" Like A Motorway (Radio Edit) – 3:38 Like a Motorway (Chekhov Warp Dub) – 9:18 Like A Motorway (The David Holmes Mix) – 13:01 Like A Motorway (Skin Up You're Already Dead) – 8:47

Hug My Soul September 1994

7" Hug My Soul – 3:52 Hate Your Drug – 3:45 12"/CD 1 Hug My Soul – 3:52 I Buy American Records – 2:48 Hate Your Drug – 3:45 La Poupee Qui Fait Non (No, No, No, No, No) – 3:41

CD 2 (5 Mixes) Hug My Soul (Twelve Inch Mix) – 6:26 Hug My Soul (Motiv 8 Blackpool Mix) – 6:45 Hug My Soul (Sure Is Pure Kodacolour House Mix) – 8:42 Hug My Soul (Juan Kinky Hernandez Nu Bootz Groove) – 4:49 Hug My Soul (Secret Knowledge Limbo Mix) – 10:06

Other releases

• Remixes of "Hug My Soul", "Pale Movie", "Like A Motorway" and "Cool Kids of Death" were featured on their 1996 compilation Casino Classics.

[edit] U.S. version

The U.S. release greatly distorted the album, tracks 1 to 8 were unaltered, but "Western Wind"/"Tankerville" section was removed, probably because of its ambient and orchestral arrangements. In its place "I Was Born on Christmas Day" appeared which was a single recorded with Tim Burgess; singer of The Charlatans.

Additionally (and some would say pointlessly) extra versions of "Hug My Soul" and "Like a Motorway" were loaded on the end of the album; making the album somewhat less adventurous.

Track Listing

1. "Urban Clearway" – 3:59
2. "Hug My Soul" – 4:15
3. "Former Lover" – 3:48
4. "Like a Motorway" – 5:43
5. "On the Shore" – 4:06
6. "Marble Lions" – 4:35
7. "Pale Movie" – 3:53
8. "Cool Kids of Death" – 5:46
9. "I Was Born On Christmas Day" – 3:11
10. "Boy Scouts of America" – 3:06
11. "Hug My Soul (Alternative Version)" – 4:23
12. "Like a Motorway (Alternative Version)" – 5:25

[edit] 1996 re-release

Tiger Bay was reissued in 1996 by Heavenly Records, impart this was because of Saint Etienne's absence from the music scene, but also because their move to Creation Records. The new version featured new artwork, the front cover shows a green filtered image a woman smiling, the back; a picture of the group. The album notes were also changed, including a short album description by Simon Price, and a series of photographs which generally have a summery theme.

The Album itself featured a slightly shuffled track listing, notably "Marble Lions" was moved to appear after "Pale Movie". The second occurrence of "Western Wind" was removed completely, instead "Tankerville" faded into "Boy Scouts of America". "Former Lover" was also edited, although less noticeably, the opening guitar chords are removed. Apart from removing material the reissue featured four extra tracks. "I Buy American Records", "Grovely Road", "Hate your Drug" and the single edit of "He's on the Phone".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Urban Clearway" – 3:59
2. "He's On The Phone" – 4:06 +
3. "Former Lover" – 3:37 +
4. "I Buy American Records" – 2:48 +
5. "Hug My Soul" – 4:15
6. "Like a Motorway" – 5:43
7. "Grovely Road" – 3:38 +
8. "On the Shore" – 4:06
9. "Pale Movie" – 3:53
10. "Hate Your Drug – 3:45 +
11. "Marble Lions" – 4:35
12. "Cool Kids of Death" – 5:46
13. "Western Wind" – 1:32
14. "Tankerville" – 3:52 +
15. "Boy Scouts of America" – 3:10 +

• Note: + Bonus or edited songs.

[edit] Links

Lyrics and Fan reviews

[edit] Commentry

It is considered by critics and fans alike as the group's best. The album showcases a large range of styles Pete Wiggs refers to it as "folk-meets-techno" [1]. Subsequent album reviews usually contemplate whether they are "their best album since Tiger Bay".

Tiger Bay showed Saint Etienne developing as a group to the point in which they had dropped much of the style of music they had been known for. The album covered many genres of music, which can loosely be divided into three categories, Dance-pop, Electronica and Folk.

"Urban Clearway" opens the album from Kraftwerkian approach. A drum machine and synth-dominated rhythm-track opens the song before orchestral strings develop the song. "Pale Movie" also uses a similar device (also with a Latin guitar solo), which further emphasises the links between Dance and Orchestral music.

"Former Lover" appearing directly afterwards is completely different, a percussion-free acoustic Ballard. "Hug my Soul" and "Like a Motorway" are both dance floor-friendly songs. The latter the furthest the group reached into House music.

"On the Shore" has a dense ambient production that continues to mix acoustic and electronic instrumentation. "Marble Lions" bears many similarities with So Tough's "Hobart Paving"; both are building ballards "Hobart paving" is relatively simpler in production though. "The Cool Kids of Death" is another instrumental dance track which itself would benefit from an extended remix by Underworld.

Perhaps Tiger Bay's most distinctive sequence is the final four tracks which are essentially two songs. The two "Western Wind"’s bookend "Tankerville" which like "On the Shore" develops the orchestral and ambient style of the group.