So Tough

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So Tough

Studio album by Saint Etienne
Released	March 9, 1993
Recorded	Summer - Autumn 1992 at RMS, London
Genre	House Ambient house Synthpop Electronica
Length	48:29 (UK version) 55:40 (US version)
Label	Heavenly Records
Producer(s)	Saint Etienne
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Saint Etienne chronology
Foxbase Alpha (1992)	So Tough (1993)	Tiger Bay (1994)

So Tough (1993) is the second studio album by British band Saint Etienne. which reached #7 on the UK album chart.

The album was reissued as a limited edition 2-CD set with You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone.

The album takes it title from the Beach Boys album Carl and the Passions - "So Tough".

1 Track listing
2 US Release
3 Personnel
4 Singles
5 Samples
6 External link

[edit] Track listing

"Mario's Cafe" – 4:38
"Railway Jam" – 4:14
"Date With Spelman" – 0:18
"Calico" – 5:12
"Avenue" – 7:40
"You're in a Bad Way" – 2:43
"Memo to Pricey" – 0:23
"Hobart Paving" – 5:03
"Leafhound" – 4:05
"Clock Milk" – 0:14
"Conchita Martinez" – 4:02
"No Rainbows for Me" – 3:56
"Here Come Clown Feet" – 0:22
"Junk the Morgue" – 5:12
"Chicken Soup" – 0:33

[edit] US Release

"Join Our Club" 3:22 was added to the US release of this album. It had previously been a UK single in 1992.

"Who Do You Think You Are" 3:49 is included on some US versions in between "Here Come Clown Feet" and "Junk the Morgue".

The singles "You're in a Bad Way" 3:08 and "Hobart Paving" 4:57 are featured in their single versions on the US version. Both include extra instrumentation, the former is longer while the latter features a drum pattern not present on the original version.

[edit] Personnel

Bob Stanley - Prophet 5, Roland Jupiter, Handclaps, spriguns of tolgus
Pete Wiggs - Rogue Moog, emax Sampler, basso profundo, polk salad
Sarah Cracknell - Vocals, sri lanka, macca keyring
Ian Catt - Guitar, Keyboard Programming, whistling jack
Q-Tee - vocal on "Calico"
Cajun Queen - Bass on "Calico"

[edit] Singles

Avenue October 1992

CD1/12"/Cassette

Avenue – 7:37
Some Place Else – 3:46
Paper – 4:10
Johnny In The Echo Cafe – 3:59

CD2/Remix 12"

Avenue (variety club mix) – 6:21
Avenue (butlins mix) – 5:57
Avenue (martial mix) – 6:27
Avenue (venusian mix) – 5:19

You're in a Bad Way February 1993

CD/12"/Cassette

You're In A Bad Way – 3:20
Archway People – 3:26
California Snow Story – 4:20
Duke Duvet – 3:31

Hobart Paving (Double A-side with "Who Do You Think You Are") May 1993

CD/12"

Hobart Paving – 4:55
Who Do You Think You Are – 3:53
Who Do You Think You Are (quex-rd) – 8:08
Your Head My Voice (voix revirement) – 4:12

note: the 12" feaures the same songs in a different order

[edit] Samples

One of the distinctive features of the album is the use of samples as interludes, intros and codas taken from a variety of sources including dialogue from film and television. The original sources include the films Peeping Tom, Billy Liar, Lord of the Flies and That'll Be The Day and the television series The Family.

The track "Conchita Martinez" samples the opening riffs from Rush's 1980 hit "The Spirit of Radio"