Tiger Bay (album)

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Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay cover
European reissue sleeve
Studio album by Saint Etienne
Released June 28, 1994 (1994-06-28)
Recorded Summer - Autumn 1993
Genre House
Techno
Alternative rock
Ambient
Electronica
Folk
Length 46:16
58:49 (1996 Rerelease)
Label Heavenly - HVNLP8
Producer Saint Etienne
Professional reviews
Saint Etienne chronology
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
(1993)		 Tiger Bay
(1994)		 I Love to Paint
(1995)
Singles from Tiger Bay
  1. "Pale Movie"
    Released: February 1994 (1994-02)
  2. "Like a Motorway"
    Released: May 1994 (1994-05)
  3. "Hug My Soul"
    Released: September 1994 (1994-09)

Tiger Bay is the third studio album by British band Saint Etienne. It was released June 28, 1994 (1994-06-28) by Heavenly Records.

The album blends modern techno music with folk. Some of its songs, such as "Marble Lions" and "Former Lover" are folk songs performed on acoustic guitar and mandolins with orchestral backing. One, "Western Wind", is a traditional English folk song. Others fuse folk with techno, such as "Like a Motoway" which blends Kraftwerk with the melody from the nineteenth century folk song "Silver Dagger".

In an interview with Record Collecter, Bob Stanley stated that the title is a reference to the 1959 film Tiger Bay.[1] The original cover art features a painting of the band in a nineteenth century coastal fishing scene.

Contents

[edit] 1996 re-release

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

The album itself features a slightly shuffled track listing. Notably "Marble Lions" is moved to appear after "Pale Movie". The second occurrence of "Western Wind" is removed completely; instead "Tankerville" fades into "Boy Scouts of America". "Former Lover" is also edited, although less noticeably, with only the opening guitar chords being removed. The reissue also features 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

[edit] CD: Heavenly / HVNLP8CD (UK)

  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] CD: Warner / 9 45634-2 (US)

  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
  • Note: The album cover for the US version featured the group on the front.

[edit] CD: Sony Music / 01-475962-11 (UK)

  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.
  • 1996 re-issue featuring Giuditta Del Vecchio (from the film Léolo) on the front cover

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Singles

Pale Movie February 1994

7"/Cassette

  1. Pale Movie – 3:51
  2. Highgate Road Incident – 2:06

CD/12"

  1. Pale Movie – 3:51
  2. Pale Movie (Stentorian Dub) – 6:46
  3. Pale Movie (Secret Knowledge Trouser Assassin Mix) – 10:16
  4. Pale Movie (Lemonentry Mix) – 4:05

Like a Motorway May 1994

7"/Cassette

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

CD/12"

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

Hug My Soul September 1994

7"

  1. Hug My Soul – 3:52
  2. Hate Your Drug – 3:45

12"/CD 1

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

CD 2 (5 Mixes)

  1. Hug My Soul (Twelve Inch Mix) – 6:26
  2. Hug My Soul (Motiv 8 Blackpool Mix) – 6:45
  3. Hug My Soul (Sure Is Pure Kodacolour House Mix) – 8:42
  4. Hug My Soul (Juan Kinky Hernandez Nu Bootz Groove) – 4:49
  5. 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.

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Lyrics and Fan reviews

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