Sold Date: November 30, 2014
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Saint Etienne ~ Sound of Water  2004 Original, 1st pressing. Made in England. Mantra Records - MNTLP1018  Vinyl is VG to VG++, mostly VG++ with some faint and minor surface-scratches and inner-sleeve-like marks; background wear, ticks and clicks between tracks and during some quiet passages - no major loud ticks or pops; vinyl plays through with great success and enjoyment. Cover is VG+ to VG++ with minor corner-bends and wear, edge-wear, indentations and small creases, cover-wear and indentations. Labels are VG++ with a few, faint and minor marks and minor manufacturer imperfections. Custom, original cardboard-inner-sleeve has intact seams, VG+ to VG++, mostly VG++.
Out of Print.

Ten years on,  found themselves at a bit of a crossroads. They had long ago stopped having hits in the U.K., settling into a cult audience in both their homeland and the U.S. There isn't an inherent problem with having a cult audience, but cult bands often have the stigma of being on the cutting edge. At the start of their career,  was on the cutting edge. Their first two albums were at the foundation of many '90s pop trends, including the revival of swinging '60s London, the unabashedly melodic bent of Brit-pop, the fascination for forgotten easy listening artifacts from the '60s, the kaleidoscopic blend of '60s sound and '90s sensibility later heard on  records, plus the insurgent twee-pop of the late '90s. For their tenth anniversary, they decided to reclaim the cutting edge with . The album strove to keep the concise, song-oriented focus of , while expanding the horizons of their music to focus on abstract, dreamy, electronic sounds. There are moments of pop pleasure here, surrounded by spare, languid electronica sections, vaguely reminiscent of . This is where maturity pays off.  never lingers too long in one area, letting the album flow gracefully between these two extremes and placing some very good pop melodies along the way. There are no knockout singles on par with those from  or , but  has pretty much given up on the pop charts, preferring to concentrate on cohesive, stronger albums. That may mean that  simply isn't as exciting as their earlier work, and it also means that there isn't a good gateway song to the record. But that's OK, since with repeated plays, reveals itself as a first-rate effort. -allmusic

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