Saint Etienne discography

Saint Etienne discography
Studio albums 8
Compilation albums 11
EPs 4
Singles 36
Soundtrack albums 2
Remix albums 2

This is the discography for British indie-dance band Saint Etienne.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
GER
[3]
NOR
[4]
SWE
[5]
US EL
[6]
1991 Foxbase Alpha 34
1993 So Tough
  • Released: 9 March 1993
  • Labels: Heavenly, Warner Bros.
7
1994 Tiger Bay
  • Released: 28 June 1994
  • Labels: Heavenly, Warner Bros.
8 31
1998 Good Humor 18 11 51
2000 Sound of Water 33 96 23 47
2002 Finisterre
  • Released: 30 September 2002
  • Labels: Sub Pop, Mantra
55 92 11
2005 Tales from Turnpike House 72 10
2012 Words and Music by Saint Etienne 26 41 18

Soundtracks

Remix albums

Compilation albums

Year Title Chart positions Additional information
UK
[7]
US EL
1993 You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
  • Released: November 1993
  • Labels: Heavenly
  • Collection of B-sides (1990-1993)
1995 Fairy Tales from Saint Etienne
  • Released: 10 May 1995 (Japan only)
  • Labels: Warner Bros.
Too Young to Die: Singles 1990-1995
  • Released: November 1995
  • Labels: Heavenly
17
[1]
1997 Continental
  • Released: 21 June 1997 (Japan), 18 May 2009 (UK)
  • Labels: L'appareil-Photo, Heavenly
  • Compilation of non-album singles, cover versions and new material recorded in 1996-97
  • Originally released in Japan only, given an expanded 2CD British release in 2009
1998 Fairfax High
  • Released: 8 September 1998
  • Labels: Subpop
  • Bonus album included with initial US versions of Good Humor
2001 Interlude
  • Released: 20 February 2001
  • Labels: Sub Pop/Mantra
  • Collection of B-sides (1998-2001), released in US only
Smash the System: Singles and More
  • Released: September 2001
  • Labels: Heavenly
84
2004 Travel Edition 1990-2005
  • Released: 22 November 2004 (US only)
  • Labels: Sub Pop
20
[6]
2005 Smash the System: Singles 1990-99
  • Released: 2005
  • Labels: Heavenly
  • Budget priced Single-CD version of above 2001 compilation
2009 London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne
  • Released: 16 February 2009
  • Labels: Heavenly Records
79
  • Three versions: standard 2-CD set, 2 CD/DVD book and Double LP vinyl

Box sets

Extended plays

Singles

Year Song Chart positions Album
UK
[1][7]
AUS
[2]
SWE
[5]
US
[9]
US DP
[9]
US DS
[9]
1990 "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (lead vocal: Moira Lambert) 95 Foxbase Alpha[A]
"Kiss and Make Up" (lead vocal: Donna Savage) 80
1991 "Nothing Can Stop Us" /
"Speedwell" (UK double A-side)
53 1 15
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (lead vocal: Moira Lambert) /
"Filthy" (lead vocal: Q-Tee, double A-side)
39 97 [B] 1 4
1992 "Join Our Club" /
"People Get Real" (double A-side release)
21 So Tough (US) ("Join Our Club")
Foxbase Alpha (US) ("People Get Real")
"Avenue" 40 So Tough [C]
1993 "You're in a Bad Way" 12
"Hobart Paving" /
"Who Do You Think You Are" (co-lead vocal by Debsey, double A-side)
23 5 36
"I Was Born On Christmas Day" (Featuring Tim Burgess) 37 Xmas 93
1994 "Pale Movie" 28 Tiger Bay
"Like a Motorway" 47
"Hug My Soul" 32 40
1995 "He's on the Phone" (with Étienne Daho) 11 41 33 Too Young to Die - The Singles
1996 "Angel" /
"Burnt Out Car" (radio promo and fanclub release)
Casino Classics
1998 "Sylvie" 12 143 Good Humor
"The Bad Photographer" 27 205
"Lose That Girl" (Austria promo)
1999 "Lover Plays the Bass" (France limited 7") Non-album single
"52 Pilot" (US limited 7") Places to Visit
"Saturday" (France limited 7") The Misadventures of Saint Etienne
2000 "How We Used to Live" 155 [D] Sound of Water
"Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi)" 50 138
2001 "Boy is Crying" 34
2002 "Action" 41 Finisterre
"Shower Scene" (Spain promo)
2003 "Soft Like Me" (vocals with Wildflower) 40
2005 "Side Streets" 36 Tales from Turnpike House
"A Good Thing" (limited edition) 70
2006 "Stars Above Us" (US only) 6
2008 "Burnt Out Car" (remixed version, limited edition) 167
[10]
London Conversations:
The Best of Saint Etienne
2009 "Method of Modern Love" (limited edition) 56
2012 "Tonight" Words and Music by Saint Etienne
"I've Got Your Music"
Additional notes
  • A^ A new recording of "Kiss and Make Up" was included on US editions of Foxbase Alpha. "Speedwell" and "Filthy" do not appear on the album.
  • B^ "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"/"Filthy" additionally charted in the US at #11 on the Modern Rock Chart.[9]
  • C^ "Who Do You Think You Are" does not appear on So Tough.
  • D^ "How We Used to Live" was released as a 5-track CD which was ineligible to chart in the UK. The #155 position is for sales of the eligible 3-track 12" single.

Collaborations and side-projects

Year Song Additional information Chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
GER IRL US DP
[9]
US DS
[9]
1991 "7 Ways to Love" Released under the moniker 'Cola Boy', lead vocal: Janey Lee Grace 8
[11]
9
"He is Cola"
1992 "The Fred EP" Part of split EP with Flowered Up and The Rockingbirds 26
[1]
The Fred EP
1995 "Jungle Pulse" with Étienne Daho, as St. Etienne Daho, France CD Reserection
2000 "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" Paul van Dyk featuring Saint Etienne 7
[1]
57 45 19
[12]
11
[13]
Out There and Back

Fan club releases

Albums

Year Title Additional information
1995 I Love to Paint Material from 1990–1995
1999 Built on Sand (Rarities: 1994-1999) Material from 1994-1999
2002 Asleep at the Wheels of Steel
2006 Nice Price
What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day? Soundtrack, later given a very limited full scale release
2008 Boxette Four-disc box set containing previous fan club-only releases: I Love to Paint, Built on Sand, Asleep at the Wheels of Steel. The fourth disc Eric Random contains songs released on various fan club EPs as well as five previously unreleased tracks.
2010 A Glimpse of Stocking Christmas compilation, including all previous fan-club Christmas EPs and 7 new songs. The CD was only available from the band's online shop and was sent to purchasers by the end of November 2010. There is a special edition including an exclusive personalized track featuring the purchasers name in the lyrics.

Singles and extended plays

Year Title Additional information
1995 Xmas '95 3-track CD single, main track "Driving Home for Christmas" (Chris Rea cover)
1997 Valentine's Day '97 4-track CD single, lead track "Southern Train"
1998 Xmas '98 2-track CD single, lead track "I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You" (originally by Claudine Longet)
2003 Xmas 2003 3-track CD single initially given away free at Xmas '03 gigs then given out free to fan club members in 2004. Main track "Snow" (Randy Newman cover)
2006 Merry Xmas 2006 from Saint Etienne 2-track CD single given away free at the Saint Etienne Xmas Party Turntable Cafe on 21 December 2006. Main track "21st Century Christmas" (Cliff Richard cover)
2009 Now 4 Four-track homemade and hand-numbered compilation. Only 72 copies were produced by Bob Stanley to thank the fans who helped him complete his "Now That's What I Call Music!" record collection. It contains "Gotta Jump" (the Xenomania version of b-side "Gotta Job"), "Back to 95", "Like A Motorway (japanese Version)" and "Soft Like Me (Li Dixon Red Corner Mix)".
2010 Re-Issue Roustabout 2-track CD single given away free at the Saint Etienne Reissue Roustabout Party at St Aloysius Church Hall on 8 octobre 2010. First track is "Milk Bottle Symphony (early version)" and second track is "Crying all the Way to the Terminal", a 1998 outtake.
2011 Xmas'11 EP Limited edition 7' single, featuring exclusive track "Santa's False teeth" and three songs from "A Glimpse of Stocking" ("No Cure for the Common Christmas", "Unwrap Me" and "Welcome Home"). A free CD version of the EP was given away to the band's 2011 Christmas party guests.[14]

Various artist compilation albums

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
  3. "musicline.de - Chartverfolgung / SAINT ETIENNE / Longplay-Chartverfolgung". PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  4. "Discography Saint Etienne". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  5. 1 2 "Discography Saint Etienne". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  6. 1 2 "allmusic ((( Saint Etienne > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  7. 1 2 "UK Chartlog - 1994–2010 DJ S – The System Of Life". zobbel.de. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  8. "British certificates: searchable database". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "allmusic ((( Saint Etienne > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  10. "Official Singles Chart for the week ending 4 October". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (371): 1–4.
  11. "Cola Boy - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  12. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  13. "allmusic ((( Paul van Dyk > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  14. http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/limited-editions/saint-etienne-xmas-11-ep/invt/0602527917658/
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