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A return or a retread? Regardless of where you stand with this group as a fan (whether you detest Good Humor and Sound of Water or not), it's a bit of both. Those who've been waiting nearly a decade for the group to return to the messy but masterful patchwork anti-formula formula of the first three albums should be happy with this one. Like So Tough and Foxbase Alpha, the flow of the album is charmingly disjointed and seemingly made up of tangents -- albeit the kind of tangents for which most pop groups would happily exchange their Sarah discographies in order to call just one their own. In that sense, Finisterre is a return, forsaking the unified approaches taken on both Good Humor and Sound of Water. But the album resembles what many longtime fans would call a blatant return -- a return in lieu of new ideas (to borrow). The group's bright and shimmery dance-pop instincts are practically oozing out of one-third of these songs, though none of them quite scale the heights of the group's best material. If another third of the album didn't sound like it could've only been made in the wake of the electro (not electro) revival, it could've been released at any point during the latter half of the '90s. The remainder of the album, along with some of the electro-leaning material, mines melancholy and occasionally dark territories. In fact, there are no sweeping string arrangements, no delicately strummed acoustic guitars, and nary a whistle-worthy melody within the album's last four songs. Still, Saint Etienne remain England's best pop group -- they only look bad when they're compared to themselves, and this album, for all its shortcomings, has a handful of moments capable of making you think that they are the best pop group to have ever existed.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Nick Coler, Composer - Tim Powell, Composer - Sarah Cracknell, Composer - Brian Higgins, Composer - Saint Etienne, MainArtist - Bob Stanley, Composer - Pete Wiggs, Composer
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Sarah Cracknell, Composer - Saint Etienne, MainArtist - Bob Stanley, Composer - Pete Wiggs, Composer - Vanessa George, Composer
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Sarah Cracknell, Composer - Saint Etienne, MainArtist - Bob Stanley, Composer - Pete Wiggs, Composer
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Saint Etienne, MainArtist
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
Approfondimenti
A return or a retread? Regardless of where you stand with this group as a fan (whether you detest Good Humor and Sound of Water or not), it's a bit of both. Those who've been waiting nearly a decade for the group to return to the messy but masterful patchwork anti-formula formula of the first three albums should be happy with this one. Like So Tough and Foxbase Alpha, the flow of the album is charmingly disjointed and seemingly made up of tangents -- albeit the kind of tangents for which most pop groups would happily exchange their Sarah discographies in order to call just one their own. In that sense, Finisterre is a return, forsaking the unified approaches taken on both Good Humor and Sound of Water. But the album resembles what many longtime fans would call a blatant return -- a return in lieu of new ideas (to borrow). The group's bright and shimmery dance-pop instincts are practically oozing out of one-third of these songs, though none of them quite scale the heights of the group's best material. If another third of the album didn't sound like it could've only been made in the wake of the electro (not electro) revival, it could've been released at any point during the latter half of the '90s. The remainder of the album, along with some of the electro-leaning material, mines melancholy and occasionally dark territories. In fact, there are no sweeping string arrangements, no delicately strummed acoustic guitars, and nary a whistle-worthy melody within the album's last four songs. Still, Saint Etienne remain England's best pop group -- they only look bad when they're compared to themselves, and this album, for all its shortcomings, has a handful of moments capable of making you think that they are the best pop group to have ever existed.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 1 disco(i) - 12 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 00:47:45
- Artisti principali: Saint Etienne
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: Heavenly Recordings
- Genere: Pop/Rock Pop
2017 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS] 2002 Saint Etienne Ltd. under exclusive licence to [PIAS]
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