Description
Saint Etienne – Sound Of Water / Mantra Recordings Audio CD 2000 / MNTCD1018
UPC 609008101827
Sound of Water is an album by Saint Etienne, released in 2000. Sound of Water was developed as Saint Etienne's ambient and trip hop statement.
The album's lead single was "How We Used to Live," which was not edited down from its 9-minute running length for single release.
Their previous US release Places to Visit was clearly the beginning of this new direction. Many of the artists with whom they collaborated on that EP are present on Sound of Water.
During the group's tenure with Sub Pop (1998–2005), Saint Etienne released many albums. Places to Visit preceded Sound of Water. In turn, the label released Interlude a year afterwards. Interlude is an album of mostly b-sides from the Sound of Water singles, as well as a couple from the Good Humor era.
The album is one of the few releases on which the band did not collaborate with Ian Catt in some way. The album was co-produced by Gerard Johnson and had arrangements by To Rococo Rot and Sean O'Hagan. It was recorded at To Rococo Rot's studio, Amber Sound, in Berlin, Germany. The band have described the recording sessions as 'working in an airless, windowless oven'.
"The Place at Dawn" contains a sample of Magna Carta's "Medley", from the 1970 album Seasons.
| Label: | Mantra Recordings – MNTCD1018 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
May 22, 2000 |
| Genre: | Electronic, Pop |
| Style: | Indie Pop, Synth-pop, Downtempo, Ballad |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Late Morning | 4:13 | |
| 2 |
Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi) |
|
3:41 |
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| 3 | Sycamore | 3:46 | |
| 4 | Don't Back Down |
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4:49 |
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| 5 | Just A Little Overcome | 3:41 | |
| 6 | Boy Is Crying | 3:52 | |
| 7 | Aspects Of Lambert | 3:30 | |
| 8 | Downey CA. | 4:24 | |
| 9 | How We Used To Live | 9:02 | |
| 10 | The Place At Dawn | 1:47 |
- Arranged By – Gerard Johnson, Sean O'Hagan, To Rococo Rot
- Backing Vocals – Charlotte Hodson, Mitch Stevens
- Co-producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Gerard Johnson
- Design – Philip Lee (2)
- Double Bass [Upright Bass], Electric Bass – Edgar Jones
- Drums – John Miller (4)
- Guitar – Jez Williams
- Illustration – Julian Opie
- Liner Notes – Simon Reynolds
- Percussion – Stuart Reid (2)
- Performer – Gerard Johnson, Ronald Lippok, Sean O'Hagan, Stefan Schneider
- Performer [Gosseskin Outburst] – Shoichi Kajino
- Producer – Saint Etienne
- Recorder [Recorders] – David Lawes
- Voice – Nathan Bennett
- Written By – Cracknell / Stanley / Wiggs
- Written-By – Stanley, Wiggs, Cracknell
