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You can opt out of some cookies by adjusting your browser settings. More information on how to do this can be found in the cookie policy. What do these particular songs articulate about their creator? For most Saint Etienne fans, the news that the eclectic trio was releasing the 2xCD track London Conversations set was likely met with When I first learned about this set, and saw its title, I gave them the benefit of the doubt and assumed that it might be a collection of songs about the England capitol-- not a far-fetched notion from a group who has already created a film about London and for two decades has deftly balanced the shifting, increasingly multicultural, cosmopolitan, and dance-influenced nature of London and its popular culture with the romantic, s, mod notion of the city.
Alas, this is not a theme-centric cross-section of Saint Etienne's work. And, wtc, it continues the group's streak of omitting one of its best songs, "London Belongs to Me", from these career-spanning discs.
In fact, the core of this set doesn't stray far from Smash the System 's tracklist-- not adjusting for different mixes and edits, 12 songs from Smash are left out, with 13 new additions taking their places, most of them recorded since the earlier set was released. That's not much of a surprise; most of Saint Etienne's best tracks were recorded in the first half of the s, and any compilation of their work without the overwhelming majority of the group's first 14 singles would be a poor intro.
What do these particular songs articulate about their creator? For most Saint Etienne fans, the news that the eclectic trio was releasing the 2xCD track London Conversations set was likely met with When I first learned about this set, and saw its title, I gave them the benefit of the doubt and assumed that it might be a collection of songs about the England capitol-- not a far-fetched notion from a group who has already created a film about London and for two decades has deftly balanced the shifting, increasingly multicultural, cosmopolitan, and dance-influenced nature of London and its popular culture with the romantic, s, mod notion of the city.
Alas, this is not a theme-centric cross-section of Saint Etienne's work. And, wtc, it continues the group's streak of omitting one of its best songs, "London Belongs to Me", from these career-spanning discs.
In fact, the core of this set doesn't stray far from Smash the System 's tracklist-- not adjusting for different mixes and edits, 12 songs from Smash are left out, with 13 new additions taking their places, most of them recorded since the earlier set was released.
That's not much of a surprise; most of Saint Etienne's best tracks were recorded in the first half of the s, and any compilation of their work without the overwhelming majority of the group's first 14 singles would be a poor intro.
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