Words and Music by Saint Etienne — Saint Etienne

A sophisticated blend of dance-floor joy and the quiet, heavy ache of musical nostalgia.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 48m

Over the Border

5:05

I’ve Got Your Music

3:47

Heading for the Fair

3:45

Last Days of Disco

3:37

Tonight

4:38

Answer Song

3:26

Record Doctor

0:53

Popular

3:24

25 Years

3:41

4:40

When I Was Seventeen

3:37

I Threw It All Away

3:28

Haunted Jukebox

4:15

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the spoken memoir of 'Over the Border' gives way to a swelling, cinematic synth melody.

The driving, Giorgio Moroder-esque pulse of 'I've Got Your Music' that feels like a modern heartbeat.

The sudden, heartbreaking lyrical shift in 'Heading for the Fair' when the promise of return is broken.

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