On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Kathleen Vrshek wrote:
quoted 4 lines Anybody heard any of the three new singles by St. Etienne (Dahlia? What> Anybody heard any of the three new singles by St. Etienne (Dahlia? What
> the hell's that?)? I'm hoping it's not some sissified guest singer like
> Jimmy Somerville. Hopefully it's a gal. There's no good to be had when
> they get a man behind the mic.
a) St. Etienne Daho, _Reserection_ EP, 5 tracks, 19 minutes. Sung by
French pop singer Etienne Daho, produced by St. Etienne. Track one
serves as an intro, not coincidentally the spoken words are the same as
in "He's On the Phone". Other tracks are rerecordings of Saint Etienne
tracks: "Filty" becomes "Jungle Pulse", "He's On the Phone" becomes
"Accident", also "Paper" and "Hate Your Drug". "Jungle Pulse" and the
version of "Hate Your Drug" perhaps improve on the originals.
b) St. Etienne Daho, "Jungle Pulse" CD5. 2 tracks. The EP version and a
barely-different radio version.
c) Saint Etienne, "He's On the Phone" CD5, 4 tracks. Plus 3 non-album
tracks. Great stuff.
d) Saint Etienne, "He's On the Phone" remixes CD5, 3 tracks. Underworld
mix of "Cool Kids of Death". Much like the album version, which he also
mixed, except this lasts 14 minutes or somesuch. Plus another OK b-side.
quoted 2 lines BTW-How's the Rick Smith mix on that older single with> BTW-How's the Rick Smith mix on that older single with
> the tiger on the front?
Worth getting the single if you're a fan, but the real standout is the
Secret Knowledge mix.
--Mark