So Tough

Infobox Album
Name = So Tough
Type = Album
Artist = Saint Etienne


Released = start_date|1993|3|9
Recorded = Summer - Autumn 1992 at RMS, London
Genre = House Ambient house Synthpop Electronica
Length = 48:29 (UK version)55:40 (US version)
Label = flagicon|UK Heavenly - HVNLP 6
flagicon|USA Warner Bros. Records - 9 45166
Producer = Saint Etienne
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1zkvu3qgan8k link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/saintetienne/albums/album/237264/review/5940661/so_tough link]
Last album ="Foxbase Alpha" (1992)
This album =So Tough (1993)
Next album ="You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" (1993)
Misc = Singles
Name = So Tough
Type = album
single 1 = Avenue
single 1 date = start_date|1992|10
single 2 = You're in a Bad Way
single 2 date = start_date|1993|02
single 3 = Hobart Paving
single 3 date = start_date|1993|05
single 4 =
single 4 date =

"So Tough" (1993) is the second studio album by British band Saint Etienne. It is their highest-charting album to date, reaching #7 on the UK Album Chart.

The album was reissued as a limited edition 2-CD set with "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone".

The album takes its title from the Beach Boys album Carl and the Passions - "So Tough".

Track listing

# "Mario's Cafe" – 4:38
# "Railway Jam" – 4:14
# "Date With Spelman" – 0:18
# "Calico" – 5:12
# "Avenue" – 7:40
# "You're in a Bad Way" – 2:43
# "Memo to Pricey" – 0:23
# "Hobart Paving" – 5:03
# "Leafhound" – 4:05
# "Clock Milk" – 0:14
# "Conchita Martinez" – 4:02
# "No Rainbows for Me" – 3:56
# "Here Come Clown Feet" – 0:22
# "Junk the Morgue" – 5:12
# "Chicken Soup" – 0:33

US Release

"Join Our Club" 3:22 was added to the US release of this album. It had previously been a UK single in 1992.

"Who Do You Think You Are" 3:49 is included on some US versions in between "Here Come Clown Feet" and "Junk the Morgue".

The singles "You're in a Bad Way" 3:08 and "Hobart Paving" 4:57 are featured in their single versions on the US version. Both include extra instrumentation, the former is longer while the latter features a drum pattern not present on the original version.

Personnel

* Bob Stanley - Prophet 5, Roland Jupiter, Handclaps, spriguns of tolgus
* Pete Wiggs - Rogue Moog, emax Sampler, basso profundo, polk salad
* Sarah Cracknell - Vocals, Sri Lanka, macca keyring
* Ian Catt - Guitar, Keyboard Programming, whistling jack
* Q-Tee - vocal on "Calico"
* Cajun Queen - Bass on "Calico"

Singles

AvenueOctober 1992You're in a Bad WayFebruary 1993

CD/12"/Cassette
# You're in a Bad Way – 3:20
# Archway People – 3:26
# California Snow Story – 4:20
# Duke Duvet – 3:31

Hobart Paving(Double A-side with "Who Do You Think You Are")May 1993

CD/12"
# Hobart Paving – 4:55
# Who Do You Think You Are – 3:53
# Who Do You Think You Are (Quex-RD) – 8:08
# Your Head My Voice (Voix Revirement) – 4:12

Note: the 12" feaures the same songs in a different order

amples

One of the distinctive features of the album is the use of samples as interludes, intros and codas taken from a variety of sources including dialogue from film and television. The original sources include the films "Peeping Tom", "Billy Liar", "Lord of the Flies" and "That'll Be The Day" and the television series "The Family".

The track "Conchita Martinez" contains a sample from Rush's 1980 hit "The Spirit of Radio"

External links

* [http://www.saint.etienne.net/saint/etienne?http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/songs.html Fan site with full lyrics and discussion of sample and influences of album]