Saint Etienne – Good Humor LP

Saint Etienne – Good Humor

Good Humor is Saint Etienne’s fourth album released in 1998. The American spelling ‘humor’ is used in the title as the band were, according to Sarah Cracknell, fed up with the ‘quintessentially English’ tag, so there was a bit of a backlash against that.

The album was a departure for the group, who had been associated with the Indie Dance genre. ‘Tiger Bay’, their previous album, had added many acoustic and orchestral elements but still belonged to the synthpop and dance genres, while ‘Good Humor’ is more acoustic.

‘Good Humor’ was demoed in the UK using synths and drum machines but was recorded in Sweden under the guidance of Tore Johansson, who augmented their sound with a full band and a horn section.

Tracklist:
A1 Woodcabin
A2 Sylvie
A3 Split Screen
A4 Mr Donut
A5 Goodnight Jack

B1 Lose That Girl
B2 The Bad Photographer
B3 Been So Long
B4 Postman
B5 Erica America
B6 Dutch TV

Label: Heavenly
Released: 1998/2023