Continental (album)

Continental
Compilation album by Saint Etienne
Released	21 June 1997 (1997-06-21)
Recorded	1995–1997
Genre	Synthpop, house, trip hop
Length	52:43
Label	L'appareil-Photo (Japan) Heavenly / UMC (UK)
Producer	Saint Etienne, Ian Catt
Saint Etienne chronology
Casino Classics (1996) Continental (1997) Good Humor (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10) link
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Continental is an album by the British band Saint Etienne, originally released only in Japan.

Described by band member Bob Stanley as "a patchwork more than a compilation",[2] it includes previously released material such as the UK hit "He's on the Phone" as well as curios like their cover of the Paul Gardiner song "Stormtrooper in Drag". Many of the tracks were recorded in 1995–97, when the band was taking a break to work on other projects. The remixes on the album had all appeared on Casino Classics.

In 2009, the album was released in the UK for the first time as part of the band's back catalogue reissue series. The deluxe edition includes six previously unreleased tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, except where indicated.

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shad Thames"		3:33
2.	"Burnt Out Car" (Balearico Mix)		4:18
3.	"Sometimes in Winter"		4:11
4.	"Winter Melody[a]"	Stanley Wiggs Cracknell	4:44
5.	"Public Information Film"		1:02
6.	"The Process"		3:09
7.	"He's on the Phone" (radio edit) (featuring Étienne Daho)	Sarah Cracknell Stanley Wiggs Daho	4:07
8.	"Stormtrooper in Drag" (edited version)	Gary Numan	5:27
9.	"Star"	Cracknell Ian Catt	4:02
10.	"Down by the Sea"		3:13
11.	"The Sea[b]"		7:16
12.	"Lonesome"	Cracknell Catt	3:25
13.	"Angel" (Broadcast mix)		4:16

Deluxe edition CD2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Accident"	Cracknell Stanley Wiggs Daho	4:30
2.	"Is It True"	Marc Bolan	2:52
3.	"Where Did Our Love Go" (demo)	Cracknell Stanley Wiggs	2:49
4.	"Groveley Road"	Cracknell Catt	3:40
5.	"How I Learned to Love the Bomb"	Dan Treacy	3:04
6.	"Postal Interlude"		1:25
7.	"Can't Stop Now[c]"	Cracknell Mark Waterfield	4:34
8.	"Under Her Spell[c]"	Cracknell Waterfield	4:20
9.	"Saturday"		3:20
10.	"Suburban Autumn Lieutenant"	Stanley Wiggs Daho	4:04
11.	"We Could Have It All" (demo)	Cracknell Stanley Wiggs	2:48
12.	"Lover Plays the Bass"		4:16
13.	"Home[c]" (demo)	Cracknell Johnny Male Guy Batson	4:47
14.	"Burnt Out Car" (X Files version[d])		2:52
Total length:			49:19

Notes

1. "Winter Melody" is a longer version of "Sometimes in Winter (Psychonauts Mix)" from Casino Classics.
2. "The Sea" is an edited version of "The Sea (PFM Mix)", a remix of "Down by the Sea", from Casino Classics.
3. "Can't Stop Now", "Under Her Spell", and "Home" are demos recorded by Sarah Cracknell as a solo artist.
4. "Burnt Out Car" was originally intended, but not accepted, for The X-Files: The Album.[2]

Personnel

The liner notes list the album's personnel as follows:

Saint Etienne - producer (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13) Gerald Johnson - engineer (1, 5) Brian Higgins - additional production and remix (2), special production assistant (7), production and mix (8) Mat Gray - additional production and remix (2) Ian Catt - engineer (3, 6, 7), producer (9, 12) Funk II - engineer (at Trouble on Vinyl) (4) Steve Pattan - engineer (at Fourth Wave) (4) Psychonauts - additional production and remix (4) Steve Rodway - producer (for Nuff Respect Productions) (7) Motiv 8 - mix arrangement (7) David Whitaker - string arrangement (7) Etienne Daho appears courtesy of Virgin France (7) PFM (Mike Bolton) - additional production and remix (11) Broadcast - additional production and remix (13)

Yasuharu Konishi, Peter Paphides - sleeve notes Martin Magntorn - photograph Groovisions - sleeve design Tadashi Watanane, Koji Matsuo - translation Ryota Fujimura, Kinuno Hiratomi - coordination

References

1. Cooper, William. "Continental". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
2. Tyler, Kieron. Continental (CD booklet). Saint Etienne. Heavenly Recordings. HVNLP70CDDE.