The Misadventures of Saint Etienne

• Artist: Saint Etienne
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1999
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Rock

Review

A mostly instrumental album released only in Japan, The Misadventures of St. Etienne is not quite a proper St. Etienne album. Instead, it's the soundtrack of a little-seen British indie film called The Misadventures of Margaret, starring Parker Posey and Brooke Shields. Fans of Sarah Cracknell's Lulu-style vocals should be warned that she sings on only seven of the 20 tracks, and that many of the remaining songs are simple piano instrumentals and themes. That said, the album's centerpiece song, "The Way I Fell for You," is a complete stunner, one of the band's best-ever tracks, and the ironically bouncy "It's All Gone Horribly Wrong" isn't far behind. Elsewhere, Bob Stanley's well-documented love for '60s French pop finally appears in their cover of Francoise Hardy's "Find Me a Boy." A few tracks sound a bit familiar, particularly "17th Century Sea," a kissing cousin of "The Sea" from the Continental compilation, but the overall mood (upbeat melancholy, perhaps?) makes up for weaknesses in individual tracks. Not an album to start with, but fans of St. Etienne's later work will find it essential. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Statues		Saint Etienne
Jack Lemmon	Sarah Cracknell	Saint Etienne
Paris Bar '89		Saint Etienne
Saturday	Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs	Saint Etienne
Dream Dentist		Saint Etienne
Lost in the Library		Saint Etienne
Find Me a Boy		Saint Etienne
Edward Undecided		Saint Etienne
Martin Court		Saint Etienne
Space Shuttle		Saint Etienne
It's All Gone Horribly Wrong		Saint Etienne
More Statues		Saint Etienne
French Detective		Saint Etienne
Do it All		Saint Etienne
New York Skyline		Saint Etienne
Seventeenth Century Sea		Saint Etienne
In Dreams		Saint Etienne
Lonely Margaret		Saint Etienne
Way I Fell for You		Saint Etienne
I'm Here to Mix the Nuns		Saint Etienne

Credits

Saint Etienne (Main Performer)

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