Saint Etienne "Foxbase Alpha" (White Vinyl Edition) LP

• Saint Etienne’s 1991 debut, where indie pop meets sampling and post-acid-house London
• Includes “Nothing Can Stop Us” and their reworking of Neil Young’s “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”; white vinyl
• For fans of: Primal Scream’s Screamadelica, The Field Mice, Dusty Springfield, early Stereolab

Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs built Foxbase Alpha like a record collection coming to life: fragments of soul, dance music, film dialogue, and sixties pop arranged into something intimate and new. Sarah Cracknell’s voice gives “Nothing Can Stop Us” its easy warmth, while the Neil Young cover turns a familiar song into a slow club record. “Carnt Sleep” and “London Belongs to Me” reveal the softer side of the same approach. The joins remain part of the charm, giving the album the feel of a homemade broadcast from another London.

“a particularly unique sound and vision”

— Jess Harvell, Pitchfork, reviewing the 2009 reissue

Track listing

1. This Is Radio Etienne
2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
3. Wilson
4. Carnt Sleep
5. Girl VII
6. Spring
7. She's The One
8. Stoned To Say The Least
9. Nothing Can Stop Us
10. Etienne Gonna Die
11. London Belongs To Me
12. Like The Swallow
13. Dilworth's Theme

Listen: Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne — artist listening sample

UPC: 5400863207236