Saint Etienne - Travel Edition 1990-2005

Primary Artist
Saint Etienne
Album Title
Travel Edition 1990-2005
Release Date
November 9, 2004 
Time
 
Review by Andy Kellman
Along with Associates, The Smiths, and Pet Shop Boys, Saint Etienne has been one of the great U.K. singles groups of the past few decades. They've been England's equivalent of The Beastie Boys -- obsessive record collectors who pull from numerous beloved elements of the past while remaining cutting-edge -- only they've never sounded tired or short on new ideas. Travel Edition 1990-2005 is the first best-of the group has had distributed in the U.S., and it focuses on the A-sides but, due to space constraints, stops short of being thoroughly representative. Read More