- electronic, synth-pop
- 60 min
- 18 tracks
- Sanctuary Records
Tales from Turnpike House is the seventh studio album by English alternative dance band Saint Etienne, released on 13 June 2005 by Sanctuary Records. It is a concept album in which the songs depict characters who all live in the eponymous block of flats in London.
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Classical in form, grave, character-led and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1Sun in My Morning2:41
- 2Milk Bottle Symphony4:03
- 3Lightning Strikes Twice3:44
- 4Slow Down at the Castle4:42
- 5A Good Thing3:59
- 6Side Streets2:55
- 7Last Orders for Gary Stead4:27
- 8Stars Above Us3:24
- 9Relocate3:09
- 10The Birdman of EC12:45
- 11Teenage Winter5:44
- 12Goodnight2:30
- 1You Can Count on Me3:56
- 2Barnyard Brouhaha0:58
- 3Let’s Build a Zoo2:34
- 4Excitation2:09
- 5Bedfordshire3:57
- 6Night Owl2:04
18 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Saint Etienne
- Label
- Sanctuary Records
- Released
- 2005
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- PH
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