Saint Etienne

Good Humor is Saint Etienne's fourth album released in 1998. The American spelling 'humor' is used in the title as the band were, according to Sarah Cracknell, "fed up with the 'quintessentially English' tag, so there was a bit of a backlash against that." The album was a departure for the group, who had been associated with the Indie Dance genre. Tiger Bay, their previous album, had added many acoustic and orchestral elements but still belonged to the synthpop and dance genres, while Good Humor is more acoustic. Good Humor was demoed in the UK using synths and drum machines but was recorded in Sweden under the guidance of Tore Johansson, who augmented their sound with a full band and a horn section.

Foxbase Alpha is the 1991 debut album by Saint Etienne and it is a wonderful mix of both modern and retro influences with house music, ambient, samples and 60s pop coexisting easily for a unique sound not found anywhere else at the time. It is best known for their popular cover of Neil Young's Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Foxbase Alpha had such an impact upon its release that it was nominated for the Mercury Prize eventually losing to Primal Scream's Screamadelica.