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Title: NOT FOR ST. ETIENNE FANS
Review: If you're an electronica fan, you might like this one. Electronica's subtleties escape me, and you should take this review as being from a non-fan of electronica.If you're a St. Etienne completist, it might be worth a buy.If you're a St. Etienne fan (like I am), I'd skip this record. The arrangements never go anywhere and they sap all of the vitality and quirkiness from the original songs. I kept listening to both discs in hopes that one of the mixers appeared to be a St. Etienne fan out to have some fun and to entertain the listener, but it didn't happen. If it takes longer than 6 minutes to do a remix, somebody at the record label has given you too much space in a compilation and you couldn't do anything with the song if given 6 hours if you couldn't do it in 6 minutes. The sweet coy songs of St. Etienne sound bloated, endlessly repetitive and sterile here, and not worth a second listen. This one went straight to the CD drawer.
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