Author: Saint Etienne
Title: Home Counties
Category: Pop
Style: Indie Pop
Year: 2017
Notes: Home Counties is Saint Etienne ninth studio album, recorded in the summer and autumn of 2016.
Copies pre-ordered from the artist's webstore came with a 12"x12" print of the artwork and a sheet of stickers.
A bundle including all 3 Types (2 x LP, CD and cassette) was offered for pre-order; as an exclusive bonus the print was signed by all three members of the band, Sarah, Bob and Pete.

A note from the band accompanied the announcement of its release:

Sarah Cracknell says: “We had so much fun writing for this album, drawing influence from our teenage years growing up in the home counties. Bob, Pete and I led almost parallel lives while I was in Windsor and they were in Surrey, developing our passion for music and London. Shawn Lee was a joy to work with, he’s a wonderful multi-instrumentalist who seemed to have some kind of telepathy with us and translated our ideas perfectly. The record is quite varied in styles and brings together a little something from all our past albums whilst sounding completely new.”
Bob Stanley says “Suburbia’s anonymity is exactly why it’s a source of inspiration. They said it couldn’t happen here — and it didn’t.”
Whilst Pete added “We took a ride and ran with the dogs”
[this is a direct quotation of the lyrics from Pet Shop Boys' "Suburbia": 'let's take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight in Suburbia'] Rating: 3.8
Format: MOD MIDI WAV DXD AIFF WMA AC3 FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1651 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1557 mb

Tracklist

The Reunion	0:22
Something New	3:17
Magpie Eyes	3:35
Whyteleafe	3:09
Dive	4:49
Church Pew Furniture Restorer	1:53
Take It All In	3:25
Popmaster	0:29
Underneath The Apple Tree	2:35
Out Of My Mind	3:58
After Hebden	3:31
Breakneck Hill	1:39
Heather	3:58
Sports Report	0:12
Train Drivers In Eyeliner	3:17
Unopened Fan Mail	3:04
What Kind Of World	3:08
Sweet Arcadia	7:44
Angel Of Woodhatch	2:14

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
HVNLP139CDS	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(CD, Album)	Heavenly	HVNLP139CDS	UK & Europe	2017
HVNLP139BUN, HVNLP139, HVNLP139MC, HVNLP139CD	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(2xLP, Album + Cass, Album + CD, Album)	Heavenly, Heavenly, Heavenly, Heavenly	HVNLP139BUN, HVNLP139, HVNLP139MC, HVNLP139CD	UK & Europe	2017
HVNLP139	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Han)	Heavenly	HVNLP139	UK & Europe	2017
HVNLP139CD	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(CD, Album)	Heavenly	HVNLP139CD	Russia	2017
HSE-4104, HNVLP139CDJ, HNVLP139CDS	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(CD, Album)	Hostess Entertainment Unlimited, Heavenly, Heavenly	HSE-4104, HNVLP139CDJ, HNVLP139CDS	Japan	2017
HVNLP139CD	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Foi)	Heavenly	HVNLP139CD	UK & Europe	2017
none	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(CDr, Album, Promo)	Heavenly	none	UK	2017
HVNLP139MC	Saint Etienne	Home Counties ‎(Cass, Album, Ltd)	Heavenly	HVNLP139MC	UK & Europe	2017

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