Album: Smash the System: Singles and More by Saint Etienne (2001)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Heavenly
Format: Album

Description: Smash the System: Singles and More (2001) is a double-CD greatest hits album by Saint Etienne. The compilation samples music from most of their releases spanning the years from 1990 to 1999. Most tracks are featured in their single or edit versions with the exception of 'Join Our Club' which is a new mix as the original sounded too 'muddy'. Smash The System was also going to be the CD debut of 'Lover Plays The Bass', but the band 'forgot' to include it.

Artist Background: Cola Boy was a duo, consisting of Janey Lee Grace and Andrew Midgley. Andrew had worked with Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs (from Saint Etienne) on studio material in their pre-St Etienne days in the late 1980s. Janey had been a backing singer for numerous pop acts, including Wham and Pasty Kensit's Eighth Wonder, and was a radio broadcaster on LBC. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Dance movement.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Dance movement.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album, Heavenly

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Smash the System: Singles and More (2001) is a double-CD greatest hits album by Saint Etienne. The compilation samples music from most of their releases spanning the years from 1990 to 1999. Most tracks are featured in their single or edit versions with the exception of 'Join Our Club' which is a new mix as the original sounded too 'muddy'. Smash The System was also going to be the CD debut of 'Lover Plays The Bass', but the band 'forgot' to include it.

Smash the System: Singles and More

Saint Etienne

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