Tiger Bay

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studio album
First released:
Feb 1994

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Tiger Bay is the third studio album by British band Saint Etienne. It was released by Heavenly Records.

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Catalog number:
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Release dates:
  • Feb 1994 in Australia
  • Feb 1994 in United States

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Electronica, Techno, Alternative Rock, Ambient, Dream Pop, Folk, Dance, Indie, Pop, Rock, Synthpop. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Arguably Their Best Record
Of the five Saint Etienne records released in the U.S., "Tiger Bay" has to be as close to the best work this British outfit ever produced. While many fans are partial to "Fox Base Alpha" or "Good Humor," this is the CD which best combines the band's ethereal instrumental tracks with some of the most maturely crafted pop songs Cracknell/Stanley/Wiggs have created in their 10+ years together. Ironically, the band took a few years off after recording this CD and it was their final release under the…
Written by Kevin Razban
3 stars wildly erratic, as usual
If you're in the mood for some fey pop, Tiger Bay is an enjoyable diversion. I played it a lot when I first got it because it sounded so contemporary, but after several listens the fragmentary nature of the songs became frustrating and tedious. Saint Etienne have always seemed to merely nibble at the idea of a fully-fledged pop song, so most of their work sounds unfinished or half-realised. When they actually hit upon a chorus they rarely manage to flesh it out with a correspondingly strong vers…
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Tiger Bay 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 45634
release dates: Feb 1994 in Canada
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Tiger Bay 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Sony
release dates: 1996 in Germany
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Tiger Bay 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Sony
release dates: Feb 1994 in United Kingdom
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14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Warner Bros. Records
catalog number: WPCN-22
release dates: Feb 1994 in Japan
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Tiger Bay 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Jan 25 1999
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