#MOONBASE ALPHA SONGS GUIDE MOVIE#
The dialogue heard in the track "Etienne Gonna Die" is from the movie House of Games. "Nothing Can Stop Us", one of the group's most famous singles, features a very prominent sample of Dusty Springfield's track, "I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face" (from her 1967 album Where Am I Going?.) Saint Etienne later recorded a version of "Nothing Can Stop Us" with vocals by Kylie Minogue. "Wilson" is based on a loop of the intro to Wilson Pickett's version of " Hey Jude" and spoken samples from a decimalisation training record. "Carnt Sleep" is based on the Youthman riddim, a backing track that reggae producer Glen Brown has used on dozens of records since the late 1970s.
Ian Catt was the engineer/co-producer on both versions. The follow-up single "Kiss and Make Up" was also a cover version, of a song written and originally recorded by The Field Mice. Andrew Weatherall later remixed the song to further emphasise the dub bassline this remix was featured on both releases of the single and on the compilation Casino Classics (on American and European versions of the single, a Flowered Up remix is erroneously featured instead of the Andrew Weatherall mix). It is also arranged in 4/4 (as opposed to the original's waltz time), with a driving piano-bass-drum section. The cover quite differs from the original in that the original's mostly major chord progression is turned here into mostly minor, which emphasises a more melancholic feel. The album includes one of the group's best-known songs: a cover of Neil Young's " Only Love Can Break Your Heart". The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was accompanied by several successful singles, including " Nothing Can Stop Us". At the time of recording, Sarah Cracknell was not fully part of the group, and as a result she does not sing on " Only Love Can Break Your Heart", which is sung by Moira Lambert.įoxbase Alpha was on the short list of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize. The album was recorded in a style which drew on the club culture and house music of the time, but also incorporates the group's characteristic love of 1960s pop, with tracks also bridged by samples from films or by short songs. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart (reissue)"įoxbase Alpha is the debut studio album by English band Saint Etienne, released on 16 September 1991 by Heavenly Recordings.
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