Continental is an album by the British band Saint Etienne, originally released only in Japan.
Described by band member Bob Stanley as "a patchwork more than a compilation", it includes previously released material such as the UK hit "He's on the Phone" as well as curios like their cover of the Paul Gardiner song "Stormtrooper in Drag". Many of the tracks were recorded in 1995âÂÂ97, when the band was taking a break to work on other projects. The remixes on the album had all appeared on Casino Classics.
In 2009, the album was released in the UK for the first time as part of the band's back catalogue reissue series. The deluxe edition includes six previously unreleased tracks.
Track listing
Notes
Personnel
The liner notes list the album's personnel as follows:
- Saint Etienne - producer (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13)
- Gerald Johnson - engineer (1, 5)
- Brian Higgins - additional production and remix (2), special production assistant (7), production and mix (8)
- Mat Gray - additional production and remix (2)
- Ian Catt - engineer (3, 6, 7), producer (9, 12)
- Funk II - engineer (at Trouble on Vinyl) (4)
- Steve Pattan - engineer (at Fourth Wave) (4)
- Psychonauts - additional production and remix (4)
- Steve Rodway - producer (for Nuff Respect Productions) (7)
- Motiv 8 - mix arrangement (7)
- David Whitaker - string arrangement (7)
- Etienne Daho appears courtesy of Virgin France (7)
- PFM (Mike Bolton) - additional production and remix (11)
- Broadcast - additional production and remix (13)
- Yasuharu Konishi, Peter Paphides - sleeve notes
- Martin Magntorn - photograph
- Groovisions - sleeve design
- Tadashi Watanane, Koji Matsuo - translation
- Ryota Fujimura, Kinuno Hiratomi - coordination
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