Formed in Croydon in 1988 by two childhood friends-turned-journalists, Bob
Stanley and Pete Wiggs, Saint Etienne blazed a sophisticated electro-pop trail
with their version of Neil Young's "Love Can Only Break Your Heart" as their
first single, released in 1990. After Foxbase Alpha (1991), the duo made the
definitive addition of singer Sarah Cracknell, whose vocal imprint marked all
subsequent albums, including the successful So Tough (1993), Tiger Bay (1995)
and Good Humor (1998). What followed, though not without success, proved less
adventurous, and was punctuated by numerous ...