Mario's Cafe (LP1) (4:39)
You're In A Bad Way (3:00)
Hobart Paving (LP2) (4:50)
No Rainbows For Me (3:58)
Here Come Clown Feet (0:30)
Everything Flows (LP3) (4:53)
Johnny In The Echo Cafe (3:50)
Last Thing On My Mind (3:26)
Biker Of The Strange (3:06)
You're In A Bad Way (3:06)
Castlemaine Avenue (5:48)
A Hobart Paving (7" - Alan Tarney mix) (4:50)
A Hobart Paving (Van Dyke Parks Arrangement) (4:55)
Review: So Tough was Saint Etienne's second album, and it properly broke the band into the wider public consciousness thanks to their canny blend of house music, Balearic and melancholic indie. To date it remains the highest charting of their albums, helped no doubt by Sarah Cracknell becoming a permanent member of the band, the free-spirited nature of independent music in the early 90s and the success of the single 'Youre In A Bad Way'. Some 30 years on from its original release, So Tough is getting the luxury reissue treatment in the form of a triple-vinyl pressing, a 7" and a 28-page booklet - surely essential for any of the band's devoted fanbase.
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