Tiger Bay (album)

Tiger Bay
Original album cover
Studio album by
Saint Etienne
Released28 February 1994 (1994-02-28)
RecordedSummer – Autumn 1993
Genre
Length46:16
LabelHeavenly – HVNLP8
ProducerSaint Etienne
Saint Etienne chronology
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
(1993)		 Tiger Bay
(1994)		 Too Young to Die – Singles 1990–1995
(1995)
Singles from Tiger Bay
  1. "Pale Movie"
    Released: February 1994
  2. "Like a Motorway"
    Released: 16 May 1994
  3. "Hug My Soul"
    Released: 19 September 1994
Reissue album art (1996)
featuring Giuditta del Vecchio (from the film Léolo)

Tiger Bay is the third studio album by English indie dance band Saint Etienne. It was released 28 February 1994 by Heavenly Recordings. In an interview with Record Collector, band member Bob Stanley stated that the title is a reference to the 1959 film Tiger Bay.

The album is described by Bob Stanley as "an album of modern folk songs done in twentieth century styles like techno and dub". "Like a Motorway", for example, blends Kraftwerk-style techno with the melody from the nineteenth century folk song "Silver Dagger". Some of the songs, such as "Marble Lions" and "Former Lover" forsake electronics for classical folk instrumentation and orchestral arrangements. One, "Western Wind", is a traditional English folk song.

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