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Saint Etienne

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 ...