Home Counties is the ninth studio album by English alternative dance band Saint Etienne, released on 2 June 2017 by Heavenly Recordings. The album features collaborations with Gerard Johnson, Augustus (also known as Gus Lobban of Kero Kero Bonito) and Nick Moon (of Kyte). The album features production from Shawn Lee, Carwyn Ellis and Richard X.
Critical reception
Home Counties received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 16 reviews.
Commercial performance
Home Counties debuted at number 31 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 3,215 copies in its first week.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Saint Etienne and Shawn Lee, except where noted.
Notes
signifies an additional producer
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Home Counties.
Saint Etienne
Sarah Cracknell – vocals
Bob Stanley – keyboards
Pete Wiggs – keyboards
Additional musicians
Shawn Lee – drums, percussion, programming, Maestro Rhythm King, bass, guitars, banjo, vibraphone, Mellotron, Yamaha ED10, Siel synth, Casio CZ101, Yamaha CS-5, Roland MC-202, Crumar Multiman, microKORG, Omnichord, glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine handclaps, backing vocals Gerard Johnson – voice ; piano ; Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, Teisco 100P, Yamaha YS100 Carwyn Ellis – bass, guitars, Mellotron, harpsichord, Hammond organ Augustus – programming ; Novation Bass Station, Kawai PHm, Yamaha PSR-76 ; Roland MT-32, Korg 101 Ben Greenslade-Stanton – trombone, trumpet Mark Waterfield – guitar, backing vocals Lawrence Oakley – programming, Nord Lead 3, backing vocals Tim Larcombe – bass James Arben – flute Ken Bruce – voice Wolf – voice
Technical
Shawn Lee – production ; mixing
Saint Etienne – production
Pierre Duplan – engineering ; mixing
Carwyn Ellis – production
Augustus – production
Richard X – additional production, mixing
Pete Wiggs – production
Nick Moon – production
Guy Davie – mastering at Electric Mastering (London)