The album s most favorable reviews including a five star review from dorlan lynskey of the guardian called it the group s best album yet with praise going towards the album s songwriting production arrangements sound vocal harmonies and sarah cracknell s.
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Tales from turnpike house is a lovely example of how a seemingly dull topic suburbia can yield unexpected beauty.
Tales from turnpike house was very well received from critics holding an aggregate 79 out of 100 from metacritic based on 22 reviews.
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The real strength of tales from turnpike house lays in the softer quieter songs.
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Saint etienne have regularly gone down the concept album route in recent years and an early example of this is tales from turnpike house which concerns characters who live in the fictional titular house.
It features a guest appearance from none other than 70s heartthrob david essex and is a disparate album containing torchlight folk musings sitting next to dancefloor bangers.
Tales from turnpike house is the seventh studio album by saint etienne.
Released in 2005 it is a concept album in which the songs depict characters who all live in the eponymous block of flats in london.
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Tales from turnpike house is a series of songs narrating the various occupants of turnpike house and their pub.
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The disc opens with the very dense but gentle harmonies of sun in my morning very much painted from brian wilson s sonic pallette.