ST ETIENNE Tales From Turnpike House (2011 issue UK 15-track digitally remastered CD album - Originally released in 2005, 'Tales From Turnpike House' is arguably their most mature musical statement to date. An album with a concept, rather than a concept album, the titular Turnpike House refers to a fictional block of flats whose residents provide the characters for the songs that are a microcosmic portrait of metropolitan life. A beautiful, considered album with a nod to Pet Sounds and featuring David Essex, it demands to be listened to as an album and one which perfectly balances pure pop and sensitivity, and is home the singles 'A Good Thing', 'Side Streets' and 3 Bonus Recordings [that were included on the US release of the album]: 'Dream Lover', 'Oh My' & 'I'm Falling'. Complete with the US artwork [different from the UK release])