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- Summary: The final album from Saint Etienne features contributions from such artists as Erol Alkan, Augustin Bousfield, Vince Clarke, Confidence Man, Doves, Flash Cassette, Nick Heyward, Orbital, The Chemical Brothers, and Xenomania.
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- Record Label: Heavenly
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Sep 5, 2025Saint Etienne want you to remember them this way with not just the pop album of the year but with the pop album of all our lives.
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Sep 2, 2025To the end, Saint Etienne have never faltered on their mission statement. Magic is here. Believe. [Sep 2025, p.103]
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Sep 5, 2025International is the trio’s ideal signing off point. It is both uplifting and reflective, leaving the contrasting emotions of a lump in the throat and a smile on the face. Everything they’ve ever done, in a nutshell.
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Sep 2, 2025The whole is deeply bittersweet - but also a joyous farewell from this most wonderfully acute of English pop ensembles. [Oct 2025, p.80]
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UncutSep 2, 2025Like all the best goodbyes, Saint Etienne bow out on top form and affectionate terms. [Sep 2025, p.26]
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Sep 9, 2025For the most part, fans should be thrilled that International is an album that, in terms of construction and feel (if not overall quality), sits alongside Saint Etienne’s early run of classic LPs.
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Sep 8, 2025It is a graceful but slightly anticlimactic grand finale: a victory lap over well-trodden ground that eagerly commands the spotlight before it goes out for good.