Saint Etienne - Good Humor Artist_奇妙礼太郎 Kimyou Reitaro The results of Nick Drake's

The results of Nick Drake's solo sessions were as harrowing and stark as anything by Robert Johnson or Charley Patton

Part of the initial suggestion was to record spartan versions of some of Gil's old songs

“It was the most enjoyable record I’ve ever been a part of

and Bardo Martinez – inspired him to go into album-forming mode

form a friendship

Saint Etienne - Good Humor Artist_奇妙礼太郎 Kimyou Reitaro The results of Nick Drake'sGood Humor is Saint Etiennes fourth album released in 1998. The American spelling humor is used in the title as the band were, according to Sarah Cracknell, fed up with the quintessentially English tag, so there was a bit of a backlash against that. The album was a departure for the group, who had been associated with the Indie Dance genre. Tiger Bay, their previous album, had added many acoustic and orchestral elements but still belonged to the