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Places to Visit

Places to Visit
Saint Etienne - Places to Visit.jpg
EP by Saint Etienne
Released May 1999 (1999-05) (US)
2000 (2000) (GER)
Recorded Needham Sound, Maida Vale
Protocol, North London
Cat Studios, Mitcham
Treecastle, Forest Hill
Genre Electronica
Length 21:28
Label Sub Pop - SPCD 466
Bungalow - bung074
Producer Saint Etienne, Jim O'Rourke, Gerard Johnson
Saint Etienne chronology
Fairfax High
(1999)Fairfax High1999
Places to Visit
(1999)
The Misadventures of Saint Etienne
(1999)The Misadventures of Saint Etienne1999
Singles from Places to Visit
  1. "52 Pilot" b/w "Garage for Gunther"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars
NME 5/10
Pitchfork Media 6.4/10
Robert Christgau (dud)

Places to Visit is an Extended Play released by British group Saint Etienne in May 1999. It showed the band moving toward the experimental electronic sound that they perfected on their next official full-length, 2000's Sound of Water.

Originally released in 1999 in the US only on Sub Pop, German label Bungalow released a vinyl version in 2000. The German release included as a bonus track "Garage for Gunther", the B-side to "52 Pilot".

The EP appeared in its entirety on the second disc of the 2009 deluxe edition reissue of Sound of Water, also marking the first UK release of the tracks.

"Sadie's Anniversary" and "Half Timbered" are tracks omitted from the Misadventures Of Margaret soundtrack. Sadie is incidentally the name of the band's longtime backing singer's daughter. Debsey, the backing singer, has been with the band since the early days of them performing live. She is also Sarah Cracknell's sister-in-law.

"We're in the City" is featured in the 1999 film But I'm a Cheerleader.

Places to Visit received mixed reviews from the majority of critics.

All tracks written by Cracknell, Stanley, Wiggs.

All tracks written by Cracknell, Stanley, Wiggs.


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