Foxbase Alpha
by Saint Etienne
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Foxbase Alpha is ranked as the best album by Saint Etienne.
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Foxbase Alpha track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Foxbase Alpha ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/15/2026 20:39 | Liks_on_music | 598 | 81/100 | |
| 04/08/2026 09:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,671 | 70/100 | |
| 02/12/2026 20:03 |  HoldenM | 1,798 | 84/100 | |
| 01/22/2026 22:26 | Jakor | 5,350 | 70/100 | |
| 11/30/2025 06:11 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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HoldenM 02/12/2026 20:03 | #313115
Groovy!
Shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 1992. The winner was Screamadelica by Primal Scream
For dance music some of this is pretty creative. And seems important in the development of trip hop. The high points are terrific and the rest enjoyable. Best "She's the One", "Nothing Can Stop Us", "Kiss and Make Up". Cool '60s retro vibe on a few tracks.
Favorite Songs:Only Love Can Break Your Heart, London Belongs To Me
St. Etienne is an English pop band that I find quite original and interesting. The name of the band comes from the football club "AS Saint-Etienne", a French club that I know cause I'm French. The debut album of Saint-Etienne is their best album. "Foxbase Alpha" really offers beautiful melodies and catchy rhythms. The piano is really catchy and dance club in this album. Good work!
8/10
Best track: "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
I love Saint Etienne: their melodicism, accessibility, danceability, cleverness, cool passion and taste. And their impeccable album discography starts with this classy debut.
Chiilled out dance music that veers into pop and more ambient territory with soothing vocals, percussion loops and some samples from british TV shows and 1960s films strangely form an intoxicating portrait of britain in general. "Foxbase Alpha" is cohesive and flows exceptionally well, it's a great debut from Saint Etienne that shows a lot of promise.
A modern classic... enough to give you the warm fluffies!
Goes from terrible to brilliant to terrible to brilliant again. Surprised its only in one chart too. This ones usually bigged up as a modern classic
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