Tales From Turnpike House
by Saint Etienne

Tales From Turnpike House by Saint Etienne
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-06-13
Overall rank: 15,106th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 28 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (279th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (2,698th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,106th)

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Saint Etienne bestography

Tales From Turnpike House is ranked 7th best out of 23 albums by Saint Etienne on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Saint Etienne is Foxbase Alpha which is ranked number 2810 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 555.

Saint Etienne album bestography « Higher ranked (11,270th)
Finisterre
This album (15,106th)
Tales From Turnpike House
Lower ranked (16,709th) »
I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

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Tales From Turnpike House rankings

Tales From Turnpike House rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,106th | 2000s rank: 2,698th | 2005 rank: 279th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
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2026davidhuretRanking: Saint Etienne (main albums)2/13 -
2026blueandthemoonTop 86 Music Albums of 200555/862
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 200557/1002
2025ryusakiTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s26/10015
2025RiveraTop 26 Music Albums of 200522/261
2025davidhuretTop 17 Music Albums of 20052/175
2024sonicdiscourse2005 To-Do List75/84 -
2023 TheDude85Top 100 Music Albums of 200543/1003
2021 SleepDealerTop 36 Music Albums of 200510/364
2021davidhuretTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s6/10019
2019davidhurettop 100 favorite albums since 1965 (multiple entries per artist)93/100 -
2018 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of 200588/1001
2017 ButterThumbzTop 58 Music Albums of 200553/581
2017 fractaljazzTop 78 Music Albums of 200577/780
2017davidhuretTop 100 Greatest Music Albums33/1008
2015 LadyGodivaTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s62/1008
2014vmpTop 61 Music Albums of the 2000s58/611
2013 Top 40 Greatest Music Albums16/40 -
2005Planet SoundAlbums Of The Year 200539/491
2005Magic RPMLes meilleurs albums de 200511/303
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 22
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 76
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Tales From Turnpike House ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 28 votes)
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06/07/2026 01:58 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,35470/100
 
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05/25/2025 16:16 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,63635/100
 
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01/14/2023 20:14 TheDude85  Ratings distribution  9,53683/100
 
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10/16/2022 21:29 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,17572/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.


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From 10/09/2022 23:24 | #290319
Pleasant album and Sarah's vocals are as beautiful as ever
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From 03/20/2018 12:07 | #211329
A good concept, if not fully fleshed out, but the lyrics remain very well-written as always, perhaps even more so on "Tales From Turnpike House". Fifteen years on and it's clear that the high quality of their music hasn't deteriorated and this record contains very fine hooks, lovely pop melodies and great dance-y beats. Insightful and teeming with emotion, "Turnpike House" is a big success and one of Saint Etienne's very best.
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