Home Counties (album)

Home Counties is the ninth studio album by English alternative dance band Saint Etienne, released on 2 June 2017 by Heavenly Recordings. The album features collaborations with Gerard Johnson, Augustus (also known as Gus Lobban of Kero Kero Bonito) and Nick Moon (of Kyte). The album features production from Shawn Lee, Carwyn Ellis and Richard X.

Critical reception
Home Counties received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 16 reviews.

Commercial performance
Home Counties debuted at number 31 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 3,215 copies in its first week.

Track listing
All tracks produced by Saint Etienne and Shawn Lee, except where noted.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Home Counties.

Saint Etienne

 * Sarah Cracknell – vocals
 * Bob Stanley – keyboards
 * Pete Wiggs – keyboards

Additional musicians

 * Shawn Lee – drums, percussion, programming, Maestro Rhythm King, bass, guitars, banjo, vibraphone, Mellotron, Yamaha ED10, Siel synth, Casio CZ101, Yamaha CS-5, Roland MC-202, Crumar Multiman, microKORG, Omnichord, glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine handclaps, backing vocals
 * Gerard Johnson – voice (track 1); piano (tracks 1, 2, 15, 18); Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, Teisco 100P, Yamaha YS100 (tracks 2, 15, 18)
 * Carwyn Ellis – bass, guitars, Mellotron, harpsichord, Hammond organ (tracks 5, 7)
 * Augustus – programming (tracks 4, 11); Novation Bass Station, Kawai PHm, Yamaha PSR-76 (track 4); Roland MT-32, Korg 101 (track 11)
 * Ben Greenslade-Stanton – trombone, trumpet (tracks 2, 5, 9)
 * Mark Waterfield – guitar, backing vocals (track 10)
 * Lawrence Oakley – programming, Nord Lead 3, backing vocals (track 10)
 * Tim Larcombe – bass (track 3)
 * James Arben – flute (track 18)
 * Ken Bruce – voice (track 8)
 * Wolf – voice (track (14)

Technical

 * Shawn Lee – production (all tracks); mixing (tracks 1–9, 11–19)
 * Saint Etienne – production (tracks 1–12, 14–19)
 * Pierre Duplan – engineering (all tracks); mixing (tracks 1–9, 11–19)
 * Carwyn Ellis – production (tracks 5, 7)
 * Augustus – production (tracks 4, 11)
 * Richard X – additional production, mixing (track 10)
 * Pete Wiggs – production (track 13)
 * Nick Moon – production (track 13)
 * Guy Davie – mastering at Electric Mastering (London)

Artwork

 * Scott King – art, design
 * Rhys Atkinson – art assistance, design assistance
 * Dee Noble – photography