Good Humor (album)

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Good Humor
Studio album by Saint Etienne
Released	4 May 1998
Recorded	Spring 1997
Studio	Tambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden)
Genre	Alternative rock synth-pop
Length	43:35
Label	Creation
Producer	Tore Johansson
Saint Etienne chronology
Continental (1997) Good Humor (1998) Places to Visit (1999)
Singles from Good Humor
"Sylvie" Released: January 1998 "The Bad Photographer" Released: April 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
NME	4/10[3]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[4] (7.4/10 deluxe)
Rolling Stone	[6]

Good Humor is the fourth studio album by English alternative dance band Saint Etienne. It was released on 4 May 1998 by Creation Records. The American spelling of 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."^[7]

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 synth-pop and dance genres, while Good Humor is more acoustic, having more in common musically with their 1993 hit single "You're in a Bad Way". Good Humor was demoed in the UK using synths and drum machines, but was recorded in Sweden under the guidance of Tore Johansson, who augmented their sound with a full band and a horn section.