Higher Than the Stars

Slumberland (catalog SLR 105) and Fortuna Pop! released it, with Fastcut in Japan and Lost and Lonesome in Australia. Wikipedia lists the producer field as Danny Taylor and Archie Moore, while a search summary says Archie Moore recorded it; we could not settle it. The label describes the title song as a bouncy, Robert Smith-style pop track, "103" as a summery noise-pop song with a guitar solo, "Falling Over" as synth-driven and influenced by Orange Juice and Aztec Camera, and "Twins" as a fuzzy mid-tempo rocker. The Saint Etienne Visits Lord Spank Mix runs 6:48, and the iTunes version at 31:06 adds the Falling Over mix by DJ Downfall Sprechenbann and the Skanfrom and Others in Conversation remixes of the title track.

Dom Gourlay gave it 8 of 10 in Drowned in Sound, hearing in the title track a floating keyboard intro not a million miles from the Cure's "Just Like Heaven", and singled out the Saint Etienne remix. The Philadelphia Inquirer's Dan DeLuca said it kept the band's low-key winning streak going.