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}} ''So Tough'' (1993) is the second studio album by British band Saint Etienne. It is their highest-charting album to date, reaching No. 7 on the UK Album Chart. The album takes its title from the Beach Boys album ''Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"''.〔Interview with Bob Stanley in ''Record Collector''. Qtd. in ("So Tough album", ''Saint Etienne Heaven'' ). 29 June 2002.〕 The album was indebted to sixties classics, ''The Who Sell Out'' by The Who, ''Smile'' by The Beach Boys and ''Head'' by The Monkees. The album was originally intended as a concept album which starts at ''Mario's Cafe'' in London then travels around the world, however it came to be viewed as a solely London album. ==Samples and references== One of the distinctive features of the album is the use of samples between the songs. The band were keen to use linking dialogue, similar to that used in ''The Who Sell Out'' or on contemporary hip-hop albums.〔 They are taken from a variety of sources including dialogue from film and television. The original sources include the films ''Peeping Tom'', ''Billy Liar'', ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'', ''Lord of the Flies'' and ''That'll Be the Day'', as well as the television series ''The Family'' and the 1958 stereo demonstration album ''A Journey into Stereophonic Sound''. Additionally, the track "Conchita Martinez" features a recurring sample from the opening riff of Rush's 1980 hit "The Spirit of Radio". The band had intended to use a number of samples from American films, but the cost of clearing these samples led them to using primarily British samples.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bob Stanley on Saint Etienne's reissues and his love of pop )〕 The song "Mario's Cafe" was inspired by a real Kentish Town restaurant of that name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「So Tough」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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