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London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne is a compilation album by the English electronic music group Saint Etienne. It was released as a deluxe 2CD/DVD set (packaged in a hardback book), standard 2-CD set and on double 12" vinyl. It features the 2008 Xenomania Mix of "Burnt Out Car", the Richard X mix of "This Is Tomorrow" and "Method of Modern Love". The compilation features a selection of their regular A-sides on the first disc, while disc two includes various further A-sides, B-sides, non-singles and album tracks.

London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne
Greatest hits album by Saint Etienne
Released	16 February 2009 (2009-02-16)
Recorded	1990–2009
Genre	Indie pop house synth-pop electronic trip hop
Length	2:31:21
Label	Heavenly Records – HVNLP69
Producer	Saint Etienne, Various
Saint Etienne chronology
Boxette (2008) London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne (2009) A Glimpse of Stocking (2010)
Singles from London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne
"Burnt Out Car" Released: 22 September 2008 "Method of Modern Love" Released: 9 February 2009

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC	(Favorable)[2]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(8.8/10)[5]

Originally due for release in November 2008 following the re-release of "Burnt Out Car," the set was delayed several times as a result of manufacturing issues as well as the introductory single's low chart position. In addition, a planned single-disc edition (featuring only the first disc of the set) was cancelled. The set ultimately came out in February 2009 following the release of the newly recorded Richard X collaboration "Method of Modern Love." Some early-run copies of the 2CD edition are available, though, omitting "Method of Modern Love." The single-disc edition was eventually issued alongside remastered single-disc editions the rest of the band's catalogue in 2011, following the release of deluxe editions of most of their albums.

In its week of release the compilation charted at #79 in the UK,[6] missing out on the Top 75 in part due to a surge in older albums following the Brit Awards.

Track listing

CD/DVD: Heavenly / HVNLP69CDSE

LP: Heavenly / HVNLP69

B-sides

from "Burnt Out Car"

• "River"
• "Night Vision"
• "Destroy The Building"
• "Burnt Out Car" (Mark Brown Remix Edit)
• "Burnt Out Car" (Mark Brown Remix)
• "Burnt Out Car" (Demo)

from "Method of Modern Love"

• "Method of Modern Love" (Radio Edit)
• "This Is Tomorrow" (Original Version)
• "Method of Modern Love" (Cola Boy Remix)
• "Method of Modern Love" (Richard X Join Our Clique Mix)
• "Method of Modern Love" (A cappella version)
• "Method of Modern Love" (Heartbreaks Remix)

Charts

Chart performance for London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7]	96
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	79

References

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