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{{Infobox album
| name         = Too Young to Die – Singles 1990–1995
| type         = compilation
| artist       = [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]]
| cover        = Tooyoungtodie.gif
| alt          =
| released     = 13 November 1995
| recorded     = 1990–1995
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = [[Alternative rock]], [[synthpop]]
| length       = 61:13 (CD/CS/LP)<br />77:11 (Bonus CD)<br />63:00 (VHS)
| label        = [[Heavenly Records]] - <small>HVNLP10</small>, Wienerworld (VHS)
| producer     = [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]]
| prev_title   = [[Tiger Bay (album)|Tiger Bay]]
| prev_year    = 1994
| next_title   = [[Casino Classics]]
| next_year    = 1996
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Too Young to Die: Singles 1990-1995
| type        = Greatest hits
| single1     = [[He's on the Phone]]
| single1date = 6 November 1995
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r226545|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>"Music: This week's pop cd releases". ''[[The Guardian]]''. 17 November 1995.</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Muzik]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=James |first=Martin |date=December 1995 |title=St Etienne: ''Too Young to Die – The Remix Album'' |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik007_december_1995.pdf |issue=7 |magazine=[[Muzik]] |page=86 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403140028/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik007_december_1995.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]''
| rev4score = 4/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Ted|last=Kessler|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53595050017/|title=Long Play|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=11 November 1995|page=47|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref>
}}
'''''Too Young to Die – Singles 1990–1995''''' is a compilation album by English [[indie dance]] band [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] released on 13 November, 1995, collecting the group's singles spanning the period of 1990 to 1995.
== Background ==
Five tracks were previously unreleased. The track "[[He's on the Phone]]" was released as a single just before the album's release. The album peaked at number 17 on the [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="OCC">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28466/SAINT-ETIENNE/| title=Saint Etienne / Artist / Official Charts| publisher=The Official UK Charts Company| accessdate=2015-05-06}}</ref> and was certified Silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] (60,000 copies sold).<ref name="BPI">{{cite web | title = British certificates: searchable database | url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx | publisher = bpi.co.uk | accessdate = 17 March 2012 | archive-date = 6 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162141/https://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref>
== Release history ==
The album was released on standard CD, limited edition (10,000 copies) double-CD (with a bonus CD of remixes and an expanded booklet including extra photographs), Cassette, LP and VHS. Artwork was designed by Negativespace with photography by Angus Ashford, Aude Prieur, James Fry, Joe Dilworth, and Paul Kelly.
The initial bonus CD of remixes was re-released as disc-one of the non-limited Double-CD compilation ''[[Casino Classics]]'' in 1996.
== Reception ==
The album received excellent reviews with critical opinion particularly favourable to the first half of the compilation.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing     = [[Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne)|Bob Stanley]] and [[Pete Wiggs]], except where indicated
| collapsed       =
| headline        = ''Too Young to Die: Singles 1990–1995'' track listing
| title1          = [[Only Love Can Break Your Heart#Saint Etienne version|Only Love Can Break Your Heart]]
| note1           = featuring [[Moira Lambert]]
| writer1         = [[Neil Young]]
| length1         = 4:29
| title2          = [[Kiss and Make Up (Saint Etienne song)|Kiss and Make Up]]
| note2           = featuring [[Dead Famous People|Donna Savage]]
| writer2         = {{hlist|Robert Wratten|Michael Hiscock}}
| length2         = 4:08
| title3          = [[Nothing Can Stop Us (song)|Nothing Can Stop Us]]
| length3         = 4:19
| title4          = [[Join Our Club]]
| length4         = 3:15
| title5          = People Get Real
| length5         = 4:43
| title6          = [[Avenue (song)|Avenue]]
| writer6         = {{hlist|Stanley|Wiggs|[[Sarah Cracknell]]|[[Ian Catt]]}}
| length6         = 7:33
| title7          = [[You're in a Bad Way]]
| note7           = single version
| writer7         = {{hlist|Stanley|Wiggs|Cracknell}}
| length7         = 3:02
| title8          = [[Who Do You Think You Are (Jigsaw song)|Who Do You Think You Are]]
| writer8         = {{hlist|[[Des Dyer]]|[[Clive Scott (musician){{!}}Clive Scott]]}}
| length8         = 3:49
| title9          = [[Hobart Paving]]
| note9           = single version
| length9         = 4:51
| title10         = [[Xmas 93|I Was Born on Christmas Day]]
| note10          = featuring [[Tim Burgess (musician)|Tim Burgess]]
| writer10        = {{hlist|Stanley|Wiggs|Catt}}
| length10        = 3:08
| title11         = [[Pale Movie]]
| writer11        = {{hlist|Cracknell|Stanley|Wiggs}}
| length11        = 3:53
| title12         = [[Like a Motorway]]
| note12          = radio edit
| length12        = 3:38
| title13         = [[Hug My Soul]]
| note13          = radio edit
| writer13        = {{hlist|Cracknell|Guy Batson|Johnny Male}}
| length13        = 3:53
| title14         = [[He's on the Phone]]
| note14          = featuring [[Étienne Daho]]
| writer14        = {{hlist|Cracknell|Stanley|Wiggs|Daho}}
| length14        = 5:10
}}
===''Mixes 1990–1995''===
{{track listing
| headline        = ''Too Young to Die: Mixes 1990–1995'' track listing
| extra_column    = Remixer(s)
| title1          = Like a Motorway
| note1           = Chekhov Warp Dub
| extra1          = [[The Chemical Brothers]]
| length1         = 9:11
| title2          = Join Our Club
| note2           = Chemically Friendly Zoom Mix
| extra2          = [[Billy Nasty]]
| length2         = 6:42
| title3          = Pale Movie
| note3           = Secret Knowledge Trouser Assassin Mix
| extra3          = Secret Knowledge
| length3         = 10:12
| title4          = Speedwell
| note4           = Flying Mix
| extra4          = [[The Aloof]]
| length4         = 6:08
| title5          = Only Love Can Break Your Heart
| note5           = A Mix of Two Halves
| extra5          = [[Andrew Weatherall]]
| length5         = 8:48
| title6          = Who Do You Think You Are
| note6           = Quex-RD
| extra6          = [[Aphex Twin]]
| length6         = 8:04
| title7          = Avenue
| note7           = Variety Club Mix
| extra7          = Gordon King
| length7         = 6:20
| title8          = Hug My Soul
| note8           = Sure Is Pure Kodacolor House Mix
| extra8          = Sure Is Pure
| length8         = 8:41
| title9          = Like a Motorway
| note9           = David Holmes Mix
| extra9          = [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]]
| length9         = 12:59
}}
===''Videos 1990–1995''===
{{track listing
| headline        = ''Too Young to Die: Videos 1990–1995'' track listing
| title1          = Nothing Can Stop Us
| title2          = Avenue
| title3          = Like a Motorway
| title4          = Hobart Paving
| title5          = You're in a Bad Way
| title6          = Who Do You Think You Are
| title7          = Kiss and Make Up
| note7           = featuring Donna Savage
| title8          = Hug My Soul
| title9          = I Was Born on Christmas Day
| note9           = featuring Tim Burgess
| title10         = Pale Movie
| title11         = Join Our Club
| title12         = Only Love Can Break Your Heart
| note12          = featuring Moira Lambert
| title13         = He's on the Phone
| note13          = featuring Étienne Daho
}}
==Personnel==
The compilation liner notes do not list musician or production credits. The following are adapted from other releases.
* [[Sarah Cracknell]] – vocals (all tracks except "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "Kiss and Make Up")
* [[Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne)|Bob Stanley]] – keyboards, tambourine
* [[Pete Wiggs]] – keyboards, sampler, bongos
* [[Ian Catt]] – guitars, keyboard programming
* [[Moira Lambert]] – vocals ("Only Love Can Break Your Heart")
* Harvey Williams – bass guitar ("Only Love Can Break Your Heart")
* [[Dead Famous People|Donna Savage]] – vocals ("Kiss and Make Up")
* [[Dolly Mixture (band)|Debsey]] – vocals ("Who Do You Think You Are"), backing vocals ("Pale Movie")
* [[Tim Burgess (musician)|Tim Burgess]] – vocals ("I Was Born on Christmas Day")
* Siobhan Brookes – backing vocals ("Hug My Soul", "Pale Movie")
* Ian Davies – flamenco guitar ("Pale Movie")
* Spencer Smith – drums ("Hug My Soul")
* [[Étienne Daho]] – vocals ("He's on the Phone")
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Too Young to Die: Singles 1990–1995''
! scope="col"| Chart (1995)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|32|date=19951119|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|17|date=19951119|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Independent Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1995/Music-Week-1995-12-02-IDX-46.pdf |title=Independent Albums |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=2 December 1995 |page=30 |issn=0265-1548 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 2
|}
==See also==
{{Further|Casino Classics}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Saint Etienne}}
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[[Category:1995 greatest hits albums]]
[[Category:Saint Etienne (band) compilation albums]]
[[Category:Heavenly Recordings compilation albums]]