St Germain: Tourist (2LP) [PARLOPHONE]

Why you'll love it

Tourist blended deep house and live jazz so seamlessly that it sold over four million copies and became the soundtrack to a million dinner parties. "Rose Rouge" is a stone-cold classic.

This edition

• 2LP set, 9 tracks
• Parlophone pressing

About the album

Ludovic Navarre was already a respected name in French house when he recorded Tourist as St Germain, and the album took his love of jazz, blues and Latin grooves and brought it to the masses. Live musicians (trumpet, sax, flute, Ernest Ranglin's guitar on "Montego Bay Spleen") play over deep, rolling house beats, and the vibe is pure late-night cool.

"Rose Rouge" loops Marlena Shaw's "Woman of the Ghetto" and Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" into something irresistible, "Sure Thing" samples John Lee Hooker, and "So Flute" and "Latin Note" groove effortlessly. It's sold over four million copies and still sounds as stylish as ever.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Parlophone, a reissue of the 2000 album.