| London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Saint Etienne |
| Cover: | Saint etienne - london conversations.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1990–2009 |
| Length: | 2:31:21 |
| Label: | Heavenly Records – HVNLP69 |
| Producer: | Saint Etienne, Various |
| Prev Title: | Boxette |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | A Glimpse of Stocking |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne is a compilation album by the English electronic music group Saint Etienne. It was released as a single CD, a 2-CD set, a deluxe 2CD/DVD set (packaged in a hardback book), and a 2LP vinyl set. 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.
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,[1] missing out on the Top 75 in part due to a surge in older albums following the Brit Awards.