The pioneering UK electronic dance music duo Utah Saints has reissued their self-titled 1992 debut album. It includes their best-known song, “Something Good,” which creatively incorporates a sample from Kate Bush’s “Cloudbusting” and remains the only sample usage Bush has ever granted. Other hit singles from the album include “What Can You Do For Me” and “Believe In Me.” It also features a cover of Simple Minds’ “New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84),” which Simple Minds’ frontman Jim Kerr considered a compliment. Out of print since its original release over 30 years ago, the album is out on double vinyl, double CD and digitally. It has been remastered and extended, including rarities and choice reworks by the likes of David Morales, CJ Bolland and Andrew Weatherall.
I’ve interviewed Utah Saints twice—first during their tour with The Shamen, and then many years later around their second album, Two. Click the links below to read them.