title: Home Counties (album)
text: # Home Counties (album)
  
  Home Counties is the ninth studio album by English alternative dance band Saint Etienne, released on 2 June 2017 by Heavenly Recordings. The album features collaborations with Gerard Johnson, Augustus (also known as Gus Lobban of Kero Kero Bonito) and Nick Moon (of Kyte). The album features production from Shawn Lee, Carwyn Ellis and Richard X.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 79/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Clash | 6/10 |
  | The Guardian | |
  | Mixmag | 8/10 |
  | Mojo | |
  | The Observer | |
  | Pitchfork | 7.6/10 |
  | Q | |
  | The Skinny | |
  | Uncut | 9/10 |
  
  Home Counties received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 16 reviews.
  
  ## Commercial performance
  
  Home Counties debuted at number 31 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 3,215 copies in its first week.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks produced by Saint Etienne and Shawn Lee, except where noted.
  
  