Interlude is an album of mostly b-sides from the Sound of Water singles, as well as a couple from the Good Humor era.

The album was co-produced by Gerard Johnson and had arrangements by To Rococo Rot and Sean O'Hagan.

Sound of Water was remastered and reissued as part of Heavenly Recordings/Universal's deluxe editions of the band's recordings on 31 August 2009 (2009-08-31).

All tracks are written by Cracknell, Stanley and Wiggs except where indicatedNotes Due to a mastering error on the 2009 deluxe edition of the album, the song "Blofeld Buildings" is longer than the original version featured on the fan-club compilation Built on Sand.

Saint Etienne is: Augmented by: From "How We Used to Live" From "Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi)" From "Boy Is Crying"