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 enlarge | Artist: Stereolab
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 18963
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 61840
UPC: 075596184021
EAN: 0075596184021
ASIN: B000002HK2
Release Date: April 9, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Metronomic Underground | | • | Cybele's Reverie | | • | Percolator | | • | Les Yper-Sound | | • | Spark Plug | | • | OLV 26 | | • | The Noise Of Carpet | | • | Tomorrow Is Already Here | | • | Emperor Tomato Ketchup | | • | Monstre Sacre | | • | Motoroller Scalatron | | • | Slow Fast Hazel | | • | Anonymous Collective |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
You want retro? Get a load of their equipment, from the vintage Farfisa and Vox organs to the ever-lovable Moog synthesizers. You want futurist? It's the sound of not-so-well-oiled machinery, churning and sputtering into space age bachelor pad heaven and postindustrial hell. You want pure pop? Dig how they mine mod sounds of the '60s, from Burt Bacharach to Francoise Hardy, and pull melodies straight out of a bubblegum wrapper. You want avant garde? Check the blatant liftings from '70s krautrockers Neu! and Can, plus their appropriations of Philip Glass's disjointed wordplay and Ornette Coleman's jagged alto sax. You want meaning? These are songs loaded with optimism, progressivism, humanism, and dashes of Marxism. You want nonsense? There's plenty of "la-la-la's" to lead us into oblivion, and head vocalist Laetitia Sadier sings half the time in French. You want a groove band? Tracks like "Metronomic Underground" and "Les Yper-Sound" cast a funk trance heavier than voodoo and at least as danceable as any neo-hippie tripe. You want a band that rocks? Try "The Noise of Carpet" for its rug-burning guitar and acceleration drum whacks. Yesterday, tomorrow, now: Stereolab's the one. --Roni Sarig
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 observations April 24, 2008
First, this is a fantastic album. I always find something new every time I listen to it...and I've listened to it a lot.
But what's interesting about this album is that it's really a demarcation from one phase of Stereolab to another and there is a specific song where that it seems like they threw the switch and never looked back. It's breathtaking, in fact.
Previous to ETK, Stereolab was a fine band, however, it seemed like they would forever be stuck repeating itself. The albums before ETK seemed to be a collection of simple droning tunes which seemed a little overly retro. That's not to say that those albums are bad, but that trick was starting to play itself by the end of the fantastic Mars Audiac Quintet. Then came Emperor Tomato Ketchup. First song, Metronomic Underground. I've never been a huge fan of this song. Again, another repetitive song and it just doesn't seem to go anywhere...but it sets a tone for what is to come: less retro 60s, more branching out to new sounds. Next song, Cybele's Reverie. Gorgeous strings. One of my favorite songs ever.
But then, Percolator. THIS is the song where Stereolab broke its bounds. This is where they stepped out of 4/4 time and into something else. It's where they used the tools they had to create something truly new and unique. I'm glad they did it.
For those of you who didn't witness it first hand, it would be interesting to listen to Stereolab's albums in order. The change from before Percolator to after Percolator is remarkable.
 If pop music in the future will sound like this, make me a time machine! January 17, 2008
Whoa, what a mix of music here. Stereolab's music is pretty hard to describe completely. Stereolab's brand of music will vary from description, as there is a ton of ways to describe their music. I've quite a bit, from Samhot's ultra long description (and they actually seem to fit the music, though I have no idea what chamber pop EXACTLY is), from Pared to Krautrock cartoon bit thingie (like I care what Mark's description is), to whatever. I say this stuff comes from the future and the past alike! Who knows?
My there are a bunch of songs on here that are great. Stereolab is a unique band, and their futuristic style is awesome (the cover art alone is dope). Whatever space age bachelor heaven is, it conjures up that famous fantasy vision some have of the past (that of course, never came true). If all pop music is this interesting and infectious, than I can't wait for the future of pop music (hey, a lot better than the _____ we have to endure these days). In fact, I'm listening to this right now, and I am chilling in the house of tommorow (Alright, I'm not, but it feels like it!).
Alright, short review here. This album is worth getting for anybody who likes cool music. The lyrics here are pretty great if you can understand (and I love the satire on Les-Yper Sound) them. Buy it now.
8.5/10
Excellent album for anyone who can enjoy vintage synth sounds and french lyrics December 28, 2007
Excellent Stereolab album, "Metronomic Underground" is a great opener. Stand out tracks in this one are "Spark Plug" and "The Noise of Carpet". The CD is packed with Stereolab vintage synths, interesting sounds and an intertwining of Anglo-Franco leftist songwriting and female vocals with interesting female back-ups, for those who may appreciate it. "Refried Ectoplasm 'Switched On', Volume 2", an album full of Stereolab odds and ends, yet good ones, is also recommended as a nice complement.
SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD CLASSIC February 13, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Stereolab's finest hour. On this album, the 'Groop' unleashed their full artillery of styles and influences and made a krautrock / lounge / chanson / moog / pop classic. Highlights include Metronomic Underground, with its hypnotic bass and Cybele's Reverie - a stunning, poptastic Stereolab gem.
Unfortunately, their output since (with the exception of Sound-Dust) has been rather bland in comparison (think muzak) but still worth a listen.
 ehh, this albums ok. February 12, 2007
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
i've tried in the past to get into this band but i always come back to a few of their songs. this album, like many of the others, just gets boring real fast. the singers not the best and her monotone-like singing gets old. the beats are basic and not very imaginative. maybe it's big in canada?
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