Stereolab - Aluminum Tunes - Triple Vinyl 3xLP 1st First Pressing D-UHF-D20 1998
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Stereolab - Aluminum Tunes: Switched On, Vol. 3
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The third in Stereolab's Switched on compilation series of limited single, EP and CDEP released tracks. Twenty-five smoove-groove cuts recorded during the Mars Audiac Quartet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup era spread out across three slabs of wax or two shiny CD's. Both formats packaged in tri-panel, heavy card, gatefold sleeves.
Given Stereolab's predilection for art-rocky '60s pop ditties and penchant for creating a compelling variety of absurdity, this double-CD B-sides and rarities collection manages to be less a meandering collection than glorious, mix-and-match fluff. Encompassing more of the French language than a 101 college course, Laetitia Sadier's melodic, singsongy vocals entrance the Francophile within and somehow ideally complement the fragmented nature of the typical Stereolab composition. On half-realized wanderings like "Klang Tune" and zippier pieces of melodic debris like "Munich Madness," the album flows by quickly, getting by on speedy and disjointed yet memorable flashes of structure. In fact, given the hodgepodge nature of Stereolab's musical mentality, the record feels like a serendipitous mix of content and format and treats Stereolab fans to perhaps their best album yet because of it.
-Matthew Cooke
Label: Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks ?– D-UHF-D20 Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: UK Released: 1998 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: Krautrock, Space Rock, Avantgarde, Indie Rock
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A1 Pop Quiz A2 The Extension Trip A3 How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight A4 The Brush Descends The Length A5 Melochord Seventy-Five A6 Space Moment B1 Iron Man B2 The Long Hair Of Death B3 You Used To Call Me Sadness B4 New Orthophony C1 Speedy Car C2 Golden Atoms C3 Ulan Bator C4 One Small Step D1 One Note Samba / Surfboard D2 Cadriopo D3 Klang Tone E1 Get Carter E2 1000 Miles An Hour E3 Percolations (John McEntire Remix) Remix – John McEntire E4 Seeperbold F1 Check And Double Check F2 Munich Madness F3 Metronomic Underground (Wagon Christ Mix) Remix – Wagon Christ F4 The Incredible He Womanprice rating
