Where to Start With Stereolab? - Page 2

10.11.2008, 08:01 AM

I need to buy my first stereolab albu soon. which should I get?
Ive listened to some youtube links, and its one of the "why not earlier?"- moments

greedrex · 10.11.2008, 08:03 AM

ha ha i guess you should read the thread. It's fairly accurate.

ZEROpumpkins · 10.11.2008, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

I wouldn't bother.

^^^

Pookie · 10.11.2008, 03:31 PM

^^^

Haha. I wrote that more than a year ago, but when I saw the title of this thread again, the words "I wouldn't bother" came straight into my head again.

o'connor · 10.11.2008, 07:25 PM

dots & loops, f'sho!

_slavo_ · 10.12.2008, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by o'connor

dots & loops, f'sho!

sayin'

mil_pl · 10.12.2008, 03:15 AM

'Emperor Tomato Ketchup'

by the way this is the only album by them, that I like as whole.
new one is meh. did you hear that?

ZEROpumpkins · 10.12.2008, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mil_pl

'Emperor Tomato Ketchup'

by the way this is the only album by them, that I like as whole.
new one is meh. did you hear that?

This is the only one i have, and it's not too impressive. It's considered their best, so...yeah.

patcharan · 10.12.2008, 10:51 AM

When I was in high school, I walked into a record store and "Golden Ball" on "Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements" was playing. I was blown away. I felt like it was something I was looking for and finally found. About the same time, I started listening to Sonic Youth, so the two are kind of linked for me. "Transient.." is their most noisy work -- their early albums, Peng, Transient... are the most Kraut rocky, then by "Dots and Loops" you see them getting more into a 'tropical modernist' sound, quoting bossanova, jazz and other forms of music.

!@#$%! · 10.12.2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by patcharan

When I was in high school, I walked into a record store and "Golden Ball" on "Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements" was playing. I was blown away. I felt like it was something I was looking for and finally found. About the same time, I started listening to Sonic Youth, so the two are kind of linked for me. "Transient.." is their most noisy work -- their early albums, Peng, Transient... are the most Kraut rocky, then by "Dots and Loops" you see them getting more into a 'tropical modernist' sound, quoting bossanova, jazz and other forms of music.

if you like o'rourke-era sonic youf and therefore him, you could try cobra and phases etc etc (long title), which he produced & mixed & tweaked.

batreleaser · 10.12.2008, 12:02 PM

'cobra...' is the one i go back to the most.

Kallisti23chaos · 10.13.2008, 10:22 PM

i like emperor tomato ketchup

RdTv · 10.14.2008, 05:52 AM

Cobra And Phaserhfhfnbvyththg hyghyhfv fjfuj
Sound-Dust
Dots & Loops
Switched On
Aluminum Tunes

narlus · 10.14.2008, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by greedrex

Nobody even mentioned "Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night". it's my fave along with ETK.

i've spent some time w/ this lately...saw them last week. here's the rundown:

http://www.bigtakeover.com/reviews/s...tober-6th-2008

a lot of their stuff is pretty similar; i'd go w/ finding _Oscillons_ (best value for sure), and then get _Dots and Loops_ and maybe _Aluminum Tunes_. i will not argue against any title in particular, though (but not much up to date post-Cobra).

PAULYBEE2656 · 10.15.2008, 03:02 PM

ok... not one stereolab album is worth ignoring.. not one... not many bands are this brilliant on a regular basis... buy any of them but my personal favourites are probaly these. although order changes a lot

transient random noise bursts... amazing album.. truly amazing
emporer tomato ketchup
margerine eclipse
chemical chords
sound dust
dots and loops

furthermore..
get the 3 switched on volumes... totally essential.....

PAULYBEE2656 · 10.15.2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

I've bought Peng first, and still like it a lot.

actuually scrub that post.... buy them in order of release...

gmku · 10.15.2008, 03:08 PM

I, personally, wouldn't bother.

James Blonde · 10.16.2008, 10:01 AM

James Blonde suggests Peng! and Switched On.

ZEROpumpkins · 05.27.2009, 02:32 AM

Disregard my previous statements. Stereolab are awesome.

Green Magnesium · 05.27.2009, 02:39 AM

What helped you to wise up?

10.11.2008, 08:01 AM	#21
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10.11.2008, 03:31 PM	#24
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10.12.2008, 03:15 AM	#27
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' by the way this is the only album by them, that I like as whole. new one is meh. did you hear that? __________________
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10.12.2008, 10:51 AM	#29
patcharan empty page Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2	When I was in high school, I walked into a record store and "Golden Ball" on "Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements" was playing. I was blown away. I felt like it was something I was looking for and finally found. About the same time, I started listening to Sonic Youth, so the two are kind of linked for me. "Transient.." is their most noisy work -- their early albums, Peng, Transient... are the most Kraut rocky, then by "Dots and Loops" you see them getting more into a 'tropical modernist' sound, quoting bossanova, jazz and other forms of music.
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10.12.2008, 12:02 PM	#31
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10.14.2008, 05:52 AM	#33
RdTv invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lexington,KY USA Posts: 2,512	Cobra And Phaserhfhfnbvyththg hyghyhfv fjfuj Sound-Dust Dots & Loops Switched On Aluminum Tunes
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10.15.2008, 03:02 PM	#35
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	ok... not one stereolab album is worth ignoring.. not one... not many bands are this brilliant on a regular basis... buy any of them but my personal favourites are probaly these. although order changes a lot transient random noise bursts... amazing album.. truly amazing emporer tomato ketchup margerine eclipse chemical chords sound dust dots and loops furthermore.. get the 3 switched on volumes... totally essential..... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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10.15.2008, 03:08 PM	#37
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10.16.2008, 10:01 AM	#38
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05.27.2009, 02:32 AM	#39
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Disregard my previous statements. Stereolab are awesome. __________________
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