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Switched On
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Switched On
Artist
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Stereolab
Label
Too Pure
Catalogue Number
PURE78DL
Release Date
April 10, 1992

Often noted as being one of the most influential and original bands of the 90s, Stereolab were formed by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier in London in 1990 and released 13 studio albums, 15 eps and numerous singles. Simon Reynolds commented in Rolling Stone that the group’s early records form “an endlessly seductive body of work that sounds always the same, always different.”

Theirs is a rich, overflowing palette, readily able to blur the gulf between Os Mutantes and the BBC Radiophonic Orchestra; merge Krzysztof Komeda with the Velvet Underground, Francoise Hardy with Neu! and Burt Bacharach with Esquivel. A deluxe blend, in other words, with ingredients plucked assiduously from pop’s coolest outposts: 50’s lounge, Rive Gauche chanson, Brazilian tropicalia, North American art rock, East European film music, Krautrock. hi-fi test recordings, mood music and more.

Somehow they distill these apparently incongruent components into an ageless exotica that is all their own.

Switched On collects Stereolab's earliest singles, capturing the group's hypnotic, driving sound in its infancy. Though they would go on to make even more impressive albums, the newness of Stereolab's sound is palpable, giving the songs an added vitality.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Super-Electric 5:22 Buy

    Super-Electric

  2. 2 Doubt 3:26 Buy

    Doubt

  3. 3 Au Grand Jour' 3:27 Buy

    Au Grand Jour'

  4. 4 The Way Will Be Opening 4:07 Buy

    The Way Will Be Opening

  5. 5 Brittle 3:47 Buy

    Brittle

  6. 6 Contact 8:17 Buy

    Contact

  7. 7 Au Grand Jour 3:40 Buy

    Au Grand Jour

  8. 8 High Expectation 3:32 Buy

    High Expectation

  9. 9 The Light That Will Cease To Fail 3:23 Buy

    The Light That Will Cease To Fail

  10. 10 Changer 4:54 Buy

    Changer

Stereolab

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