LM Artist Poll No. 74 · STEREOLAB · Results Thread

well that's just a really Stereolab-y sounding song

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06. Metronomic Underground 17 votes, 431 points. 0 first place votes.
From:Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
https://youtu.be/AyCjTj0aAQY

I remember being really surprised when "Ping Pong" was released. Not disappointed though, because it's awesome. And the mostly readily intelligible lyrics are fantastic in this impossibly jaunty context. I can't even tell any more whether it represented much of a departure from what became before. Probably not in reality.

crazy
sturdy
a tor
pedo

MU live the couple times I saw them 96-99 so huge and awesome

http://i.imgur.com/qaA9SVt.jpg
05. Fluorescences 19 votes, 470 points. 2 first place votes.
From:Fluorescences EP (1996)
https://youtu.be/7TMoy6DNTO4

This song always sounded post-etk and post-d&l for me, up until this poll I thought it was a 2001 ep.

wow, great run, just catching up

What an incredible song. Made number 76 in the single chart which has to be one of the most frustrating chart stats ever.

I had no idea Fluorescences was so revered

xp Well, it is post-ETK.

Last of my votes to place, I suspect.

John Cage Bubblegum was my #2 (so Jeff W we should not like a certain Jenny come between us). ABC version is the first that I heard and is my preference -- it has this raw power that the Refried version, great as it is, lacks.

As a Stereolab fan their overall chart performance is one of the most frustrating things ever.

Jenny Ondioline Bubblegum would be an intersting mashup.

Glad I needn't have feared "Flourescences" being overlooked. Possibly the highest non-LP track?

Brakhage: I just love their jazzy, melancholy tracks from D&L and this is my favorite, the singing is filled with so much resignation. Cool drums on this too, I think it might be John McEntire?

Miss Modular: the intro to this is my ringtone

Ping Pong: agree with Nag! on this, it was a minor revelation when this came out, just to hear them with such clarity, especially the singing

Following song is sweet. Had no idea it was one of their most loved ones in here.

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04. Pack Yr Romantic Mind 19 votes, 473 points. 5 first place votes.
From:Transient Random Noise-Bursts… (1993)
https://youtu.be/_UgTOFW7T8w

forgot to vote for that but I should have

my #1, this was the song that hooked me into them

Oh! How did I forget this one!

Has the scrapped version with the uncleared George Harrison sample ever leaked? Would like to hear that.

Wow, I had no idea this was still to come. Didn't end up voting for it but it's a brilliant song.

my #1 too, was beginning to despair!

I didn't vote (shame on me) and I've been too busy to follow along (dang!), but I'm happy Crest came in so high. I hope French Disko wins!

Has the scrapped version with the uncleared George Harrison sample ever leaked? Would like to hear that.

― Jeff W

What are you talking about and why didn't I know about this?

Scroll down to 'Information':
http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/1993/LP/transient_random_noise_bursts_with_announcements/

Long thread on it: http://www.stereolab.co.uk/forum/stereolab/topic/6242/threaded/67729

Wow! Had no idea... quick googling tells me there isn't an upload of it yet... no mention of the song sampled either... maybe it wasn't a song but a snippet of an interview which is why they didn't bother clearing it out before pressing those first copies?

We're almost done people.

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03. Cybele’s Reverie 20 votes, 515 points. 2 first place votes.
From:Cybele’s Reverie EP / Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
https://youtu.be/v6dNTmfZp0U

The real first Stereolab song I heard. Immensely pretty, but I left it off my ballot.

so great, but the album version is way better than the single. another great example of how liked to pile one thing on top of another until it becomes almost maddening. I love how harsh the string and synth stabs are on such a pretty song.

Ok, Pack Yr Romantic Mind I could karaoke without looking at the screen. Cybele's, not so much. I'm into their mantra tracks I'm realising.

So I guess you guys already predict number 1 and 2. Want me to roll them simultaneously?

sure

La Resistance!

Sure, roll out Ulan Bator and Soop Groove #1 at the same time.

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02. Gabba on the Jukebox 31 votes, 913 points. 2 first place votes.
From:Adorno Disco EP (1995)
https://youtu.be/0EHGQLWsAvY

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01. Dymaxion Loop 29 votes, 952 points. 4 first place votes.
From:Froot Machine 10” (1995)
https://youtu.be/0qMeDuwgr2A

:D

so different from the album versions!

nice work

Yep, my #1 right there.

Well, that's the end of our poll! Thank you everyone!

cute youtube links Moka hahaha

;)

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02. French Disko 23 votes, 569 points. 2 first place votes.
From:Jenny Ondioline 7” / French Disko 7” (1993)
https://youtu.be/_kB9LRZ0sAs

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01. Jenny Ondioline 25 votes, 722 points. 7 first place votes.
From:Jenny Ondioline 7”/ Transient Random Noise Bursts… (1993)
https://youtu.be/oGDxN4mQ8WA

Solid top two!

10" format on those as well

the ex-GF who had the Cliff beach towel's favorite song is French Disko, she approves

her 2nd favorite is JO