i think 'pack yr romantic mind' was the first song of theirs that really grabbed me ('transient' was my intro)
non-placers i voted for:
09 Lock-Groove Lullaby10 Anonymous Collective14 Blue Milk15 Surrealchemist20 Fuses
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2016 00:30 (eight years ago) link
I voted for a lot of low-flyers — maybe the only Chemical Chords partisan here? Looks like at least one other person voted for it. Great poll, even if the heavy weighting toward the mid-90s is a bit predictable (must confess that though I voted for select songs I'm a bit burnt out on ETK, MAQ and Refried Ectoplasm); the biggest surprise is probably that anything from Cobra (the closing track of a very long album, no less) made it into the top 20.
Tracks (unranked)
Miss ModularContronaturaFluorescencesAlluresBrigitteJenny OndiolinePack Yr Romantic MindNeon BeanbagDaisy ClickclackVorticol PhonethèqueInternational Colouring ContestU.H.F. - M.F.P.Slow Fast HazelCaleidoscope GazeThe Emergency KissesIron ManOne Note Samba/SurfboardCheck and Double CheckNought More Terrific Than ManEloge D’Eros
Albums (ranked)
Sound-DustChemical ChordsDots and LoopsCobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky NightAluminum Tunes
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 9 April 2016 01:54 (eight years ago) link
I've got a lot of Stereolab on my ipod but I never know where to start so this poll (which I didn't take part in) was a godsend. I simply made a playlist of the top 15 and I'm good to go. There seems to be a fair bit of overlap between those tracks and Serene Velocity but also some other goodies not on that comp. Thanks, ILM and Moka!
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 09:07 (eight years ago) link
Serene Velocity's tracklisting has a lot of non-album versions of the songs, I think?
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
Jenny Ondioline, French Disko and Wow & Flutter are the versions from singles. Other than that there's just Percolator, which is a bit longer.
Firmly coming around to the notion that Margarine Eclipse got shafted here. Been listening to it a lot and man, what a superb album! Their best of the 2000s and I kinda wish I'd voted for it now.
― everything, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
"Dear Marge" is crushing me beneath its emotional weight. It might be the most unashamedly beautiful song they ever recorded. WHY DID I NOT VOTE.
― MatthewK, Friday, 15 April 2016 07:30 (eight years ago) link
Totally snowed under with work at the moment and making my way through these results at a snail's pace, but:
Gee, I might have stayed on Team "New Orthophony" if I realised it had broader support. As mentioned on the other thread, such a vote would have been very firmly for the far superior unedited (Aluminum Tunes) version
I'd never heard this longer version of New Orthophony before and agree it's great.
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 18 April 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
forgot to vote for the gold chains parti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e310Daluio8
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 02:29 (eight years ago) link
you know what's GREAT? Play "Nihilist Assault Group" from Mars Audiac Quintet and "Nihilist Assault Group (Parts 1, 2, 3)" from Oscillons from the Anti-Sun (which is actually parts 3, 4, 5 and is mislabeled) back to back bcz they were originally supposed to be one single Jenny Odioliney suite.
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 01:56 (seven years ago) link
Been on a Lab deep dive this week and have just woken up to how great Sound-Dust is.
― scampo-phenique (WmC), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
"Double Rocker", my god
― assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
Yessss, Sound-Dust is so good
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 12 November 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
I also have a lot of weird memories mixed up with it because I'll always think of it as their 9/11 album.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 12 November 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link