Sophie’s staff pick “planted firmly in both the lush 60s songwriting of Serge Gainsbourg & Burt Bacharach & the cutting edge of electronic production, this album stands in a place on its own. It’s pop but not like any other”
Remastered from original tapes. Comes with a Bonus album of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes. Fold-out poster insert with lyrics and sleevenotes from Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane.
This was their fifth album and features lush lounge and jazz textures, it showcases the band's most complex set of rhythms yet. Stereolab is aided by members of The High Llamas (like-minded travelers in the production of whimsical '60s sounds), Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma of Mouse on Mars, and John McEntire of post-rock pioneers Tortoise. The album was recorded in Chicago and Düsseldorf and bridges a unique American-Euro influence.
Tracklisting
1. Brakhage
2. Miss Modular
3. The Flower Called Nowhere
4. Diagonals
5. Prisoner of Mars
6. Rainbo Conversation
7. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse
8. Parsec
9. Ticker-tape of the Unconscious
10. Contronatura
11. Off On
12. Incredible He Woman
13. Miss Modular
14. Untitled in Dusseldorf
