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Annoying french electro pop
Overall solid but not captivating. I was familiar with the first track and like it. The rest was of a similar vein but more fully explored their unique sound, in both good and bad directions.
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Very repetitive within tracks. Some decent variety over the album, sadly it was all completely forgettable.
pretty chill, didn't really like the vocals
Really enjoyed this one. Second half of the album falls off a little but still pretty solid album. Lots of vocal looping, which can be pretty tiresome but its done well here. I give it a Certified Bop™
Meh, I like the electronica, but this didn't impress me.
European electronic burbling. Best tracks: Metronomic Underground, Emperor Tomato Ketchup and Motoroller Scalatron.
First song was quite enjoyable. Gets you shaking your hips. 2nd tune was a little tired and I worried they front ended the good stuff and the list of goodies would, unlike my Sunday morning coffee, be short. Was I being too judgemental on a Sunday morning? Track 3 said "yes" as the album returned to form. Noise of Carpet briefly changed the tone of the album in a positive way. But overall the album was inconsistent and more off than on. There are a few goodies to mix in a playlist but overall the album had one thing in common with my Sunday coffee: not strong enough.
Amazing how much of a wholly unique and incredible album this is. Just wonderful, not much else I can say.
Het bleef een beetje teveel hangen op hetzelfde, er was weinig variatie en ik vond haar stem (ondanks dat het in het frans was) niet prettig.
Enjoyed. Fun vibe and like the French influence.
Nooit van gehoord, maar leuk bandje! Net geen 4 sterren waard.
Wel aardig, maar ook wel erg dromerig en daarom wat slaapverwekken.d
Ik kende dit alleen van naam, maar het was een aangename verrassing.
Thought I’d hate this after the first track but it was fine. Sounds of bands like St Etienne and Belle & Sebastian, both of which I’m not a mega fan of. Not sure I’d revisit this album.
"To be unique was more important than to be good", the words of the band's main songwriter. Probably explains why I'm not that into it although I can recognise the innovation. I like the fact that they have a very specific vision for their music and are quite fiercely independent with political sensibilities in their lyrics. But ultimately just not that into the music. 5/10
Emperor they say... Pfffttt.... more like Concubine Tomato Paste. This was not my bag man. I have a big bag but this does not fit into my bag. Maybe if my bag had a little pocket on the outside I could slide this in. IN that case I would probably barely know it feel out when I was climbing that tree. I would just fill that pocket with something else that is not my bag. I did finish this. and was underwhelmed. I give it two junior mints
I enjoyed this. Great music to cook to. Found each track noticeably different. Will listen again. Starting to wish we could mark out of 10 or give half points though.
Thought I wasn’t gonna enjoy it. But I did. Will listen again, when trying to look a bit fancy around some muso’s.
Great fun.
Stereolab form part of the holy trinity of my favourite bands beginning with the letter S (alongside Sonic Youth and Sebadoh for anyone who’s interested). It’s therefore quite hard to review this one objectively as I know it so well. It’s not my favourite Stereolab album though (that’s probably Dots and Loops) so I’ll give it 4 stars.
Okay
i really liked this, there are some weaker tracks that i think could've been cut though.
Bit samey, didn't love anything in particular. Nice beats
This tomato ketchup based album surprised me. I wasn’t sure if I’d heard of stereolab before then remembered they made one of the songs from FlyLo FM on GTA V. Not sure if that means I really like them or that I’ve played GTA V too much. Anyway, 4/5.
Stereolab are a weird concoction. like sticking cola bottles on a pizza. Doesn't need to be done. no one wants it.
life's too short
Starts off great. Really decent poppy indie dance. Will give them the benefit of the doubt and presume they are french and not just pretentious. Tails off a little at the beginning of the second half then comes back strong with the title track, then goes a little electronic for my taste. Not an unpleasant listen but probably not something I'd seek out again. 3/5
Quite nice and pleasant. Enjoy the french language singing. A bit like Saint Etienne. Doesn't sound particularly exciting or innovative today. Enjoyable overall.
Great. Never got round to listening to this before
It definitely grew on me. Or maybe the first song was just trash. The songs felt very internally repetitive, but there was variety between the songs. Seriously considered giving it a 4
Creo que no digeo este disco. O sea está chido el eclecticismo pop-bossanovaish-rocky altenativo, etc. Pero sentí que escuché una hora de la misma canción. Mood: cuando das muchas vueltas de niño para marearte.
Eclectic mix of songs on this album. Chilled out so easy to listen to but some lovely vocals and interesting arrangements make this a lovely album to listen through.
Bull crap
I thought I knew this outfit but I was getting them mixed up with Stereo MCs. Very Low Fi, I like the move back n' forth from English to French. Definitely grows on you. Some good tracks - a Velvet Underground influence, not too crazy about the Nico-sounding vocals on some. I'm sure I'd give it a higher score next year.
The sound of living in a city inside a French synthesizer. Surprisingly good stuff throughout.
"Cybele's Reverie" Released: 19 February 1996 "Metronomic Underground" Released: 2 December 1996
Motorik beats, squelchy sounds, a kind of Francophone cool pervades - it's studied, chic and quite fun in small doses, but after a while washes over you somewhat. Not bad, not brilliant.
Pop-Rock alternativo bastante curioso.
This album was strange but right up my alley. Groovy beats, wild synths, and dreamy vocals all contributed to my enjoyment of this. There was no single song that I loved but also no song that I disliked, so that's a good sign.
If Krautrock and fringe rock had a baby it would be Stereolab. Most of the hipster indie groups today were influenced by Stereolab in some form, whether they realize it or not. Love the pulsating beat of Les Yper sound, tres chic
Post-rock, eh? I’m here for it.
Esta muy chingon todo este viaje de sonidos que nos lleva este pedo
Too f. French
Otro de esos álbumes (como el de Saint Etienne que salió por acá) que tienen todo lo que me gusta. Sonidos de variada procedencia, a caballo entre lo experimental, lo pop, con buenas letras, a veces hasta inteligibles. De acá escucho cosas como lo que después sonaría Broken Social Scene, entre varios en quiénes pensar. Favs: el inicio y el final ("Metronomic Underground" y "Anonymous Collective"), "Cybele's Reverie", "Olv 26". Sin embargo, no skips. 10/10
Algo repetitivo, aunque las voces estuvieron genialess
Everything I expected from stereolab, instrumental electronica, I like it, specially the few vocal segments
Avant Garde pop..I enjoyed it. Original and probably part of that early 90s movement towards the indie sounds prevalent today. A little too long of an album but I liked it!
That was a lot of fun
Meh
This was a fun record. Not really sure what it was though! Interesting cross-genre vibes from the mid-90s.
Interesting. I’ve never listened to this band, but recently learned David Pajo from Slint played with them at one point, so they were on the To Do list. Really like the 2nd track and some of the other French tunes, but this thing is kind of all over the place and ends with a fizzle. I do not like their graphic design. I do not like the title. The whole presentation here is hard to pin down. But not terrible! I’d listen to more.
More fun in the beginning than the end.
It's good background music, but not something I’d sit and listen to specifically for the listening experience.
Really pleasantly surprised. The songs have great build and strike the balance of having strong core riffs to keep the song together while they get abstract AF but also the slow changes throughout the song mean they don’t get repetitive. Nice array of quirky sounds used throughout. Singing isn’t great, but I guess you can’t have everything.
Hell yeah, some good 90s electro funk. They are unique in their harmonizing/singing.
Spark Plug
I thought this was a different band! Stereogum maybe? Pleasantly surprised - drum machines!
Hard to rate this one. Really unsure if I like it or not. Interesting stuff nonetheless.
Get out of here
Production: 14/20 Songwriting: 14/20 Innovation: 14/20 Bangers: 10/20 Emotional response: 16/20 =68 Solid. Nice. dependable. NINETIES. Also - it's the guitarist from Mccarthy and his wife - who knew?
Nice to listen to while working
Not my type of music
Eclectic without much substance, it wasn't unpleasant to listen to, and I do like French music, but overall just eh.
Heard of but never heard, but I dug it
c'es l'avenir! fav track: percolator
Bit boring
More old somewhat synth stuff. Not engaging enough.
Cool tracks. Good use of electronics with instruments. Nothing bad but nothing amazing either
Like it alot
How, how, HOW?! Did I not know about these guys? Electronica? Check. Weird? Check. FRENCH? Check. Man, I am glad I found them. They are fucking weird.
I enjoyed this album as background music. Too be honest this album could have been in a different language and I wouldn't have noticed. It does have a bizarre sound that I found amusing,
Pretty good. Pretty raw at times but that';s not a terrible thing.Will need more listens for a true rating.
Weird name but not a weird album. Surprisingly decent as some background music. The perfect example of a 3 star album
I do love Stereolab, but this is not my favourite album (Refried Ectoplasm for those taking score). Still, Metronomic Underground is a classic!
En sjov sammenblanding af genre. Lidt funket, lidt elektronisk, lidt pop og underlige tekster. Et specielt album, som har nogle fængende numre men kræver nok noget mere seriøs lytning 3.5
Really helped paved the way for indietronica to be a thing
Ihan chilliä musaa vaikkakin ei herättänyt kummempia reaktioita
Not a fan
Have loved it since it came out.
Cool vibes, liked it more than I expected. Great background music.
Alternativt, repetetivt, soundtrack-agtig
Really liked the layering of this project. There’s a lot going on and it all meshes really nicely, sick alb
Ei jäänyt kyllä yhtään mieleen. Ok?
Listened before
Post-rock
Nice smooth music
Eh, oddball electro stuff. Way too repetitive and artsy for me. Really started to get old about halfway through. 2/5.