Peng!

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Field	Value
name	Peng!
type	studio
artist	Stereolab
cover	Stereolab-Peng.png
released
recorded	April 1992
genre	{{flatlist
* Experimental pop<ref name	"allmusic"/
* indie pop{{cite web	url
length
label	Too Pure
producer	{{flatlist
prev_title	Super-Electric
prev_year	1991
next_title	Low Fi
next_year	1992
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| name = Peng! | type = studio | artist = Stereolab | cover = Stereolab-Peng.png | alt = | released = | recorded = April 1992 | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|

• Experimental pop
• indie pop | length = | label = Too Pure | producer = {{flatlist|
• Robbs
• Stereolab | prev_title = Super-Electric | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = Low Fi | next_year = 1992 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev2score = | rev3 = Entertainment Weekly | rev3score = B+ | rev4 = Pitchfork | rev4score = 4.8/10 (1995) 7.5/10 (2019) | rev5 = Record Collector | rev5score = | rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev6score = | rev7 = Spin Alternative Record Guide | rev7score = 6/10 | rev8 = Uncut | rev8score = 7/10 Peng! is the debut studio album by English-French band Stereolab. It was released on 26 May 1992 by Too Pure in the United Kingdom. The album was issued in the United States on 13 June 1995 by Too Pure and American Recordings. A remastered edition of the album was released on 9 November 2018 by Too Pure and Beggars Arkive.

The album's title (a German onomatopoeia for a loud pop or bang) and cover art are derived from a comic strip named "Der tödliche Finger" that appeared in a 1970 issue of Hotcha, a Swiss underground newspaper. Different panels of the same strip were adapted into cover art for other early Stereolab releases, and remain popular icons for the band.

Track listing

| all_writing = Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted | title1 = Super Falling Star | length1 = 3:16 | title2 = Orgiastic | length2 = 4:44 | title3 = Peng! 33 | length3 = 3:03 | title4 = K-Stars | length4 = 4:04 | title5 = Perversion | length5 = 5:01 | title6 = You Little Shits | length6 = 3:25 | title7 = The Seeming and the Meaning | length7 = 3:48 | title8 = Mellotron | length8 = 2:47 | title9 = Enivrez-vous | writer9 = Charles Baudelaire | length9 = 3:51 | title10 = Stomach Worm | length10 = 6:35 | title11 = Surrealchemist | length11 = 7:13 | total_length = 47:47

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Stereolab

• Tim Gane – guitar, Farfisa organ, Moog synthesizer
• Lætitia Sadier – vocals, Moog synthesizer
• Joe Dilworth – drums
• Martin Kean – bass

Production

• Roger Askew – engineering
• Robbs – production, engineering, mixing
• Stereolab – production, mixing

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1992) | Peak position | UK Independent Albums (OCC) | |---|---|---| | 6 | | | ::

References

References

1. Sherburne, Philip. (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet".
2. Phares, Heather. "Peng! – Stereolab". [[AllMusic]].
3. (2011). "[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]". [[Omnibus Press]].
4. Woodard, Josef. (23 June 1995). "Pong!".
5. "Stereolab: Peng!: Pitchfork Review".
6. Corcoran, Nina. (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!".
7. Atkins, Jamie. (January 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!".
8. Sarig, Roni. (2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Simon & Schuster]].
9. Strauss, Neil. (1995). "Spin Alternative Record Guide". [[Vintage Books]].
10. Martin, Piers. (February 2019). "Stereolab: Peng! / The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"".
11. (23 May 1992). "Sultans of Peng — Peng! by Stereolab".
12. (1992). "Peng!". [[Too Pure]].
13. (June 1995). "Just out".
14. "Stereolab – Peng!". [[Beggars Group.
15. Schneider, Martin. (27 April 2017). "The intriguing origins of 'Cliff', the cartoon character that's all over Stereolab's early album art".
16. (1992). "Peng!". [[Too Pure]].
17. (13 June 1992). "Distribution: Indie Albums".

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