Switched On
1992 compilation album by Stereolab
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::summary 1992 compilation album by Stereolab ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Switched On |
| type | compilation |
| artist | Stereolab |
| cover | Switchedon.png |
| released | October 1992 |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| length | 43:55 |
| label | Too Pure (UK) |
| Slumberland (US) | |
| prev_title | Low Fi |
| prev_year | 1992 |
| next_title | Space Age Bachelor Pad Music |
| next_year | 1993 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Stereolab Switched On |
| type | compilation |
| title | Switched On |
| year | 1992 |
| next_title | Refried Ectoplasm |
| next_year | 1995 |
| :: |
| name = Switched On | type = compilation | artist = Stereolab | cover = Switchedon.png | alt = | released = October 1992 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|
- Post-rock
- shoegaze
- noise pop | length = 43:55 | label = Too Pure (UK) Slumberland (US) | producer = | prev_title = Low Fi | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Space Age Bachelor Pad Music | next_year = 1993 | misc ={{Extra chronology | artist = Stereolab Switched On | type = compilation | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = Switched On | year = 1992 | next_title = Refried Ectoplasm | next_year = 1995 | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Pitchfork | rev2Score = 7.7/10
Switched On (also known as Switched On Stereolab or Switched On Volume 1) is a compilation of Stereolab's first three releases, and was originally released in 1992. The album's name is in tribute to Switched-On Bach (1968) and other similar titles from the late 1960s to 1970s that feature Moog synthesizers as the primary instrument. Switched On was later licensed to Slumberland Records for a US release, and Rough Trade Germany, for that country, both in 1992.
Background
The album, compiling the Super 45 and Super-Electric 10"s along with the Stunning Debut Album 7", forms the first part of a pentalogy of Stereolab rarities collections along with Refried Ectoplasm (1995), Aluminum Tunes (1998), Electrically Possessed (2021), and Pulse of the Early Brain (2022).
Track listing
| extra_column = Original release | title1 = Super-Electric | length1 = 5:22 | extra1 = Super-Electric | title2 = Doubt | length2 = 3:26 | extra2 = Stunning Debut Album | title3 = Au grand jour | length3 = 3:27 | extra3 = Super 45 | title4 = The Way Will Be Opening | length4 = 4:07 | extra4 = Super-Electric | title5 = Brittle | length5 = 3:47 | extra5 = Super 45 | title6 = Contact | length6 = 8:17 | extra6 = Super-Electric | title7 = Au grand jour | length7 = 3:40 | extra7 = Super 45 | title8 = High Expectation | length8 = 3:32 | extra8 = Super-Electric | title9 = The Light That Will Cease to Fail | length9 = 3:23 | extra9 = Super 45 | title10 = Changer | length10 = 4:54 | extra10 = Stunning Debut Album
Personnel
- Laetitia Sadier - vocals
- Gina Morris - vocals
- Tim Gane - guitar, Moog synthesizer, Farfisa organ
- Martin Kean - bass
- Joe Dilworth - drums
References
References
- Phares, Heather. ""Switched On" review". All Media Guide, LLC.
- Sherburne, Philip. (6 October 2018). "Stereolab: Switched On". [[Pitchfork (website).
- Taylor, Timothy Dean. (2001). "Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture". Routledge.
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