Switched On
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| Released | October 1992 | |||
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| Length | 43:55 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[2] |
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.[3] Switched On was later licensed to Slumberland Records for a US release, and Rough Trade Germany, for that country, both in 1992.
Background
[edit]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
[edit]| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Super-Electric" | Super-Electric | 5:22 |
| 2. | "Doubt" | Stunning Debut Album | 3:26 |
| 3. | "Au grand jour'" | Super 45 | 3:27 |
| 4. | "The Way Will Be Opening" | Super-Electric | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Brittle" | Super 45 | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Contact" | Super-Electric | 8:17 |
| 7. | "Au grand jour" | Super 45 | 3:40 |
| 8. | "High Expectation" | Super-Electric | 3:32 |
| 9. | "The Light That Will Cease to Fail" | Super 45 | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Changer" | Stunning Debut Album | 4:54 |
Personnel
[edit]- Laetitia Sadier - vocals
- Gina Morris - vocals
- Tim Gane - guitar, Moog synthesizer, Farfisa organ
- Martin Kean - bass
- Joe Dilworth - drums
References
[edit]- "Biography". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
- "Switched On". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- "switched on stereolab". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. ""Switched On" review". Reviews. AllMusic. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ↑ Sherburne, Philip (6 October 2018). "Stereolab: Switched On". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ↑ Taylor, Timothy Dean (2001). Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture. Routledge. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-415-93683-5.
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