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- Date Released: January 1, 1992
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative, Indie Pop
- Label: Too Pure
This sparkling debut fuses krautrock, bubblegum and shoegaze to kinetic effect
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We Say...
When Stereolab released this debut album, the Anglo-Franco quartet favored walls of fuzzy guitars, rudimentary riffs and conventional rock beats while lead singer Laetitia Sadier quoted Baudelaire or extolled the glories of Marxism with an almost easy-listening lilt. The band owed much to then-recent My Bloody Valentine, whose pioneering blend of ambient lullaby and overdubbed guitar feedback fuels "K-Stars" and often buries Sadier's tres jolie vocals elsewhere. On some of the more droning tracks, like "Mellotron," the rhythm section falters, and would soon be replaced by players with progressively jazzier chops. But on propulsive, catchy cuts like "The Seeming and the Meaning," Stereolab distinguished themselves from the shoegazer pack with joyful bubblegum melodies, generous Farfisa organ grooves and other intimations of the genre-bending band they would eventually become. On Peng!, Stereolab were practically in mono, but downright scientific nonetheless.
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They Say...
With its full-length debut Peng!, Stereolab continued to develop a unique approach to experimental pop music, building on the seriously playful mix of Krautrock, dream pop, and lounge forged on the band's early singles. The album's first three tracks present the basic kinds of songs that the band would explore in the future: the tense, brooding "Super Falling Star" builds on simple keyboard drones and chilly, choral vocals; "Orgiastic" is a prototypically chugging, droning guitar and keyboard workout; and the sweet, bouncy melody and "ba ba ba" backing vocals of "Peng! 33" define Stereolab's early pop sound. "Perversion" mixes a heavy, dance-inspired beat with strummy, Velvet Underground guitars and Beach Boys harmonies, while "The Seeming and the Meaning" and "Stomach Worm" are two of the band's most dynamic, rock-oriented songs. Dreamy, melancholy songs like "K-Stars" and "You Little Shits" and the fuzzed-out "Mellotron" and "Enivrez-Vous" represent, respectively, the soft and loud aspects of Stereolab's more experimental side, and "Surrealchemist" manages to combine all of the aspects of the group's sound, with overtly Marxist lyrics to boot. While Peng! doesn't feature many of Stereolab's most instantly recognizable compositions, it defines the group's early style and reflects the eclectic directions pursued in later work.
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Super Falling Star |
3:16 |
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| 02. | |
Orgiastic |
4:44 |
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| 03. | |
Peng! 33 |
3:03 |
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K-Stars |
4:04 |
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Perversion |
5:01 |
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| 06. | |
You Little Shits |
3:25 |
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| 07. | |
Sleming and the Meaning |
3:48 |
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| 08. | |
Mellotron |
2:47 |
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| 09. | |
Enivrez-Vous |
3:51 |
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| 10. | |
Stomach Worm |
6:35 |
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| 11. | |
Surrealchemist |
7:13 |
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11 Total Tracks, 47:47 Total Length
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Credits
- The Robbs - Producer // The Robbs - Engineer // The Robbs - Mixing // Stereolab - Main Performer // Roger Askew - Engineer // Joe Dilworth - Drums // Tim Gane - Guitar // Tim Gane - Moog Synthesizer // Tim Gane - Farfisa Organ // Martin Kean - Bass // Laetitia Sadier - Group Member // Seaya Sadier - Vocals // Seaya Sadier - Moog Synthesizer
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