ABC Music (Stereolab album)

ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions
Compilation album by Stereolab
Released 8 October 2002 (2002-10-08)
Recorded 30 July 1991 – 16 August 2001
Genre Post-rock
Label Koch (US)
Strange Fruit (UK)
Stereolab chronology
Sound-Dust
(2001)		 ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions
(2002)		 Margerine Eclipse
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10)[2]
Rolling Stonefavorable[3]

ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions, released in October 2002, is a compilation by post-rock band Stereolab of BBC Radio 1 sessions recorded from July 1991 to August 2001. It includes appearances in John Peel and Mark Radcliffe's shows and it is a CD-only release.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "Super-Electric" â€“ 4:48 (Peel, 30/7/1991)
  2. "Changer" â€“ 4:11
  3. "Doubt" â€“ 2:41
  4. "Difficult Fourth Title" â€“ 4:45
  5. "Laissez Faire" â€“ 3:57 (Peel, 28/6/1992)
  6. "Revox" â€“ 3:12
  7. "Peng 33" â€“ 2:57
  8. "John Cage Bubblegum" â€“ 2:56
  9. "Wow and Flutter" â€“ 2:54 (Peel, 28/9/1993)
  10. "Anemie" â€“ 4:41
  11. "Moogie Wonderland" â€“ 2:34
  12. "Heavy Denim" â€“ 3:09
  13. "French Disko" â€“ 3:12 (Radcliffe, 13/12/1993)
  14. "Wow and Flutter" â€“ 2:56
  15. "Golden Ball" â€“ 5:45
  16. "Lo Boob Oscillator" â€“ 4:33
  17. "Check and Double Check" â€“ 2:51 (Radcliffe, 22/11/1994)
  18. "Working Title (The Pram Song)" â€“ 4:13

"Difficult Fourth Title" is the song eventually named "Contact" (from Switched On). "Working Title (The Pram Song)" is an early version of "Seeperbold" from Aluminum Tunes.

CD 2

  1. "International Colouring Contest" â€“ 3:42
  2. "Anamorphose" â€“ 7:27
  3. "Metronomic Underground" â€“ 10:14 (Peel, 15/2/1996)
  4. "Brigitte" â€“ 5:50
  5. "Spinal Column" â€“ 3:31
  6. "Tomorrow Is Already Here" â€“ 4:43
  7. "Les Yper-Sound" â€“ 6:00 (Evening Session, 26/2/1996)
  8. "Heavenly Van Halen" â€“ 3:09
  9. "Cybele's Reverie" â€“ 3:59
  10. "Slow Fast Hazel" â€“ 4:07
  11. "Nothing to Do With Me" â€“ 4:01 (Peel, 19/9/2001)
  12. "Double Rocker" â€“ 5:33
  13. "Baby Lulu" â€“ 5:03
  14. "Naught More Terrific Than Man" â€“ 3:56

"Heavenly Van Halen" is an early version of "Pinball" from the Fluorescences EP.

References

  1. ↑ ABC Music (Stereolab album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Pitchfork Media
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone
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