Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse (2xLP)
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While making Margerine Eclipse, Stereolab encountered more than their fair share of hardships and heartbreak. Just before the band started the album's sessions, keyboardist/vocalist Mary Hansen died at just 36 when the bicycle she was riding was hit by a truck in December 2002. Despite their loss, Stereolab decided to continue recording at the new studio they were building in the Médoc region of France but had difficulties completing its construction. It's something of a miracle, then, that Margerine Eclipse not only exists but is some of the most joyful music of Stereolab's latter-day career. The fizzy "Margerine Rock" sounds like it could've appeared on a volume of Switched On -- and as a matter of fact, the band reinterpreted unused recordings they made for Carlton Television back in 1992 throughout the album.
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: StereolabLabel: Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, Warp RecordsFormat: LPUnits: 2Genre: Punk & AlternativeMargerine Eclipse
A1 Vonal Declosion
A2 Need To Be
A3 "...Sudden Stars"
B1 Cosmic Country Noir
B2 La Demeure
B3 Margerine Rock
C1 The Man With 100 Cells
C2 Margerine Melodie
C3 Hillbilly Motobike
D1 Feel And Triple
D2 Bop Scotch
D3 Dear Marge
Bonus disk of rare EP tracks
E1 Mass Riff
E2 Good Is Me
E3 Microclimate
E4 Mass Riff Instrumental
F1 Jaunty Monty And The Bubbles Of Silence
F2 Banana Monster Ne Répond Plus
F3 University Microfilms International
F4 Rose, My Rocket-Brain! (Rose, Le Cerveau Electronique De Ma Fusée!)