Right, "Laminations" is a promo EP.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 9 July 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
Flourescences, which I feel like will run away with this poll. Would've voted for The First of the Microbe Hunters but I guess that's a mini-album. A lot of the songs on there are here on other singles, but none of them have "Outer Bongolia."
― flappy bird, Monday, 9 July 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
Went with Super-Electric EP because it is the best.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 9 July 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
Flourescences, which I feel like will run away with this poll.
as it should
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 July 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
otm, the video is so good too (got pulled from youtube just like the Miss Modular video):
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rblzq
― flappy bird, Monday, 9 July 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
To dreammmmm the impossible poll...
― Mark G, Monday, 9 July 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
Man, I loved that Jenny Ondioline ten-inch with Fruition and Golden Ball and French Disko!
― timellison, Monday, 9 July 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
Another vote for Fluorescences here but the Captain Easychord EP is a close second (had it included the full version of the title track it would've been my pick).
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 9 July 2018 19:47 (six years ago) link
Going to take a bit to decide. Wish I still had some of these EPs; I check Ebay for vinyl copies now and again but they're never cheap. I never really liked how Oscillons jumbled the tracks from the Elektra-era ones. Fluorescences would seem like the default but "Brigitte," on Cybelle's Reverie, is sometimes my favorite Stereolab song. Love "Allures" as well.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Monday, 9 July 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link
I never really liked how Oscillons jumbled the tracks from the Elektra-era ones.
Yeah, it works but I prefer the original context as well, so I just compiled all the tracks I listed above. Over 6 hours! Going to give it a listen straight through over the next day or two.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 9 July 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
I went with the Flourescences EP.
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzx1f6EJn_o
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 00:22 (six years ago) link
Such a great song, and a shame it never ended up on a proper album. the Oscillons comp came out 9 years after the Fluorescences EP? it's such a great song, and I don't necessarily think it would've been a hit, but if it were on ETK I'm positive it'd be as well known as Cybele and Les-Yper. Though it wasn't part of those sessions right, it was recorded later in 1996?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 01:49 (six years ago) link
they didn't even play it live very much, which is surprising
Went with John Cage Bubblegum/Eloge d'Eros 7"... missing is the 1993 split tour 7" with Unrest, which had one of their top five songs, Mountain
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
This is the Super 45 EP for me, I voted it #1 against all their other albums (& EPs/singles) in the album poll.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 02:55 (six years ago) link
YT playlist:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F1OcUB3GKM&list=PLb9EHTcMqIb85KnxLzMzfTlUKAi_KWheJ
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 02:56 (six years ago) link
or try this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F1OcUB3GKM&list=PLb9EHTcMqIb85KnxLzMzfTlUKAi_KWheJ
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 02:59 (six years ago) link
Poll is missing "Shimmies in Super 8" but hey.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 07:54 (six years ago) link
Lo-fi by a mile.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 09:06 (six years ago) link
missing is the 1993 split tour 7"
I skipped split singles as well, just going for pure 'lab.
Poll is missing "Shimmies in Super 8"
Same deal, otherwise the list of releases would've been ridiculous. A wonderfully prolific band they were!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
"Laissez-Faire" has been my favorite song lately so I voted LOW FI.
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
pretty much love about 80% of their output.
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
Jump drive shut out - solar throw away is missing from this poll. Do tour only eps count?
― Ross, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
No, it's there. The tour singles are some of my favorite stuff.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
So, how much of this stuff remains uncompiled?
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
Uncompiled: Low Fi, The In Sound, The Underground is Coming, and everything after Captain Easychord. And ABC (The Multitude) was only on the Japanese edition of Aluminum Tunes.
― J. Sam, Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
The In Sound tracks are all found on "Aluminum Tunes", just retitled. I guess they changed the names between releasing the EP and AT.
Blue Milk = Munich MadnessOne Thousand Miles An Hour = 1000 Miles An HourAluminum Tune = Golden Atoms
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 12 July 2018 13:22 (six years ago) link
Flourescences hasn't been compiled, has it?
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
It's on Oscillons
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
Blue Milk = Munich Madness
whoa, I never knew there was another song called Blue Milk??
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
I don't know why I've thought this whole time that Oscillons from the Anti-Sun was a best of set.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Thursday, 12 July 2018 21:25 (six years ago) link
There's also "Blaue Milch" on this, but I think that's unrelated to the Cobra & Phases "Blue Milk" or "Munich Madness"?
― with hidden noise, Friday, 13 July 2018 09:19 (six years ago) link
Right, completely different track.
I listened to everything in order - something I've never done before. I fell in love with the krautrock of "Jenny Ondioline" (which is too short no matter show long it is) and bailed around "Cobra" when the French pop overtook the German rock. At their best, Stereolab is combining a terrific groove with lots of odd and interesting sounds - "Soop Groove" is one of the high points of what I mean. I like the title track to "Captain Easychord" but the rest of the EP is sort of goopy to me, and "Instant 0" is about half good. The tour singles are generally good with "Solar Throw Away" being the high point. But, man, everything through "The Free Design" is just so great, almost nothing I wouldn't listen to on repeat.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 13 July 2018 13:30 (six years ago) link
This is like voting for your favourite child.
But OK, The Free Design wins as (a) Cobra era = peak Stereolab and (b) the quality is evenly high across all the songs, while covering a lot of ground stylistically.
Runners up: Super-Electric cos that's where I came in; and Rose because dual mono rules and it contains Laetitia's best lyrics.
Best individual track here = John Cage.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 15 July 2018 12:03 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 29 July 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
"Extended Popularity Poll"
― Mark G, Sunday, 29 July 2018 09:30 (six years ago) link
Fluorescences and Miss Modular EPs are unbeatable, prefer them to any Stereolab LP
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 29 July 2018 09:35 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 30 July 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Great results, pretty much agree! My tag favorite of the 0 votes was "Ping Pong" which is really strong.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 30 July 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
I voted Low Fi but these are mostly fantastic
― sleeve, Monday, 30 July 2018 02:42 (six years ago) link
French Disko 7" 0
There is no other poll where this would happen.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 July 2018 07:40 (six years ago) link