Switched On

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Switched On
Compilation album by Stereolab
Released 1992
Genre Post-rock
Length 43:55
Label Slumberland (US)
Too Pure (UK)
Stereolab chronology

Switched On
(1992)		 Peng!
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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 and other similar titles from the late 1960s to 1970s that feature Moog synthesizers as the primary instrument.[2] Switched On was later licensed to Slumberland Records for a US release, and Rough Trade Germany, for that country, both in 1992.

The three first releases that form Switched On include:

1. "Super 45", 10" EP, May 1991, on Duophonic (the band's own label)

A1 The Light That Will Cease To Fail (3:24)
A2 Au Grand Jour (3:41)
B1 Brittle (3:47)
B2 Au Grand Jour' (3:28)

2. "Super-Electric", 10" EP, September 1991, on Too Pure

A1 Super-Electric (5:22)
A2 High Expectation (3:32)
B1 The Way Will Be Opening (4:07)
B2 Contact (8:17)

3. "Stunning Debut Album", 7" single, November 1991, on Duophonic

A Doubt
B Changer

Track listing

  1. "Super-Electric" – 5:22
  2. "Doubt" – 3:26
  3. "Au Grand Jour'" – 3:27
  4. "The Way Will Be Opening" – 4:07
  5. "Brittle" – 3:47
  6. "Contact" – 8:17
  7. "Au Grand Jour" – 3:40
  8. "High Expectation" – 3:32
  9. "The Light That Will Cease To Fail" – 3:23
  10. "Changer" – 4:54

Personnel[3]

  • Laetitia Sadier (vocals)
  • Gina Morris (vocals)
  • Tim Gane (guitar, Moog synthesizer, Farfisa organ)
  • Martin Kean (bass)
  • Joe Dilworth (drums)

References

  • "Biography". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-04. 
  • "Switched On". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 
  • "switched on stereolab". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 
  1. ↑ Phares, Heather. ""Switched On" review". Reviews. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
  2. ↑ Taylor, Timothy Dean (2001). Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture. Routledge. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-415-93683-5. 
  3. ↑ CD Universe
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