Dots and Loops

Dots and Loops
Studio album by Stereolab
Released 23 September 1997 (US)
Recorded March 1997 – April 1997
Genre Electronic, art rock
Label Elektra (US)
Duophonic (UK)
Producer Andi Toma & Stereolab
Stereolab chronology

Emperor Tomato Ketchup
(1996)		 Dots and Loops
(1997)		 Aluminum Tunes: Switched On, Vol. 3
(1998)
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Robert Christgau B[2]
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Dots and Loops is the fifth studio album by the band Stereolab, released in September 1997. Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars contribute to several tracks, and the album was produced by Andi Toma. The song "Parsec" was used in the launch of the Volkswagen New Beetle. [4] There is also a club in Manchester which takes its name from the album.

Track listing

All tracks by Tim Gane & Laetitia Sadier except where noted

  1. "Brakhage" – 5:30
  2. "Miss Modular" – 4:29
  3. "The Flower Called Nowhere" – 4:55
  4. "Diagonals" – 5:15
  5. "Prisoner of Mars" – 4:03
  6. "Rainbo Conversation" – 4:46
  7. "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse" (Gane, Ramsay, Sadier) – 17:32
  8. "Parsec" – 5:34
  9. "Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious" – 4:45
  10. "Contronatura" – 9:03
  11. "Off-On" - 5:25 (Japanese Bonus Track)

Personnel[5]

Additional Personnel[6]

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