Emperor Tomato Ketchup (album)

Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Studio album by Stereolab
Released April 1996
Genre Post-rock
Experimental rock
Alternative rock
Length 57:15
Label Duophonic (UK), Elektra (US)
Stereolab chronology

Mars Audiac Quintet
(1994)		 Emperor Tomato Ketchup
(1996)		 Dots and Loops
(1997)

Emperor Tomato Ketchup is the fourth album by British alternative rock band Stereolab, released in April 1996. At the time it was their greatest success to date both commercially and critically. Three singles were released from the album: "Cybele's Reverie", "Metronomic Underground" and "The Noise of Carpet". It takes its name from the 1971 Shuji Terayama-directed Japanese film Tomato Kecchappu Kôtei (Emperor Tomato Ketchup).

It was ranked the 51st greatest album of the 1990s by Pitchfork Media.

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Track listing

All songs written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier.

  1. "Metronomic Underground" – 7:55
  2. "Cybele's Reverie" – 4:42
  3. "Percolator" – 3:47
  4. "Les Yper-Sound" – 4:05
  5. "Spark Plug" – 2:29
  6. "OLV 26" – 5:42
  7. "The Noise of Carpet" – 3:05
  8. "Tomorrow Is Already Here" – 4:56
  9. "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" – 4:37
  10. "Monstre Sacre" – 3:44
  11. "Motoroller Scalatron" – 3:48
  12. "Slow Fast Hazel" – 3:53
  13. "Anonymous Collective" – 4:32

Personnel

Emperor Tomato Ketchup was created by the following:[1]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Emperor Tomato Ketchup > Credits )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.