Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
Studio album by Stereolab
Released	August 1993 (US)
Recorded	May 1993
Genre	Experimental rock, noise pop
Length	62:11
Label	Elektra (US) Duophonic (UK)
Stereolab chronology
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (1993) Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (1993) Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements was the major-label debut of British group Stereolab, originally released in August 1993. The majority of the first 1500 vinyl copies had to be destroyed because of bad pressing quality.^[3] Also, the track "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" had to be re-recorded because it used a George Harrison sample which the band was unable to receive permission to use.^[4] The end of the last track, "Lock-Groove Lullaby", extends into a lock groove repeating a phrase sampled from Perrey and Kingsley's The Savers on their album Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog.

The LP's sleeve design and liner notes are adapted from a hi-fi test record issued by Hi-Fi Sound magazine in 1969. The record itself is sampled in the track "Jenny Ondioline".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Tone Burst" – 5:35
2. "Our Trinitone Blast" – 3:47
3. "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" – 5:06 * Embodies portions of "Strangers in the Night", written by Burt Kaempfort,^[5] Charles Singleton, and Eddie Snyder

Side two

4. "I'm Going Out of My Way" – 3:25 * embodies portions of "One Note Samba", written by A. Jobim, J. Hendricks, and N. Mendoca
5. "Golden Ball" – 6:52
6. "Pause" – 5:23

Side three

7. "Jenny Ondioline" – 18:08 * contains samples from "Channel Recognition Phasing & Balance", used courtesy Haymarket Publishing

Side four

8. "Analogue Rock" – 4:13
9. "Crest" – 6:04
10. "Lock-Groove Lullaby" – 3:38 * embodies portions of "The Savers", written by Jean Marcel and Gershon Kingsley

Personnel^[6]

• Laetitia Sadier - vocals, guitar, Vox organ, Moog synthesizer, tambourine
• Tim Gane - guitar, Vox organ, Moog synthesizer, percussion
• Sean O'Hagan - guitar, Vox & Farfisa organs
• Andy Ramsay - bouzouki, Vox organ, percussion
• Mary Hansen - vocals, guitar, tambourine
• Duncan Brown - guitar, bass, background vocals

Produced and Engineered by Phil Wright

References

• "Biography". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-04. 
• "Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 
• "transient random noise bursts with announcements.". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 

Notes

1. ↑ Allmusic review
2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Stereolab". Retrieved October 8, 2013. 
3. ↑ "Stereolab discography: Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements". Retrieved 17 October 2013. 
4. ↑ "Stereolab discography: Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements". Retrieved 17 October 2013. 
5. ↑ The insert credits "Burt Kaempfort", but the correct spelling is "Bert Kaempfert".
6. ↑ "Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 1993-08-24. Retrieved 2011-11-29.