Switched On
| Switched On | ||||
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| Compilation album by Stereolab | ||||
| Released | October 1992 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock, shoegaze | |||
| Length | 43:55 | |||
| Label |
Too Pure (UK) Slumberland (US) | |||
| Stereolab chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
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.
It forms the first part of a trilogy of Stereolab rarities collections along with Refried Ectoplasm and Aluminum Tunes.
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
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. ""Switched On" review". Reviews. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- ↑ Taylor, Timothy Dean (2001). Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture. Routledge. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-415-93683-5.