Stereolab - Sound-Dust
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Artist: StereolabEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Black Ants In Sound Dust
- Spacemoth
- Captain easychord
- Baby Lulu
- The Black Arts
- Hallucinex
- Double Rocker
- Gus The Mynah Bird
- Naught More Terrific Than Man
- Nothing To Do With Me
- Suggestion Diabolique
- Les Bons Bons Des Raisons
Music reviews of Sound-Dust
Music Review: The groop nearly play perfection
Rating: 5 Stars
When this album was first released, there were many people who bemoaned it as a sell-out. It was said that the band had written radio-friendly songs in an effort to break out of their "Dots and Loops" & "Cobra & Phases" malaise. I remember someone saying that this is a nice album to listen to, and Stereolab had made some songs that were easy to listen to... but at what cost? Those people must have been crazy.This album is not so much a "come back", as it is a continuance of excellence. It may sound more akin to "Mars" and "ETK", than "Dots and Loops" & "Cobra & Phases" did, but listened to side-by-side with the earlier albums, one can easily hear a type of maturity that did not exist in 1994-96. Furthermore, contrary to what has been said by many, there are many similarities in form and sound between "Sound-dust", "Dots" and "Cobra". Listen to any 3 songs from each album... stylistically, they could really all go on one album quite seamlessly (perhaps with the exception of "Rainbo Conversation", "Puncture in the Radex Permutation", "Blue Milk" and "Naught More Terrific Than Man").
"Sound-Dust" itself is a masterpiece. Although, it's true, I said the same thing in my first week of listening to "Dots" and "Cobra". I've had this new album now for 5 months and there is little more I can say about it other than that it is an almost perfect Stereolab album. Although, as alluded to above, "Naught More Terrific Than Man" hasn't really caught my fancy. It certainly is different than the earlier albums, but so was every other album. Trying to find favourable comparisons with earlier albums that one considered good really won't allow one to appreciate any new direction the band takes. Additionally, hoping that the band will make another "Mars" and "ETK" will only serve to pigeonhole them into that exact sound. They already have a fluid and variable sound all their own, which is unique, common to all their albums and, in the final equation, supremely pleasing. Isn't that good enough?
Description of Sound-Dust
Japanese edition of their 2001 studio album includes one bonus track 'Moodles' which is also available as a b-side to their UK single, 'Captain Easychord' + a bonus sticker (which will only be made available for the initial pressing). 13 tracks in all.On their 12th release, art-pop act Stereolab float deeper into the post-rock atmosphere. They still draw from Ennio Morricone and Henry Mancini when creating their own fantasy soundtracks, but Sound-Dust lacks the dynamic interplay that invigorated Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night. The disc is all easy-listening lounge that's almost too gentle on the ears. There are no urgent sonic experiments, and only three tracks really spark to life: "Spacemoth," "Captain Easychord," and the Kubrick-inspired "Gus and the Mynah Bird." "Easychord" is the catchiest song on the album, containing the CD's most ebullient melody-emitting, warped, country-twanged notes. Beyond that, Stereolab fans should prepare for a very sedate, mature affair. --Jennifer Maerz
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