| Artist |
Stereolab |
| Album Title: |
The First Of The Microbe Hunters |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD EP |
| Released |
05/15/2000 |
| Label |
Elektra Entertainment/Warner Communications Inc. |
| Catalog No |
62537-2 |
| Bar Code No |
0 75596 25372 7 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Outer Bongolia (9:29)
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| 2.
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Intervals (4:38)
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| 3.
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Barock-Plastik (3:00)
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| 4.
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Nomus Et Phusis (4:23)
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| 5.
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I Feel The Air (Of Another Planet) (8:13)
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| 6.
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Household Names (3:42)
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| 7.
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Retrograde Mirror Form (8:53)
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| 8.
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Data (0:58)
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| Date Acquired |
06/28/2000 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
15.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
All tracks recorded January 2000 at Blackwing Studios, except track 5 recorded at Idful Music Corp., Chicago, March 1997 and mixed January 2000 at Soma Recording Studio, Chicago.
℗©2000 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States, excluding the United Kingdom.
Made/printed in USA.
Credits:
Instruments [Additional; All Over The Place] – Sean O'Hagan
Instruments [All] – The Groop
Mixed By – Fulton Dingley (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7), The Groop (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
Performer [The Groop] – Andy Ramsay, Laetitia Sadier, Mary Hansen, Morgane Lhote, Simon Johns, Tim Gane
Recorded By – Fulton Dingley (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
Sleeve – House
Written-By – Ramsay (tracks: 1), Sadier (tracks: 2 to 7), O'Hagan (tracks: 1), Gane
Companies, etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Copyright © – Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
Recorded At – Blackwing Studios
Recorded At – Idful Music
Mixed At – Soma Electronic Music Studios
Designed At – Intro
Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Commerce
Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – W5350
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 0 75596 25372 7
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): wea mfg. OLYPHANT W5350 2 62537 ECD01 ＊M2 S3
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi L902
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2V2M
Other (Additional Mould data): WEA mfg./CA
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): wea mfg. OLYPHANT W5350 2 62537 ECD01 ＊M1S7 CI
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): ifpi L901
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2U3S
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Analyzed Folder: Stereolab - The First Of The Microbe Hunters_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR10 -0.10 dB -10.76 dB 01 - Outer Bongolia.aif
DR09 -0.09 dB -11.28 dB 02 - Intervals.aif
DR09 -0.07 dB -10.75 dB 03 - Barock - Plastik.aif
DR09 -0.08 dB -10.48 dB 04 - Nomus Et Phusis.aif
DR09 -0.12 dB -11.54 dB 05 - I Feel The Air (Of Another Planet).aif
DR09 -0.08 dB -09.88 dB 06 - Household Names.aif
DR10 -0.03 dB -11.65 dB 07 - Retrograde Mirror Form.aif
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Number of Files: 7
Official DR Value: DR9
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
It is no stretch to say that The First of the Microbe Hunters is the first recording that the hardcore Stereolab fans need not own. After all, it's the first that offers no new twist or turn on the patented 'Lab sound. The record plays like classicist Stereolab, filled with all of the trademarks - pleasant drones, reverb-drenched guitars, cheap organs, effervescent, hypnotic vocals - but it's all been done before. More than that, it borders on parody. There's no other way to read titles like "Outer Bongolia" and "Retrograde Mirror Form," two names that sound like sops to their burgeoning hippie/stoner audience. Such slips would be excusable if the music itself transcended mere titles, as it has before in Stereolab's work. Instead, Microbe Hunters feels as if the band is treading water without realizing it. What was once endearing has mutated into the irritating, as the chanted vocals, simple organ runs and endless, pulsating rhythmic drones alienate listeners instead of mesmerizing them. Why is that? Because there aren't only no surprises on Microbe Hunters, the craft is half-hearted and, ironically enough for this notoriously detached band, there is no soul (or at least their equivalent of it). It feels tossed-off, something that no other Stereolab record has sounded like. And, arriving on the heels of an album that also sounded repetitive and slightly stale, it does not bode well for the band's future. This could easily be where many longtime, hardcore fans get off the bandwagon.
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