Mars Audiac Quintet

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Mars Audiac Quintet
File:Marsaudiacquintet.jpg
Studio album by Stereolab
Released 9 August 1994 (US)
Recorded 1994
Genre Art Pop, Indie Pop, Experimental Rock, Krautrock, Dream Pop, Space Age Pop, French Pop
Length 66:57
Label Elektra (US)
Duophonic (UK)
Stereolab chronology
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
(1993)Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements1993		 Mars Audiac Quintet
(1994)		 Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center
(1995)Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention)[2]
MusicHound 4/5 stars[3]
Martin C. Strong 8/10[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars[5]
Spin 8/10 stars[6]

Mars Audiac Quintet is an album by the band Stereolab, released in August 1994. Initial releases of the CD came with bonus two-track disk, the double vinyl album came with a 7". During the recording of the album, guitarist Sean O'Hagan left as a full-time member to form his own group, while keyboardist Katharine Gifford was added.

Pitchfork ranked it the 78th best album of the 1990s.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, unless otherwise noted.

No. Title Length
1. "Three-Dee Melodie"   5:02
2. "Wow and Flutter"   3:08
3. "Transona Five"   5:32
4. "Des étoiles électroniques"   3:20
5. "Ping Pong"   3:02
6. "Anamorphose"   7:33
7. "Three Longers Later"   3:28
8. "Nihilist Assault Group"   6:55
9. "International Colouring Contest"   3:47
10. "The Stars Our Destination"   2:58
11. "Transporté sans bouger"   4:20
12. "L'enfer des formes"   3:53
13. "Outer Accelerator"   5:21
14. "New Orthophony"   4:34
15. "Fiery Yellow" (Tim Gane / Sean O'Hagan) 4:04

The bonus disc contained the songs "Ulan Bator" and "Klang Tone", later re-released on Aluminum Tunes: Switched On, Vol. 3.

Personnel

  • 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 - drums
  • Mary Hansen - vocals, guitar, tambourine
  • Duncan Brown - guitar, bass, background vocals
  • Katharine Gifford - keyboards

References

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