Refried Ectoplasm

Refried Ectoplasm
Refried Ectoplasm
Compilation album by Stereolab
Released	July 1995 (US)
Length	62:56
Label	Duophonic Records (UK); Drag City (US) ; Flying Nun Records (New Zealand)
Stereolab chronology
Stereolab Switched On chronology

Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2), released in July 1995, is a compilation by Stereolab of singles and rarities.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	¹
Pitchfork	8.2/10²
New Rolling Stone Album Guide	³

The Rolling Stone Album Guide referred to Refried Ectoplasm as "offer[ing] some of Stereolab's most experimental material, and occasionally—as with Refried's early singles ('Lo Boob Oscillator')—some of the group's more accessible tracks as well."³ Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a 4.5 out of five rating, stating that the album is "far more than a mere oddities collection. More than any other album, Refried Ectoplasm charts Stereolab's astonishing musical growth between those three years, and offers several definitive songs – including 'Lo Boob Oscillator', 'French Disko', and 'John Cage Bubblegum'."¹

Track listing

No.	Title	Source	Length
1.	"Harmonium"	A-side of 7-inch single, Duophonic Super 45s (1992)	5:55
2.	"Lo Boob Oscillator"	A-side of 7-inch single, Sub Pop (1993)	6:36
3.	"Mountain"	Split single with Unrest, TeenBeat Records (1993)	4:05
4.	"Revox"	Double pack 7-inch split single with Huggy Bear & Colm and Darlin', Duophonic Super 45s (1993)	4:13
5.	"French Disko"	A-side of 7-inch and CD single, Duophonic (1993)	3:35
6.	"Exploding Head Movie"	Crumb Duck 10-inch split EP with Nurse With Wound, Clawfist (1993)	4:48
7.	"Eloge d'Eros"	B-side of "John Cage Bubblegum" single (1993)	3:52
8.	"Tone Burst (Country)"	Previously unissued, from abandoned 7-inch split with Spectrum (1993)	2:12
9.	""Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason...)""	Crumb Duck 10-inch split EP with Nurse With Wound, Clawfist (1993)	13:32
10.	"John Cage Bubblegum"	A-side of 7-inch single, Slumberland Records (1993)	3:18
11.	"Sadistic"	Previously unreleased	2:36
12.	"Farfisa"	B-side of "Harmonium" single (1992)	2:23
13.	"Tempter"	B-side of "Lo Boob Oscillator" (1993)	5:52
Total length:			63:04

References

Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
Sherburne, Philip (6 October 2018). "Stereolab: Refried Ectoplasm". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 780-781. ISBN 0743201698.

"Discography". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
"refried ectoplasm". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 4 May 2007.

[AllMusic-1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[2] Sherburne, Philip (6 October 2018). "Stereolab: Refried Ectoplasm". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[rs-3] Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 780-781. ISBN 0743201698.

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