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Fab Four Suture
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0644918019022
Label: Too Pure / Beggars
Manufacturer: Too Pure / Beggars
MPN: 80190
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Too Pure / Beggars
Release Date: March 07, 2006
Studio: Too Pure / Beggars
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Editorial Review:
Beveled puzzle shapes on the cover art of Fab Four Suture beg the question: where does Stereolab's tenth full-length fit into the prolific act's fifteen year career? Is it a bold new direction, a weird misstep, or are the avant-pop tastemakers treading water? Fanboy internet sites seem disappointed with this one, but that's perhaps because their writers are still in college and they think that thinking too much is what it's all about. (Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar, you know.) Laetitia Sadier's uplifting lyrics may sound lifted from bad translations of Situationist graffiti, but even the band doesn't take that side of things too seriously, especially at this point. To answer the previous question, Suture treads water, yes, but marvelously so. This is the sound of one of the best and most important indie bands of the last 20 years reveling in their own, neat universe. It's like a genre novelist playing with characters and situation at the end of a trilogy, if that doesn't sound too silly to say. They've yet to fully heal from the horrible loss of keyboard/vocalist Mary Hansen, but it's just wonderful to hear them having fun again; they fully deserve it. --Mike McGonigal
Spin Magazine hailed Stereolab as one of pop's 50 most influential ensembles. Over fifteen prolific years, the band has produced qualitatively consistent and unique music that has been instantly recognized by media. In addition to over a dozen glittering LPs, their back catalog is littered with fan-pleasing gems: limited editions, one-off collaborations, split singles, etc. This CD/double 10-compilation also includes songs from the previous 7-inch series released in September 2005. "England's lounge-pop heroes" - Blender. "Stereolab's unmistakable cosmonaut pop...was a trademarked stamp of the '90s. No one else managed to duplicate their retro-futurist harmony or even come close to naming their albums with the same pre-Fridge Magnet Poetry serendipitous absurdity" - Fader.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - a welcome change in weather
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After "Margerine Eclipse", Stereolab's 2006 "Fab Four Suture" shuffles the deck a lot more and offers something completely new. This is a compilation of singles and EP's that the groop had released in the previous year with the intention of putting out as an album, which kind of ticks me off in a few ways. I saw them in Detroit the same week this album came out (great show) and bought several of the singles (vinyl), having no idea that they all (except one) appeared on this disc. Had ... Read More
Rating:  - yay music
this is a good cd to buy if your a fan of stereo lab. it's a good representation of the band's sound. good listen all the way through.
Rating: - DEEP, BEAUTIFUL POETIC AND DIVERSE ALBUM!!!
Fab Four Suture is a "DEEP-Beautiful", poetic and diverse album, collecting a series of six 7" singles (very limited editions hard to find) from 2005 and 2006, is an AMAZING RECORD.
"Robust" is a perfect descriptive word for the album, which presents a full, confident-sounding Stereolab. On Fab Four Suture Stereolab's genre obsessions and instruments are woven together tightly, their sound dense and full. Horns make a notable impression, and along with a certain style of guitar lick, they help ... Read More
Rating: - Stereolab report 'A+'
I love every stereolab album that I have bought just about equally. Now granted I only own 4 albums so.... This one is no exception. The first thing I want to point out is the horns. There is some really terrific stuff on some of the tracks like Interlock, Eye of the Volcano and especially the begining of Plastic Mile. I also feel that they have been able to translate some of the 'warmer' vibes from the previous release (thats what they tell me at least, I don't own that one..) while maintaining ... Read More
Rating: - Buy This Lab!
Only Stereolab could do this. They've been together for well over a decade and still manage to produce truly wonderful music. This collection grows over a couple of listens then suddenly blooms in the most excellent way. Lean and sophisticated, this album get it's hooks right in and doesn't let go. Not since 'Peng!' have they been so hypnotically beautiful. This really should be the soundtrack to the summer.
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