A Listeners Guide To Stereolab: The Fifty Absolute Best Tracks of the Legendary Avant-Pop Post Rock Group
Mickey Mcleod
With over eighteen releases spanning nearly three decades, navigating your way through the vast catalog of tasty offerings from the legendary avant-pop lounge fusion post rock band Stereolab may seem like a daunting task. Well, don’t stress too much because we’ve put together the essential tracks for you to dip your toes into and get nice and wet.
Whether its the lo fi underground pop-rock vibes of ‘Switched On’ and ‘They Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music’ or the quirky spaced out cinematic themes from ‘Sound-Dust’ and ‘Emperor Tomato Ketchup’ Stereolab have an accessible, free spirited tone to their music that has always had a little something for everyone. Heck these guys deserve your ears on merit of wackiest album names alone: Mars Audiac Quintet? Oscillations From The Anti-Sun?? Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night??? Amazing stuff.
If you have Apple music we’re putting the list up so get on that, for those of you who don’t please enjoy the top ten of our best 50 list linked..
..so strap in, get out your flower shaped sun glasses, high waisted pants and polka dot shirts, its our absolute favourite Stereolab tracks.