The List of Stereolab Albums in Order of Release Date

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The discography of Stereolab comprises eleven studio albums, seven compilation albums, fifteen extended plays, sixteen singles, and twenty-three rarities compilations.

The List of  Stereolab Albums in Order of Release Date

Here is the list of Stereolab Album in Order of Release Date:

1. Peng! — 26 May 1992
2. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements — 10 August 1993
3. Mars Audiac Quintet — 8 August 1994
4. Emperor Tomato Ketchup — 11 March 1996
5. Dots and Loops — 22 September 1997
6. Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night — 21 September 1999
7. Sound-Dust — 28 August 2001
8. Margerine Eclipse — 27 January 2004
9. Chemical Chords — 18 August 2008
10. Not Music — 16 November 2010
11. Instant Holograms on Metal Film — 23 May 2025

All Stereolab Albums List in Order

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1. Peng! (1992)

Tracks:

1. Super Falling Star
2. Orgiastic
3. Peng! 33
4. K-Stars
5. Perversion
6. You Little Shits
7. The Seeming and the Meaning
8. Mellotron
9. Enivrez-vous
10. Stomach Worm
11. Surrealchemist

Peng! is the debut studio album by English-French band Stereolab, originally released on 26 May 1992 by Too Pure. Introducing the group’s distinctive blend of motorik rhythms, vintage synthesizers, and experimental pop, the album laid the foundation for their future sound. Written mainly by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, Peng! balances hypnotic repetition with sharp melodies across tracks like “Super Falling Star” and “Peng! 33.” Its comic-inspired artwork became an enduring visual trademark for the band. The album reached number six on the UK Independent Albums Chart and was remastered in 2018.

2. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (1993)

Tracks:

1. Tone Burst
2. Our Trinitone Blast
3. Pack Yr Romantic Mind
4. I’m Going Out of My Way
5. Golden Ball
6. Pause
7. Jenny Ondioline
8. Analogue Rock
9. Crest
10. Lock-Groove Lullaby

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements is the second studio album by English-French band Stereolab, released in August 1993 through Duophonic and Elektra Records. Recorded with an expanded line-up, the album is widely regarded as Stereolab’s noisiest and most experimental work, emphasizing distorted guitars, buzzing keyboards, and hypnotic motorik rhythms. Tracks like the 18-minute epic “Jenny Ondioline” showcase the band’s fusion of krautrock, avant-pop, and retro electronics. Featuring creative sampling, locked-groove vinyl experimentation, and striking retro artwork, the album peaked at number 62 on the UK Albums Chart and was later remastered and expanded in 2019.

3. Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)

Tracks:

1. Three-Dee Melodie
2. Wow and Flutter
3. Transona Five
4. Des étoiles électroniques
5. Ping Pong
6. Anamorphose
7. Three Longers Later
8. Nihilist Assault Group
9. International Colouring Contest
10. The Stars Our Destination
11. Transporté sans bouger
12. L’enfer des formes
13. Outer Accelerator
14. New Orthophony
15. Fiery Yellow

Mars Audiac Quintet is the third studio album by English-French band Stereolab, released in August 1994 via Duophonic and Elektra Records. Recorded in early 1994, the album marked a creative shift toward a more accessible, pop-oriented sound while retaining the group’s signature space-age textures and motorik rhythms. Featuring fan favorites like “Ping Pong” and “Wow and Flutter,” the album blends vintage keyboards, political undertones, and hypnotic melodies. Critically acclaimed upon release, it reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and is widely regarded as a defining release in Stereolab’s influential indie pop legacy.

4. Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)

Tracks:

1. Metronomic Underground
2. Cybele’s Reverie
3. Percolator
4. Les Yper-Sound
5. Spark Plug
6. OLV 26
7. The Noise of Carpet
8. Tomorrow Is Already Here
9. Emperor Tomato Ketchup
10. Monstre Sacre
11. Motoroller Scalatron
12. Slow Fast Hazel
13. Anonymous Collective

Emperor Tomato Ketchup is the fourth studio album by English-French band Stereolab, released on 18 March 1996 via Duophonic and Elektra Records. Named after Shūji Terayama’s experimental film, the album marked a creative breakthrough, with the band shifting from drone-based rock to loop-driven compositions inspired by hip hop and electronica. Recorded in Chicago and London with John McEntire and Paul Tipler, it features standout tracks like “Metronomic Underground” and “Cybele’s Reverie.” Widely acclaimed, the album became Stereolab’s most celebrated release, earning strong sales, critical praise, and lasting influence.

5. Dots and Loops (1997)

Tracks:

1. Brakhage
2. Miss Modular
3. The Flower Called Nowhere
4. Diagonals
5. Prisoner of Mars
6. Rainbo Conversation
7. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse
8. Parsec
9. Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious
10. Contronatura

Dots and Loops is the fifth studio album by English-French band Stereolab, released on 22 September 1997 via Duophonic and Elektra Records. Co-produced with John McEntire and Andi Toma, it marked the group’s first use of digital recording technology, signaling a bold shift in sound. Moving away from krautrock and drone, the album blends jazz, electronic textures, bossa nova, and 1960s pop influences. Lyrically, it explores consumerism, materialism, and human interaction. Featuring the acclaimed single “Miss Modular,” Dots and Loops reached the UK Top 20 and is widely regarded as one of Stereolab’s finest and most accessible works.

6. Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999)

Tracks:

1. Fuses
2. People Do It All the Time
3. The Free Design
4. Blips Drips and Strips
5. Italian Shoes Continuum
6. Infinity Girl
7. The Spiracles
8. Op Hop Detonation
9. Puncture in the Radax Permutation
10. Velvet Water
11. Blue Milk
12. Caleidoscopic Gaze
13. Strobo Acceleration
14. The Emergency Kisses
15. Come and Play in the Milky Night

Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night is the sixth studio album by English-French band Stereolab, released in September 1999 via Duophonic and Elektra Records. Co-produced by the band alongside John McEntire and Jim O’Rourke, the album expands Stereolab’s signature blend of krautrock, lounge pop, post-rock, and experimental jazz. Recorded mainly in London, it features sprawling arrangements, hypnotic rhythms, and vintage electronics across a generous 75-minute runtime. Initially met with mixed critical reactions, the album has since gained appreciation for its ambition and depth, with a remastered expanded edition released in 2019.

7. Sound-Dust (2001)

Tracks:

1. Black Ants in Sound-Dust
2. Space Moth
3. Captain Easychord
4. Baby Lulu
5. The Black Arts
6. Hallucinex
7. Double Rocker
8. Gus the Mynah Bird
9. Naught More Terrific Than Man
10. Nothing to Do with Me
11. Suggestion Diabolique
12. Les Bons Bons des Raisons

Sound-Dust is the seventh studio album by English-French avant-pop band Stereolab, released in late August and early September 2001 via Elektra and Duophonic Records. Produced by John McEntire and Jim O’Rourke at Soma Studios in Chicago, the album blends motorik rhythms, jazz flourishes, and layered electronic textures with Stereolab’s signature melodic experimentation. Featuring standout tracks like “Space Moth,” “Captain Easychord,” and “Nothing to Do with Me,” Sound-Dust is notable as the final Stereolab album to include vocalist and guitarist Mary Hansen. The album later received a well-regarded remastered and expanded reissue in 2019.

8. Margerine Eclipse (2004)

Tracks:

1. Vonal Declosion
2. Need to Be
3. ‘…Sudden Stars’
4. Cosmic Country Noir
5. La Demeure
6. Margerine Rock
7. The Man with 100 Cells
8. Margerine Melodie
9. Hillbilly Motobike
10. Feel and Triple
11. Bop Scotch
12. Dear Marge

Margerine Eclipse is the eighth studio album by English-French indie rock band Stereolab, released in early 2004 through Elektra and Duophonic Records. The album serves as a heartfelt tribute to longtime member Mary Hansen, whose sudden death in 2002 deeply shaped its emotional tone and lyrical themes. Blending motorik rhythms, vintage synths, and lush pop melodies, the record also reflects personal changes within the band, including Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier’s breakup. Notably mixed using Stereolab’s unique “dual mono” technique, Margerine Eclipse was both critically praised and commercially successful, later receiving a remastered expanded edition in 2019.

9. Chemical Chords (2008)

Tracks:

1. Neon Beanbag
2. Three Women
3. One Finger Symphony
4. Chemical Chords
5. The Ecstatic Static
6. Valley Hi!
7. Silver Sands
8. Pop Molecule (Molecular Pop 1)
9. Self Portrait with ‘Electric Brain’
10. Nous vous demandons pardon
11. Cellulose Sunshine
12. Fractal Dream of a Thing
13. Daisy Click Clack
14. Vortical Phonotheque

Chemical Chords is the ninth studio album by English-French indie rock pioneers Stereolab, released on 18 August 2008 via 4AD and Duophonic Records. Written primarily by Lætitia Sadier and Tim Gane, the album blends the band’s signature motorik rhythms, retro pop melodies, and avant-pop experimentation with a brighter, more melodic focus. Tracks like “Neon Beanbag,” “Chemical Chords,” and “The Ecstatic Static” showcase lush arrangements featuring strings, brass, and electronics. Praised for its accessibility and sonic warmth, Chemical Chords charted internationally and reaffirmed Stereolab’s inventive, genre-defying approach to modern pop music.

10. Not Music (2010)

Tracks:

1. Everybody’s Weird Except Me
2. Supah Jaianto
3. So Is Cardboard Clouds
4. Equivalences
5. Leleklato Sugar
6. Silver Sands
7. Two Finger Symphony
8. Delugeoisie
9. Laserblast
10. Sun Demon
11. Aelita
12. Pop Molecules (Molecular Pop 2)
13. Neon Beanbag

Not Music is the tenth studio album by English-French indie rock pioneers Stereolab, released on 16 November 2010 via Drag City and the band’s own Duophonic Records. Compiled during the same sessions as 2008’s Chemical Chords, the album gathers previously unreleased tracks alongside inventive remixes of “Silver Sands” and “Neon Beanbag.” Arriving during Stereolab’s extended hiatus, Not Music feels both reflective and forward-thinking, blending krautrock rhythms, retro synths, and Lætitia Sadier’s unmistakable vocals. Critics responded positively, praising its melodic depth and intellectual charm, making it a rewarding listen for longtime fans and newcomers alike.

11. Instant Holograms on Metal Film (2025)

Tracks:

1. Mystical Plosives
2. Aerial Troubles
3. Melodie Is a Wound
4. Immortal Hands
5. Vermona F Transistor
6. La Coeur et La Force
7. Electrified Teenybop!
8. Transmuted Matter
9. Esemplastic Creeping Eruption
10. If You Remember I Forgot How to Dream Pt. 1
11. Flashes from Everywhere
12. Colour Television
13. If You Remember I Forgot How to Dream Pt. 2

Instant Holograms on Metal Film is the eleventh studio album by English-French indie legends Stereolab, released on 23 May 2025 via Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records. Marking their long-awaited return after nearly 15 years, the album reaffirms the band’s signature blend of motorik rhythms, vintage synths and dreamy pop experimentation. Led by the radiant single “Aerial Troubles,” the 13-track set was written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier and recorded with the band’s touring lineup and notable collaborators. Universally acclaimed by critics, the album celebrates Stereolab’s timeless, forward-thinking sound.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, exploring Stereolab Albums in Order offers a rewarding journey through one of the most inventive discographies in modern alternative music. From the raw, guitar-driven experimentation of Peng! to the refined avant-pop sophistication of Dots and Loops, the band consistently pushed creative boundaries while blending politics, philosophy, and retro-futurist soundscapes. Each release reflects a distinct phase in Stereolab’s evolution, shaped by lineup changes, personal loss, and fearless artistic growth. Ending with Instant Holograms on Metal Film, their catalog stands as a cohesive yet ever-evolving body of work that continues to influence experimental pop and indie music worldwide.

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