Peng! | ||||
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Released | 26 May 1992 | |||
Recorded | April 1992 | |||
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Length | 47:47 | |||
Label | Too Pure | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
Pitchfork | 4.8/10 (1995)[5] 7.5/10 (2019)[6] |
Record Collector | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10[9] |
Uncut | 7/10[10] |
Peng! is the debut studio album by English-French band Stereolab.[11] It was released on 26 May 1992 by Too Pure in the United Kingdom.[12] The album was issued in the United States on 13 June 1995 by Too Pure and American Recordings.[13] A remastered edition of the album was released on 9 November 2018 by Too Pure and Beggars Arkive.[14]
The album's title (a German onomatopoeia for a loud pop or bang) and cover art are derived from a comic strip named "Der tödliche Finger" that appeared in a 1970 issue of Hotcha, a Swiss underground newspaper.[15] Different panels of the same strip were adapted into cover art for other early Stereolab releases, and remain popular icons for the band.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Super Falling Star" | 3:16 | |
2. | "Orgiastic" | 4:44 | |
3. | "Peng! 33" | 3:03 | |
4. | "K-Stars" | 4:04 | |
5. | "Perversion" | 5:01 | |
6. | "You Little Shits" | 3:25 | |
7. | "The Seeming and the Meaning" | 3:48 | |
8. | "Mellotron" | 2:47 | |
9. | "Enivrez-vous" | Charles Baudelaire | 3:51 |
10. | "Stomach Worm" | 6:35 | |
11. | "Surrealchemist" | 7:13 | |
Total length: | 47:47 |
Personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[16]
Stereolab
- Tim Gane – guitar, Farfisa organ, Moog synthesizer
- Lætitia Sadier – vocals, Moog synthesizer
- Joe Dilworth – drums
- Martin Kean – bass
Production
- Roger Askew – engineering
- Robbs – production, engineering, mixing
- Stereolab – production, mixing
Charts
[edit]Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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UK Independent Albums (OCC)[17] | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Peng! – Stereolab". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). "Stereolab". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (concise 5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Woodard, Josef (23 June 1995). "Pong!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Stereolab: Peng!: Pitchfork Review". Archived from the original on 26 November 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Corcoran, Nina (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Atkins, Jamie (January 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!". Record Collector. No. 488. p. 103.
- ^ Sarig, Roni (2004). "Stereolab". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 779–781. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Strauss, Neil (1995). "Stereolab". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 375–376. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ Martin, Piers (February 2019). "Stereolab: Peng! / The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"". Uncut. No. 261. p. 49.
- ^ True, Everett (23 May 1992). "Sultans of Peng — Peng! by Stereolab". Melody Maker. Vol. 68, no. 21. p. 31.
- ^ Peng! (press advertisement). Too Pure. 1992. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Just out". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 22. June 1995. p. 55. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Stereolab – Peng!". Beggars Arkive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Martin (27 April 2017). "The intriguing origins of 'Cliff', the cartoon character that's all over Stereolab's early album art". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ Peng! (liner notes). Stereolab. Too Pure. 1992. PURE CD 11.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Distribution: Indie Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 13 June 1992. p. 16. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- Peng! at official Stereolab website
- Peng! at Discogs (list of releases)
- Peng! at MusicBrainz (list of releases)