Peng!

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Peng!
Stereolab-Peng.png
Studio album by
Stereolab
Released26 May 1992 (1992-05-26)
RecordedApril 1992
Genre
Length47:47
LabelToo Pure
Producer
  • Robbs
  • Stereolab
Stereolab chronology
Super-Electric
(1991) 		Peng!
(1992) 		Low Fi
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Pitchfork7.5/10[5]
Record Collector4/5 stars[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 stars[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[8]
Uncut7/10[9]

Peng! is the debut studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 26 May 1992 by Too Pure in the United Kingdom.[10] The album was issued in the United States on 13 June 1995 by Too Pure and American Recordings.[11] A remastered edition of the album was released on 9 November 2018 by Too Pure and Beggars Arkive.[12]

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.[13] 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[]

All tracks are written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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 Baudelaire3:51
10."Stomach Worm" 6:35
11."Surrealchemist" 7:13
Total length:47:47

Personnel[]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[14]

Stereolab

Production

Charts[]

Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[15] 6

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Phares, Heather. "Peng! – Stereolab". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ Sherburne, Philip (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Stereolab". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Woodard, Josef (23 June 1995). "Pong!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ Corcoran, Nina (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  6. ^ Atkins, Jamie (January 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!". Record Collector. No. 488. p. 103.
  7. ^ Sarig, Roni (2004). "Stereolab". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 779–81. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Strauss, Neil (1995). "Stereolab". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 375–76. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. ^ Martin, Piers (February 2019). "Stereolab: Peng! / The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"". Uncut. No. 261. p. 49.
  10. ^ Peng! (press advertisement). Too Pure. 1992. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Just out". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 22. June 1995. p. 55. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Stereolab – Peng!". Beggars Arkive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Peng! (liner notes). Stereolab. Too Pure. 1992. PURE CD 11.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ "Distribution: Indie Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 13 June 1992. p. 16. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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