Along with Aluminum Tunes, the Rolling Stone Album Guide referred to Refried Ectoplasm as being like "many odds-and-ends collections, are essential listening only for obsessives and completeists." and that the compilations "offer some of Stereolab's most experimental material, and occasionally-as with Refried's early singles ("Lo Boob Oscillator")-some of the group's more accessible tracks as well."[3]Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a 4.5 out of five rating, stating that the album is "far more than a mere oddities collection. More than any other album, Refried Ectoplasm charts Stereolab's astonishing musical growth between those three years, and offers several definitive songs -- including "Lo Boob Oscillator," "French Disko," and "John Cage Bubblegum".[1]
Track listing[]
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Harmonium" (1992, originally a 7" single on Duophonic Super 45's)
5:55
2.
"Lo Boob Oscillator" (1993, originally a 7" single on Sub Pop)
6:36
3.
"Mountain" (1993, originally a split single on Teenbeat, other side by Unrest)
4:05
4.
"Revox" (1993, originally from a double pack 7" on Duophonic Super 45's, split with Huggy Bear, Colm and Darlin')
4:13
5.
"French Disko" (1993, originally a 7" and CD single on Duophonic)
3:35
6.
"Exploding Head Movie" (1993, with Nurse With Wound, from the Crumb Duck 10" on Clawfist)
4:48
7.
"Eloge d'Eros" (1993, b-side of "John Cage Bubblegum")
3:52
8.
"Tone Burst (Country)" (1993, previously unissued, from an abandoned split 7" with Spectrum)
2:12
9.
""Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason...)"" (1993, with Nurse With Wound, the other side of "Crumb Duck")
13:32
10.
"John Cage Bubblegum" (1993, 7" single on Slumberland, some copies came with an actual strip of bubblegum)
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