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Chemical Chords
Pop · 2008 · 16 tracks · 56m

Chemical Chords

Stereolab

Short, punchy pop experiments where vintage synths meet orchestral strings. A bright, rhythmic collection of retro-futurist vignettes.

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It's like a 1960s French pop record reimagined by a very stylish computer.

A bright, intellectually playful collection of rhythmic pop miniatures.

Chemical Chords · vs · Stereolab
Coffee Shop+1.4σ

Coffee Shop saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 56m
01
Neon Beanbag
3:49
02
Three Women
3:46
03
One Finger Symphony
2:06
04
Chemical Chords
5:13
05
The Ecstatic Static
4:44
06
Valley Hi!
2:15
07
Silver Sands
3:08
08
Pop Molecule
2:15
09
Self Portrait With “Electric Brain”
3:17
10
Nous vous demandons pardons
4:52
11
Cellulose Sunshine
2:36
12
Fractal Dream of a Thing
3:37
13
Daisy Click Clack
3:29
14
Vortical Phonothèque
3:07
15
The Nth Degrees
4:14
16
Magne-Music
3:54
Moments Worth Waiting For
The bright, interlocking piano and vibraphone patterns that open Neon Beanbag.
The way the brass section punctuates the rhythmic shifts in Three Women.
The hypnotic, circular vocal harmonies that anchor the title track Chemical Chords.
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