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1992 compilation album by Stereolab For other uses, see Switched-On (disambiguation).

Switched On

Compilation album by Stereolab

Released

October 1992

Genre

Length

43:55

Label

Too Pure (UK)
Slumberland (US)

Stereolab chronology

Low Fi
(1992)

Switched On
(1992)

Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
(1993)

Stereolab Switched On chronology

Switched On
(1992)

Refried Ectoplasm
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork	7.7/10

Switched On (also known as Switched On Stereolab or Switched On Volume 1) is a compilation of Stereolab's first three releases, and was originally released in 1992. The album's name is in tribute to Switched-On Bach and other similar titles from the late 1960s to 1970s that feature Moog synthesizers as the primary instrument. Switched On was later licensed to Slumberland Records for a US release, and Rough Trade Germany, for that country, both in 1992.

Compiled of tracks from Super 45 and Super-Electric EPs plus the Stunning Debut Album 7" single, the album forms the first part of a pentalogy of Stereolab rarities collections along with Refried Ectoplasm (1995), Aluminum Tunes (1998), Electrically Possessed (2021), and Pulse of the Early Brain (2022).

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Super-Electric"	5:22
2.	"Doubt"	3:26
3.	"Au grand jour'"	3:27
4.	"The Way Will Be Opening"	4:07
5.	"Brittle"	3:47
6.	"Contact"	8:17
7.	"Au grand jour"	3:40
8.	"High Expectation"	3:32
9.	"The Light That Will Cease to Fail"	3:23
10.	"Changer"	4:54

Tracks 1, 4, 6, and 8 taken from Super-Electric EP
Tracks 3, 5, 7, and 9 taken from Super 45 EP
Tracks 2 and 10 taken from Stunning Debut Album 7" single

Personnel

Laetitia Sadier - vocals
Gina Morris - vocals
Tim Gane - guitar, Moog synthesizer, Farfisa organ
Martin Kean - bass
Joe Dilworth - drums

References

"Biography". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
"Switched On". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
"switched on stereolab". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 5 May 2007.

Phares, Heather. ""Switched On" review". Reviews. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
Sherburne, Philip (6 October 2018). "Stereolab: Switched On". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
Taylor, Timothy Dean (2001). Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture. Routledge. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-415-93683-5.

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