Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements is the second studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 24 August 1993 in the United States by Elektra Records[14] and on 6 September 1993 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records.[15]

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
Studio album by
Stereolab
Released24 August 1993 (1993-08-24)
RecordedMay 1993
StudioBlackwing (London)
Genre
Length62:11
Label
ProducerPhil Wright
Stereolab chronology
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
(1993)		 Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
(1993)		 Crumb Duck
(1993)
Stereolab studio album chronology
Peng!
(1992)		 Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
(1993)		 Mars Audiac Quintet
(1994)
Singles from Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
  1. "Jenny Ondioline"
    Released: 22 August 1993[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Mojo[7]
Pitchfork8.3/10[8]
Q[9]
Record Collector[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[12]
Uncut8/10[13]

The album's sleeve design and liner notes were adapted from a hi-fi test record issued by Hi-Fi Sound magazine in 1969;[16] the record itself is sampled on the song "Jenny Ondioline".[17] The end of the last track, "Lock-Groove Lullaby", extends into a locked groove repeating a phrase sampled from Perrey and Kingsley's "The Savers", from their 1967 album Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out.

Prior to the album's release, the song "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" was re-recorded because it initially contained a sample from George Harrison's Wonderwall Music that the band was unable to receive permission to use.[18][19] The majority of the first 1,500 vinyl copies of the album were destroyed due to bad pressing quality.[18]

A remastered and expanded edition of Transient Random-Noise Bursts was released by Duophonic and Warp on 3 May 2019.[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier.

No.TitleLength
1."Tone Burst"5:35
2."Our Trinitone Blast"3:47
3."Pack Yr Romantic Mind"5:06
4."I'm Going Out of My Way"3:25
5."Golden Ball"6:52
6."Pause"5:23
7."Jenny Ondioline"18:08
8."Analogue Rock"4:13
9."Crest"6:04
10."Lock-Groove Lullaby"3:38
Total length:62:11
2019 expanded edition bonus disc[21]
No.TitleLength
1."Fragments"0:48
2."Jenny Ondioline" (7"/EP version – alternative mix)3:47
3."Drum – Backwards Bass – Organ" ("Jenny Ondioline" breakdown full version)3:33
4."Analogue Rock" (original mix)4:35
5."Pause" (original mix)4:32
6."French Disco" (early version mix)4:30
7."Jenny Ondioline Part 2" (breakdown mix)6:24
8."Fruition" (demo)1:22
9."I'm Going Out of My Way" (demo)1:45
10."French Disco" (demo)2:42
11."Lock Groove Lullaby" (demo)1:37
12."Jenny Ondioline" (demo)3:52
13."Pause" (demo)2:24
Total length:41:51

Sample credits[17]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[17]

Stereolab

Production

Charts
Chart (1993–2019) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 62
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23] 14
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[24] 96

Notes
  1. Misspelled "Burt Kaempfort" in the album's liner notes
  2. Misspelled "Mendoca" in the album's liner notes

References
  1. Wisgard, Alex (15 November 2010). "Stereolab – Not Music". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. Phares, Heather. "Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements – Stereolab". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. Ham, Robert (19 December 2016). "The 50 Best Post-Rock Albums". Paste. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. Jenny Ondioline (press advertisement). Duophonic Records. 1993. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. Kot, Greg (24 October 1993). "Stereolab: Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (Elektra)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Stereolab". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  7. Mulvey, John (June 2019). "Stereolab: Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements". Mojo. No. 307. p. 105.
  8. Livingstone, Josephine (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  9. Segal, Victoria (June 2019). "Back to the Retrofuture". Q. No. 398. pp. 118–19.
  10. Rathbone, Oregano (May 2019). "Laboratoire Granier". Record Collector. No. 492. pp. 96–97.
  11. 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.
  12. Strauss, Neil (1995). "Stereolab". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 375–76. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  13. Dale, Jon (November 2018). "Golden 'Lab". Uncut. No. 258. p. 40.
  14. "Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (CD – Elektra #61536-2) – Stereolab". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  15. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (press advertisement). Duophonic Records. 1993. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. Foster, John (31 July 2019). "The evolution of Stereolab's analogue-inspired record sleeves". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  17. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (liner notes). Stereolab. Duophonic Records. 1993. D-UHF-CD02.CS1 maint: others (link)
  18. "Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements". stereolab.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  19. "The Lab Report". The Lab Report. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  20. "7 Albums To Be Reissued Via Warp And Duophonic UHF Disks". Warp. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  21. "Stereolab – Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (Expanded Edition)". Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  22. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  23. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  24. "Stereolab Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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