''Cybele's Reverie'' is an EP by English-French

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, released on 19 February 1996 by

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. Its title track serves as the lead

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from their fourth

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'' Emperor Tomato Ketchup''. The four-track EP is the only one by Stereolab on which none of the songs are in English: the title track, "Brigitte", and "Young Lungs" are in French, and "Les Yper-Yper Sound" is an instrumental. The title track was voted number eleven on

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for 1996. All four of its tracks were re-released on the ''

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'' compilation.

Composition

"Cybele's Reverie" itself is an early fade of the album version, and "Les Yper-Yper Sound" is a radically different arrangement of the album track "Les Yper-Sound". "Brigitte" pays tribute to

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, whom the band would later collaborate with on the single "Caliméro".

Track listing

All tracks by Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier # "Cybele's Reverie" – 2:56 # "Les Yper-Yper Sound" – 5:19 # "Brigitte" – 5:45 # "Young Lungs" – 6:36

Personnel

Mary Hansen Mary Therese Hansen (1 November 1966 9 December 2002) was an Australian-born guitarist and singer. She joined the London-based avant-pop band Stereolab in 1992. As a member, Hansen recorded six studio albums from '' Transient Random-Noise Burst ...

– Vocals *Sally Herbert – Strings *Marcus Holdaway – Strings *

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– Synthesizer, Maracas, Tambourine, Producer, Engineer, Vibraphone, Mixing, Electronic Devices *

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– Organ, Piano (Electric), String Arrangements, Wurlitzer, Vox Organ *Stereolab – Producer, Mixing *Paul Tipler – Producer, Engineer, Mixing *

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– Saxophone

Charts

References

* * 1996 EPs Stereolab EPs {{Ep-stub