Margerine Eclipse
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{{Infobox album
| name = Margerine Eclipse
| type = studio
| artist = Stereolab
| cover = Margerineeclipse.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2004|01|27|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2003
| venue =
| studio = Instant Zero (France)
| genre = {{hlist|Experimental rock|post-rock{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/stereolab-margerine-eclipse-6d57wtd877r|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=1 February 2004|access-date=3 December 2020|last=Cairns|first=Dan|url-access=subscription}}|electronica|lounge{{cite web|url=https://popmatters.com/stereolab-margarine-2496086314.html|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|website=PopMatters|date=10 February 2004|access-date=27 February 2021|last=Korenkiewicz|first=Jason}}}}
| length = {{duration|m=53|s=41}}
| label = {{hlist|Duophonic|Elektra}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Instant 0 in the Universe
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
| next_year = 2005
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 77/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/margerine-eclipse/stereolab|title=Margerine Eclipse by Stereolab Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=27 February 2021}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/margerine-eclipse-mw0000332727|title=Margerine Eclipse – Stereolab|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=3 September 2018|last=Phares|first=Heather}}
| rev2 = Alternative Press
| rev2score = 4/5{{cite magazine|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|magazine=Alternative Press|issue=188|date=March 2004|page=94}}
| rev3 = Drowned in Sound
| rev3score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/3557/reviews/8812-|title=Album Review: Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse|website=Drowned in Sound|date=22 January 2004|access-date=3 September 2018|last=Robbins|first=Andy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903151039/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/3557/reviews/8812-|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev4score = A−{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/01/26/margerine-eclipse/|title=Margerine Eclipse|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=26 January 2004|access-date=3 September 2018|last=Vincentelli|first=Elisabeth|author-link=Elisabeth Vincentelli|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903082109/https://ew.com/article/2004/01/26/margerine-eclipse/|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=live}}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|magazine=Mojo|issue=124|date=March 2004|last=Barnes|first=Mike|page=90}}
| rev6 = The Observer
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/reviews/story/0,,1133242,00.html|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|newspaper=The Observer|date=1 February 2004|access-date=3 September 2018|last=Woodcraft|first=Molloy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903082352/https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/reviews/story/0,,1133242,00.html|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=live}}
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7score = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7502-margerine-eclipse/|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|website=Pitchfork|date=15 January 2004|access-date=3 September 2018|last=Leone|first=Dominique|author-link=Dominique Leone}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stereolab/albums/album/4938923/review/5943038/margerine_eclipse|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=5 February 2004|access-date=3 September 2018|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|author-link=Kelefa Sanneh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205194348/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stereolab/albums/album/4938923/review/5943038/margerine_eclipse|archive-date=5 December 2008|url-status=dead}}
| rev9 = Spin
| rev9score = B−{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9VQ5UluNUkIC&pg=PA96|title=Breakdown|magazine=Spin|volume=20|issue=3|date=March 2004|access-date=3 September 2018|last1=Beaujon|first1=Andrew|last2=Brod|first2=Doug|last3=Chow|first3=Alexander|last4=Day|first4=Adrienne|last5=Greenwald|first5=Andy|author-link5=Andy Greenwald|last6=Gross|first6=Joe|last7=Hermes|first7=Will|author-link7=Will Hermes|last8=Matos|first8=Michaelangelo|page=96}}
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse|magazine=Uncut|issue=82|date=March 2004|page=90}}
}}
Margerine Eclipse is the eighth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 27 January 2004 in the United States by Elektra Records{{cite web|url=http://www.stereolab.co.uk/news/|title=News|publisher=stereolab.co.uk|date=10 October 2003|access-date=27 February 2021|last=Pike|first=Martin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203033944/http://www.stereolab.co.uk/news/|archive-date=3 December 2003|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67956/stereolab-peers-at-the-eclipse|title=Stereolab Peers At The 'Eclipse'|magazine=Billboard|date=2 December 2003|access-date=27 February 2021}} and on 2 February 2004 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records. The album is in large part a eulogy to former band member Mary Hansen, who died in 2002.
By June 2004, Margerine Eclipse had sold over 40,000 copies in the USA.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/warner-to-ax-eighty-artists-251288/|title=Warner to Ax Eighty Artists|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=3 June 2004|access-date=28 September 2017|last=Eliscu|first=Jenny|author-link=Jenny Eliscu}} A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released by Duophonic and Warp on 29 November 2019.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/stereolab-announce-sound-dust-and-margerine-eclipse-reissues/|title=Stereolab Announce Sound-Dust and Margerine Eclipse Reissues|website=Pitchfork|date=8 October 2019|access-date=25 January 2021|last=Strauss|first=Matthew}}
Background
In December 2002, Stereolab member Mary Hansen was killed in a cycling accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/04/16/stereolab-margerine-ecli/fced2339-7db5-4bc2-8917-0da5fa489db1/|title=Stereolab 'Margerine Eclipse' Elektra|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=16 April 2004|access-date=2 June 2020|last=Himes|first=Geoffrey|author-link=Geoffrey Himes}} The band subsequently dedicated Margerine Eclipse to Hansen,{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2004/04/11/concert-previews/stereolab/|title=Stereolab|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=11 April 2004|access-date=3 December 2020|last=Brasor|first=Philip}} with the lyrics of the song "Feel and Triple" making specific reference to her.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/stereolab-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-75985.html|title=Stereolab: Total eclipse of the heart|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 January 2004|access-date=27 February 2021|last=McNair|first=James}}{{cite news|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0413/040331_music_stereolab.php|title=Living in Dual Mono|newspaper=Seattle Weekly|date=31 March 2004|access-date=2 June 2020|last=Wolk|first=Douglas|author-link=Douglas Wolk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622092118/http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0413/040331_music_stereolab.php|archive-date=22 June 2004|url-status=dead}} Shortly before work commenced on the album, band members Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier ended their romantic relationship. Their breakup is alluded to in Sadier's lyrics for the song "Hillbilly Motobike".
Margerine Eclipse was mixed with full stereo separation – or as Stereolab termed it, in "dual mono". For every song, the band made two recordings – each with a different arrangement – then created a final mix by synchronising both recordings together, with one on the left channel and the other on the right channel. The technique was also used on the band's 2003 EP Instant 0 in the Universe.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier
| title1 = Vonal Declosion
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = Need to Be
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = {{-'}}...Sudden Stars{{'-}}
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = Cosmic Country Noir
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = La Demeure
| length5 = 4:36
| title6 = Margerine Rock
| length6 = 2:56
| title7 = The Man with 100 Cells
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = Margerine Melodie
| length8 = 6:19
| title9 = Hillbilly Motobike
| length9 = 2:23
| title10 = Feel and Triple
| length10 = 4:53
| title11 = Bop Scotch
| length11 = 3:59
| title12 = Dear Marge
| length12 = 6:56
| total_length = 53:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition
| title10 = La Spirale
| length10 = 2:24
| title11 = Feel and Triple
| length11 = 4:53
| title12 = Bop Scotch
| length12 = 3:59
| title13 = Dear Marge
| length13 = 6:56
| total_length = 56:05
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2019 expanded edition bonus disc{{cite web|url=https://duophonic.ochre.store/release/142770-stereolab-margerine-eclipse-expanded-edition|title=Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse (Expanded Edition)|publisher=Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks|access-date=25 January 2021}}
| title1 = Mass Riff
| length1 = 6:30
| title2 = Good Is Me
| length2 = 5:27
| title3 = Microclimate
| length3 = 4:39
| title4 = Mass Riff
| note4 = instrumental intro
| length4 = 1:13
| title5 = Jaunty Monty and the Bubbles of Silence
| length5 = 4:30
| title6 = Banana Monster ne répond plus
| length6 = 4:28
| title7 = University Microfilms International
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Rose, My Rocket-Brain! (Rose, le cerveau electronique de ma fusée!)
| length8 = 5:26
| total_length = 36:14
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Margerine Eclipse|others=Stereolab|publisher=Duophonic Records|year=2004|id=D-UHF-CD29|type=liner notes}}
Stereolab
- Tim Gane – electric guitar, electronics, organ
- Lætitia Sadier – vocals, trombone on "Margerine Melodie"
- Dominic Jeffery – organ, electric piano, harpsichord, celeste
- Simon Johns – bass, drums on "Margerine Rock"
- Andy Ramsay – drums, drum machine
Additional musicians
- Fulton Dingley – drum machine, synthesizer, MIDI, percussion
- Sean O'Hagan – keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, other instruments
- Jan St. Werner – electronics on "Vonal Declosion" and "Feel and Triple"
Production
- Fulton Dingley – engineering, mixing
- Stereolab (credited as "The Groop") – mixing
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (2004) !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|Scotland|86|date=20040208|access-date=3 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|UK|108|M|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: DJ S – The System Of Life|publisher=Zobbel.de|access-date=3 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|UKIndependent|11|date=20040208|access-date=3 September 2018|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|174|artist=Stereolab|access-date=8 November 2017|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|6|artist=Stereolab|access-date=8 November 2017|rowheader=true}} |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190532/http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/?no=135 Margerine Eclipse] at official Stereolab website
- {{Discogs master|30705|Margerine Eclipse}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=d0d3fd41-d089-3862-9e29-9bfad57ea6cf|name=Margerine Eclipse}}
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