Stereo Type A

While having a strong focus on atmospheric and ambient sounds and melody (particularly in "Moonchild"), Stereo Type A also contains a broad range of styles, reaching into hip hop territory on "Sci-Fi Wasabi" (with additional vocals by Duma Love), and heavy metal on "Blue Train". Furthermore, "Clouds" and "Mortming" contain heavily vocoded vocals.

In their interview with the band, Barnes & Noble noted the band moving away from writing songs about food, opining the album is a "diverse collection of tracks that includes metal-edged rockers, lounge-influenced pop, pithy hip-hop -- and only one song about culinary delicacies ('Sci-Fi Wasabi')." In the same interview, Yuka spoke about the album's title:

When we decided to make this record, Miho and I talked about a lot of things that were on our minds: what was happening around us and how we felt about what happened with [the perception of] Viva! La Woman. For three days we were just sitting around talking and talking instead of writing music. And we kept bumping into that subject a lot: how we have to deal with stereotypes so much, and how it can be very hard, because the people who have these stereotypes aren't even aware of it.{{cite web|url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/interview.asp?CTR=208191|title=Cibo Matto Interview|publisher=Barnes & Noble|last=Johnson|first=Martin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918092232/http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/interview.asp?CTR=208191|archive-date=September 18, 2012|access-date=April 24, 2018}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Phares|first=Heather|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/stereo-type-a-mw0000231905|title=Stereo Type A – Cibo Matto|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 1, 2013}}

| rev2 = The Boston Phoenix

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{Cite news |last=Pappademas |first=Alex |date=June 18, 1999 |title=Off The Record |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_june-18-24-1999_28_25/page/32 |newspaper=The Boston Phoenix |language=English |volume=28 |issue=25|page=33 |access-date=January 3, 2024 |via=Internet Archive}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|isbn=978-0857125958|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/312 312] |chapter=Cibo Matto |via=Internet Archive}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B+{{cite magazine|last=Woodward|first=Josef|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/06/11/stereotype/|title=Stereotype A|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 11, 1999|access-date=July 15, 2019}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{Cite web |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=1999-06-04 |title=Eclectic Duo Cibo Matto Goes on Imaginative Journey |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-04-ca-43955-story.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

| rev6 = Melody Maker

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev7 = The New Zealand Herald

| rev7score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/cibo-matto-stereo-type-a/XCMSYHPOMPBWECK6QYAXII6DSM/|title=Cibo Matto – Stereo Type A|work=The New Zealand Herald|last=Baillie|first=Russell|date=June 30, 2000|access-date=February 8, 2021}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Berger|first=Arion|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=11736&cf=191|title=Cibo Matto: Stereo*Type A|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 24, 1999|access-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020121112714/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=11736&cf=191|archive-date=January 21, 2002|url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Cibo Matto|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/164 164]}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Williamson |first=Nigel |date=September 1999 |title=Cibo Matto: Stereotype A |magazine=Uncut |publisher=IPC |issue=28 |page=80}}

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Several critics noted the album's difference from the group's debut, regarding it positively as a progression of style and a maturation. The album received positive reviews upon its release, with Melody Maker calling it "album of the year so far. Purely joyous pop."{{Cite magazine |last=Bresnark |first=Robin |date=July 17, 1999 |title=Cibo Matto: Stereo Type A |magazine=Melody Maker |publisher=IPC |volume=76 |issue=28 |page=38}} Time Out magazine also named it "pure pop LP of the year so far."

Heather Phares of AllMusic says of the album: "Relying less on samples and more on their latent funk and jazz elements, Stereotype A sounds like summer in New York -- eclectic, hot, and funky. ...Stereotype A{{'}}s overall sound is more direct and less fanciful than of their debut album Viva! La Woman." Independent publication SOMA Magazine stated: "Stereotype A confirms that the best way to make pop music is by combining multiple styles... Combined with Yuka Honda's style for sampling and Miho's sensual vocals, Stereotype A is a complete success."

All songs written and composed by Cibo Matto, unless otherwise specified.

1. "Working for Vacation" – 3:15
2. "Spoon" – 4:06
3. "Flowers" – 2:59
4. "Lint of Love" (Cibo Matto, Duma Love) – 6:10
5. "Moonchild" – 5:13
6. "Sci-Fi Wasabi" – 3:43
7. "Clouds" – 3:27
8. "Speechless" – 4:32
9. "King of Silence" – 4:55
10. "Blue Train" – 5:21
11. "Sunday Part I" – 3:19
12. "Sunday Part II" – 3:38
13. "Stone" – 3:17
14. "Mortming" (Dougie Bowne) – 3:09

The Japanese release includes the bonus tracks "Backseat" and "Country".

• Miho Hatori – vocals, shaker, acoustic guitar, art direction, drawing
• Yuka Honda – producer, sampler and sequencer, organ, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, vocoder, vocals, mixing (14)
• Sean Lennon – electric bass, synth bass, drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, synth, vocoder, vocals, twelve-string guitar, delay pedal
• Timo Ellis – drums, bass, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, eight-string bass, cymbal, slamming door

Additional musicians ("special guests")

• Duma Love – vocal, percussion, beat box, turntable
• Marc Ribot – electric and acoustic guitar
• Dave Douglas – trumpet
• Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
• Josh Roseman – trombone, horn arrangement (4)
• Dougie Bowne – hi-hat, cymbals
• Sebastian Steinberg – bass
• Yumiko Ohno – Moog, backup vocals
• Vinia Mojica – backup vocals
• Sequoia – backup vocals
• Smokey Hormel – acoustic guitar
• John Medeski – Clavinet
• Billy Martin – percussion

Recording personnel

• Chris Shaw – engineer, mixing (1, 3, 10, 12, 13, 14)
• Tom Schick – engineer
• The Butcher Bros. – engineer, mixing (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Martin Bisi – engineer
• Zak – arrangement and mixing (7)
• Dan the Automator – mixing (11)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Chaki/CZA – additional engineering
• Juan Garcia – additional engineering
• John Riegart – additional engineering
• Dirk Grobelny – additional engineering
• Manny Lecuona – additional engineering
• Mikey Bones Malak – additional engineering

Additional personnel

• Pascale Willi – art direction, design and photography

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