Musique Automatique [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Stereo Total

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 2002)
• Original Release Date: October 8, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Kill Rock Stars
• ASIN: B00006NSJF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,605 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Stereo Total is Francoise Cactus & Brezel Goring from Berlin. Musique Automatique is their fifth album in their six-year history. Includes 5 bonus tracks, 'I Think Somebody Should Call The Love Doctor', 'Je Reve Encore De Toi', 'The Monster', '(Listed in Japanese)', & 'Wir Tanzen Kompliziert' (Felix Kubin Remix). Kill Rock Stars. 2002.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MUSIQUE! MUSIQUE! MUSIQUE!, November 8, 2002

By	D. Stewart "duglas" (Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For my money Stereo Total are the greatest contemporary pop band in the known universe (a recent article in the respected British newspaper the Guardian strongly agreed with me on this). Their music is of the past, of the future and of the NOW. There songs are sexy, funny, melodic, beautiful, true, dumb, intelligent, witty and inventive. They reflect the trully international nature of popular culture and their music contains references from Germany's Kraftwerk and their revolution in electronic pop, France's Ye Ye pop and Gainsbourg, the dark comic book rock 'n' roll of the Cramps, Japanese anime, hip hop, NYC punk, techno and a whole lot more. Despite all these reference points they never come across as too knowing, because of a beautiful amateur purity, joy and commitment that they bring to all their work. I now own 3 copies of this wonderful album: an original German vinyl edition, a UK cd version and this newest American issue... featuring the superior in French reading of L'Amour a 3 and lots of cool bonus tracks. If you think you only need one edition this is probably it. This is pop music at it's heroic best. When I first discovered the Beach Boys duo of masterpieces, Pet Sounds and Love You, I felt my life had been changed forever... I felt reborn, I wanted to tell the whole world about it. I never thought I would find a contemporary band that would me feel quite that way but I have and their name, just in case you haven't already guessed it, is STEREO TOTAL.

Further listening recommended by Stereo Total My Melody and Jukebox Alarm.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I heart brezel, January 24, 2003

By	Mary (Davis, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Wow, massive pop attack! You like pop, you like Europeans and keyboards? This is the album for ya. Brezel and Franciose mix up some uber-cool tracks, my favorites being "Wir Tanzen in 4-Eck" (means,"we dance in four corners"), "Nationale 7". and "L'Amour a Toi" (french: "love between three (of us)". The new release has cool new stuff, but my favorites were on the original as well. Japanese, turkish, french, english and german listeners will get the lyrics, but anyone can rock out with em. Cool cartoon-y album art as well.