Space Age Bachelor Pad Music

Space Age Batchelor Pad Music (also known as The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music") is an EP (or "mini-LP") by the alternative music band Stereolab, originally released in March 1993. The release became an underground sensation, and led to the band snagging its first major-label record deal.

Not to be confused with the genre of space age pop, also known as batchelor pad music.
Space Age Batchelor Pad Music
EP by
Stereolab
Released22 March 1993
Genre
Length27:38
LabelToo Pure (UK)
American (US)
ProducerStereolab and Andy Wilkinson
Stereolab chronology
Switched On
(1992)		 Space Age Batchelor Pad Music
(1993)		 Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(8.7/10)[2]

The title is spelled Space Age Batchelor Pad Music on the front cover, though not on the back cover or spine; The sleeve and label designs use artwork and text from Vanguard Records' "Stereolab" hi-fi test record after which the group was named, including the "flagbearer on horseback" logo of Vanguard Records itself. The EP title was later used by Bar/None Records for a 1994 compilation of tracks by Mexican lounge music legend Juan García Esquivel.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music (Mellow)" by Sean O'Hagan.

Side one (Easy Listening)
No.TitleLength
1."Avant Garde M.O.R."4:09
2."Space Age Batchelor Pad Music (Mellow)"1:44
3."The Groop Play Chord X"2:01
4."Space Age Batchelor Pad Music (Foamy)"2:14
5."Ronco Symphony"3:36
Side Two (New Wave)
No.TitleLength
6."We're Not Adult Orientated"6:07
7."U.H.F. – MFP"4:53
8."We're Not Adult Orientated (Neu Wave Live)"3:34
  • All songs published by Complete Music.

Personnel
Played by
Technical credits
  • Andy Wilkinson - Engineering
  • Giles – Engineering Assistant
  • The Groop and Andy – Producer, Mixing
  • Magic Glue – Design
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gollark: Oh, we use beams of relativistic charged apioforms to cause time dilation locally.
gollark: Sad.
gollark: Video is higher-bitrate than audio, silly apioid.
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References
  1. "The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music"". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20081210173638/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22038/Stereolab_The_Groop_Played_Space_Age_Batchelor_Pad_Music
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