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 and on 2 February 2004 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records. A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released by Duophonic and Warp on 29 November 2019.

Background

In December 2002, Stereolab member Mary Hansen was killed in a cycling accident. The band subsequently dedicated Margerine Eclipse to Hansen, with the lyrics of the song "Feel and Triple" making specific reference to her. Shortly before work commenced on the album, band members Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier ended their romantic relationship.

| 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.

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

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References

  • Margerine Eclipse at official Stereolab website