Emperor Tomato Ketchup is the fourth studio album by English-French rock ba… Read Full Bio ↴Emperor Tomato Ketchup is the fourth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 18 March 1996 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records.
The album is named after the 1971 experimental film Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Japanese author and director Shūji Terayama.
Emperor Tomato Ketchup was released on 18 March 1996 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records, and on 9 April 1996 in the United States by Elektra Records. The artwork for the album was inspired by the LP cover sleeve of a 1964 recording of composer Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra by the Bamberg Symphony conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser.
Preceding the album's release, the track "Cybele's Reverie" was issued as a single (on 7" vinyl) and as an EP (on CD and 10" vinyl) on 19 February 1996. A second single, "Metronomic Underground", was released on 2 December 1996. "The Noise of Carpet" was also promoted as a single to radio outlets in the United States.
AllMusic writer Heather Phares cites Emperor Tomato Ketchup as "Stereolab's greatest success to date". In the US, the album was especially successful on college radio, and by August 1997, the album had sold over 46,000 units in the country, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
A remastered and expanded edition of Emperor Tomato Ketchup was released by Duophonic and Warp on 13 September 2019.
The album is named after the 1971 experimental film Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Japanese author and director Shūji Terayama.
Emperor Tomato Ketchup was released on 18 March 1996 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records, and on 9 April 1996 in the United States by Elektra Records. The artwork for the album was inspired by the LP cover sleeve of a 1964 recording of composer Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra by the Bamberg Symphony conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser.
Preceding the album's release, the track "Cybele's Reverie" was issued as a single (on 7" vinyl) and as an EP (on CD and 10" vinyl) on 19 February 1996. A second single, "Metronomic Underground", was released on 2 December 1996. "The Noise of Carpet" was also promoted as a single to radio outlets in the United States.
AllMusic writer Heather Phares cites Emperor Tomato Ketchup as "Stereolab's greatest success to date". In the US, the album was especially successful on college radio, and by August 1997, the album had sold over 46,000 units in the country, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
A remastered and expanded edition of Emperor Tomato Ketchup was released by Duophonic and Warp on 13 September 2019.
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab Lyrics
Anonymous Collective You and me are molded by things Well beyond our…
Cybele's Reverie But silence-trera means nothing, or it's just for the rhyme.…
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Les allées, les venues, labyrinthe, mais qu'y vois je? La so…
Les Yper-sound You go in that team I go on this team Divide everything A…
Metronomic Underground Crazy, sturdy, a torpedo Crazy, brutal, a torpedo Who knows…
Monstre Sacre Hastened decrepit, Old shrunken apple, Ready for the pit, I …
Motoroller Scalatron What's society built on What's society built on What's soc…
Olv 26 Depuis le temps que c'est promis Nous irons tous au paradis …
Percolator J'ai très très peur, ça c'est certain J'ai très très peur,…
Slow Fast Hazel Discovery of fire, America, The invention of the wheel, stee…
Spark Plug There is no sense in being interested in a child…
The Noise of Carpet I hate to see your broken face This world would give…
Tomorrow Is Already Here Originally this set up was to serve society Now the roles…