Refried Ectoplasm

Refried Ectoplasm
Compilation album by Stereolab
Released	July 1995 (US)
Length	62:56
Label	Duophonic Records (UK) Drag City (US) Flying Nun Records (New Zealand)
Stereolab chronology
Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center (1995) Refried Ectoplasm (1995) Cybele's Reverie (1996)

Refried Ectoplasm (Switched on Volume 2), released in July 1995, is a compilation by Stereolab of singles and rarities.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork	8.2/10
New Rolling Stone Album Guide

Along with Aluminum Tunes, the Rolling Stone Album Guide referred to Refried Ectoplasm as being like "many odds-and-ends collections, are essential listening only for obsessives and completeists." and that the compilations "offer some of Stereolab's most experimental material, and occasionally-as with Refried's early singles ("Lo Boob Oscillator")-some of the group's more accessible tracks as well." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a 4.5 out of five rating, stating that the album is "far more than a mere oddities collection. More than any other album, Refried Ectoplasm charts Stereolab's astonishing musical growth between those three years, and offers several definitive songs -- including "Lo Boob Oscillator," "French Disko," and "John Cage Bubblegum".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Harmonium" (1992, originally a 7" single on Duophonic Super 45's)	5:55
2.	"Lo Boob Oscillator" (1993, originally a 7" single on Sub Pop)	6:36
3.	"Mountain" (1993, originally a split single on Teenbeat, other side by Unrest)	4:05
4.	"Revox" (1993, originally from a double pack 7" on Duophonic Super 45's, split with Huggy Bear, Colm and Darlin')	4:13
5.	"French Disko" (1993, originally a 7" and CD single on Duophonic)	3:35
6.	"Exploding Head Movie" (1993, with Nurse With Wound, from the Crumb Duck 10" on Clawfist)	4:48
7.	"Eloge d'Eros" (1993, b-side of "John Cage Bubblegum")	3:52
8.	"Tone Burst (Country)" (1993, previously unissued, from an abandoned split 7" with Spectrum)	2:12
9.	""Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason...)"" (1993, with Nurse With Wound, the other side of "Crumb Duck")	13:32
10.	"John Cage Bubblegum" (1993, 7" single on Slumberland, some copies came with an actual strip of bubblegum)	3:18
11.	"Sadistic" (previously unreleased)	2:36
12.	"Farfisa" (1992, b-side of "Harmonium")	2:23
13.	"Tempter" (1993, b-side of "Lo Boob Oscillator")	5:52

References

• "Discography". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
• "refried ectoplasm". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 2007-05-04.