Space Age Bachelor Pad Music

Not to be confused with the genre of space age pop, also known as bachelor pad music.

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Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (also known as The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor 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.

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.	Title	Length
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 (Neu Wave)

No.	Title	Length
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

• Duncan Brown – Bass (Tracks 6 and 8)
• Tim Gane – Guitars, Bass (Tracks 3, 5 and 7), Farfisa (Track 7), Moog, Samples, Radio
• Mary Hansen – Second Vocals, Moog (Tracks 6 and 8)
• Sean O'Hagan – Farfisa, Chord Organ Moog, Bass (Track 1), Marimbas, Air Freshener Lid, Drum (Track 5)
• Andy Ramsay – Persuasive Percussion
• Lætitia Sadier – Vocals, Tamboorine

Technical credits

• Andy Wilkinson - Engineering
• Giles – Engineering Assistant
• The Groop and Andy – Producer, Mixing
• Magic Glue – Design

References

• "Biography". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
• ".. stereolab: discography ." Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 2012-11-18.