Sound-Dust

Sound-Dust is the seventh studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 28 August 2001 in North America by Elektra Records and on 3 September 2001 internationally by Duophonic Records.^[17] The album was produced by John McEntire and Jim O'Rourke and recorded at McEntire's Chicago studio Soma.^[18] It was Stereolab's last album to feature singer and guitarist Mary Hansen, who died in a biking accident the following year.^[19]

Sound-Dust
Studio album by Stereolab
Released	28 August 2001 (2001-08-28)
Recorded	October 2000 – February 2001
Studio	Soma (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Experimental pop[1] post-rock[2] lounge[3]
Length	62:54
Label	Duophonic Elektra
Producer	John McEntire Jim O'Rourke
Stereolab chronology
Captain Easychord (2001) Sound-Dust (2001) ABC Music (2002)
Singles from Sound-Dust
"Captain Easychord" Released: 30 July 2001[4] "Baby Lulu" Released: 8 October 2019[5]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Alternative Press	7/10[8]
Blender	[9]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[10]
Mojo	[11]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[12]
Q	[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]
Spin	6/10[15]
Uncut	9/10[16]

The first 1,200 copies of both the CD and LP issues of Sound-Dust were packaged with a handmade book sleeve.^[20] A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released by Duophonic and Warp on 29 November 2019.^[21]

The song "Nothing to Do with Me" features lyrics derived from English satirist Chris Morris' TV series Jam.^[22]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Black Ants in Sound-Dust"		1:57
2.	"Space Moth"		7:33
3.	"Captain Easychord"		5:23
4.	"Baby Lulu"		5:12
5.	"The Black Arts"		5:11
6.	"Hallucinex"		3:48
7.	"Double Rocker"		5:31
8.	"Gus the Mynah Bird"		6:07
9.	"Naught More Terrific Than Man"		4:02
10.	"Nothing to Do with Me"	Gane Sadier Chris Morris	3:35
11.	"Suggestion Diabolique"		7:52
12.	"Les Bons Bons des Raisons"		6:43
Total length:			62:54

All tracks are written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted.

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Moodles"		7:23
7.	"Hallucinex"		3:48
8.	"Double Rocker"		5:31
9.	"Gus the Mynah Bird"		6:07
10.	"Naught More Terrific Than Man"		4:02
11.	"Nothing to Do with Me"	Gane Sadier Morris	3:35
12.	"Suggestion Diabolique"		7:52
13.	"Les Bons Bons des Raisons"		6:43
Total length:			70:17

2019 expanded edition bonus disc^[23]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Ants" (demo)	1:43
2.	"Spacemoth Intro" (demo)	0:33
3.	"Spacemoth" (demo)	3:44
4.	"Baby Lulu" (demo)	3:19
5.	"Hallucinex Pt 1" (demo)	2:07
6.	"Hallucinex Pt 2" (demo)	0:51
7.	"Long Live Love" (demo)	2:18
8.	"Les Bon Bons des Raisons" (demo)	3:23
Total length:		17:58

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[22]

Stereolab

• Tim Gane – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, electronics, tape echo and delay
• Lætitia Sadier – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects
• Mary Hansen – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects
• Simon Johns – six-string bass
• Andy Ramsay – drums

Additional musicians

• Tim Barnes – bongo drum on "Gus the Mynahbird"
• Jeb Bishop – trombone
• Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
• Mikael Jorgensen – electric harpsichord, Rhodes piano
• Glenn Kotche – crotales on "Captain Easychord" and "Gus the Mynahbird", marimba on "Gus the Mynahbird"
• Rob Mazurek – cornet on "Captain Easychord" and "Gus the Mynahbird"
• John McEntire – piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay, percussion, whistling, sound effects
• Paul Mertens – flute, bass harmonica
• Sean O'Hagan – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, brass and flute arrangements
• Jim O'Rourke – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay
• Andy Robinson – brass and flute arrangements
• Chad Taylor – cymbals on "The Black Arts", drums on "Nothing to Do with Me"

Production

• Mike Jorgensen – computer assistance
• Jeremy Lemos – additional engineering
• John McEntire – engineering, mixing
• Jim O'Rourke – engineering, mixing
• Steve Rooke – mastering
• Stereolab (credited as "The Groop") – mixing

Design

• House – design

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24]	90
UK Albums (OCC)[25]	117
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[26]	17
US Billboard 200[27]	178
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[28]	11