Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements is the second studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab, released on 10 August 1993 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. It was recorded with an expanded line-up, and is generally considered to be the band's noisiest release due to its emphasis on distorted guitars and keyboard sounds.

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
Studio album by Stereolab
Released	10 August 1993 (1993-08-10)[1]
Recorded	May 1993
Studio	Blackwing (London)
Genre	Experimental rock[2] indie pop[3] post-rock[4] krautrock[5]
Length	61:52
Label	Duophonic Elektra
Producer	Phil Wright
Stereolab chronology
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (1993) Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (1993) Crumb Duck (1993)
Singles from Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
"Jenny Ondioline" Released: 22 August 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Chicago Tribune	[6]
Mojo	[7]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[8]
Q	[9]
Record Collector	[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[11]
Select	3/5[12]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[13]
Uncut	8/10[14]

Composition

Shortly before the release of Transient Random-Noise Bursts, Stereolab re-recorded the song "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" to remove a sample from George Harrison's Wonderwall Music that they were denied clearance to use.^[15][16]

On the LP edition of the album, the end of the last track, "Lock-Groove Lullaby", extends into a locked groove repeating a phrase sampled from Perrey and Kingsley's "The Savers", from their 1967 album Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out.

Release

Transient Random-Noise Bursts was released on 10 August 1993 in the United States by Elektra Records and on 6 September 1993 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records.^[17] The album's sleeve design was adapted from that of a hi-fi test record issued by Hi-Fi Sound magazine in 1969;^[18] the record itself is sampled on the song "Jenny Ondioline".^[19] The majority of the first 1,500 LP copies of Transient Random-Noise Bursts were destroyed due to bad pressing quality.^[15]

On its release, Transient Random-Noise Bursts peaked at number 62 on the UK Albums Chart.^[20] In advance of the album, "Jenny Ondioline" was released on 22 August 1993.^[21]

A remastered and expanded edition of Transient Random-Noise Bursts was released by Duophonic and Warp on 3 May 2019.^[22]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tone Burst"	5:33
2.	"Our Trinitone Blast"	3:46
3.	"Pack Yr Romantic Mind"	5:04
4.	"I'm Going Out of My Way"	3:25
5.	"Golden Ball"	6:50
6.	"Pause"	5:19
7.	"Jenny Ondioline"	18:06
8.	"Analogue Rock"	4:10
9.	"Crest"	6:03
10.	"Lock-Groove Lullaby"	3:36
Total length:		61:52

All tracks are written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier.

2019 expanded edition bonus disc^[23]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fragments"	0:48
2.	"Jenny Ondioline" (7"/EP version – alternative mix)	3:47
3.	"Drum – Backwards Bass – Organ" ("Jenny Ondioline" breakdown full version)	3:33
4.	"Analogue Rock" (original mix)	4:35
5.	"Pause" (original mix)	4:32
6.	"French Disco" (early version mix)	4:30
7.	"Jenny Ondioline Part 2" (breakdown mix)	6:24
8.	"Fruition" (demo)	1:22
9.	"I'm Going Out of My Way" (demo)	1:45
10.	"French Disco" (demo)	2:42
11.	"Lock Groove Lullaby" (demo)	1:37
12.	"Jenny Ondioline" (demo)	3:52
13.	"Pause" (demo)	2:24
Total length:		41:51

Sample credits^[19]

• "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" embodies portions of "Strangers in the Night", written by Bert Kaempfert,^{[nb 1]} Charles Singleton, and Eddie Snyder.
• "I'm Going Out of My Way" embodies portions of "One Note Samba", written by Antônio Jobim, Jon Hendricks, and Newton Mendonça.^{[nb 2]}
• "Jenny Ondioline" contains samples from "Channel Recognition Phasing & Balance", used courtesy of Haymarket Publishing.
• "Lock-Groove Lullaby" embodies portions of "The Savers", written by Jean Marcel Leroy and Gershon Kingsley.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[19]

Stereolab

• Tim Gane – guitar, Vox organ, Moog synthesizer, bongo drum, tambourine
• Lætitia Sadier – vocals, Vox organ, guitar, tambourine, Moog synthesizer
• Duncan Brown – bass, guitar twang, vocals
• Mary Hansen – vocals, tambourine, guitar
• Sean O'Hagan – Farfisa and Vox organs, guitar
• Andy Ramsay – percussion, Vox organ, bouzouki

Production

• Stereolab (credited as "The Groop") – mixing
• Phil Wright – production, engineering, mixing

Charts

Chart (1993–2019)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24]	43
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	62
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[25]	7
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[26]	96

Notes

1. Misspelled "Burt Kaempfort" in the album's liner notes
2. Misspelled "Mendoca" in the album's liner notes