Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup

How come there are no reviews for this famous album on Discogs?... Anyway, this certainly goes down as one of the iconic albums of the '90s. Combining influences from krautrock, noise pop or retro French pop (I only mentioned three, but many more can be felt on the album), Stereolab sound different on almost each track on this album, yet it never feels like a half-baked compilation or mixtape. Maybe not as cohesive as "Sound-Dust" or "Dots and Loops", Emperor Tomato Ketchup has one big advantage: it's very fun. It's also artsy, at least more artsy than "Mars Audiac Quintet", but it's fun, first of all. While struggling with a harder-to-get-into Stereolab album, I was easily attempted to replay this: it certainly caught them in a moment of divine inspiration. Needs probably a few listens or one very attentive listen, but, after that, there's no filler to be found here.