Space Age Bachelor Pad Music

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

Space Age Batchelor Pad Music
EP by Stereolab
Released	22 March 1993
Genre	Space age pop indie pop post-rock
Length	27:38
Label	Too Pure (UK) American (US)
Producer	Stereolab and Andy Wilkinson
Stereolab chronology
Switched On (1992) Space Age Batchelor Pad Music (1993) Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.7/10)[2]

Space Age Batchelor Pad Music (also known as The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music") is an EP (or "mini-LP") by the alternative music band Stereolab, originally released in March 1993. The release became an underground hit, and led to the band securing 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 (New 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

1. "The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music"". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
2. "Archived copy". www.pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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