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Fab Four Suture
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Compilation album by
Released6 March 2006
Recorded2005
Label Duophonic (UK)
Too Pure (US)
Stereolab chronology
Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
(2005)
Fab Four Suture
(2006)
Serene Velocity: A Stereolab Anthology
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The A.V. Club B+ [2]
IGN 8.6/10 [3]
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Pitchfork Media (6.6/10) [5]
PopMatters 7/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
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Fab Four Suture is a compilation album by Stereolab, released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006, and in the United States a day later on 7 March. It collects six singles and their B-sides originally released on 7-inch vinyl in 2005 and 2006.

Contents

Singles collected on Fab Four Suture

Released 12 September 2005 (UK), as three 7" singles:

Released 6 March 2006 (UK), as three 7" singles:

Track listing

  1. "Kyberneticka Babicka Pt 1." – 4:31
  2. "Interlock" – 4:10
  3. "Eye of the Volcano" – 4:16
  4. "Plastic Mile" – 5:11
  5. ""Get a Shot of the Refrigerator"" – 4:23
  6. "Visionary Road Maps" – 3:35
  7. "Vodiak" – 3:19
  8. "Whisper Pitch" – 3:55
  9. "Excursions Into "oh, a-oh"" – 5:27
  10. "I Was a Sunny Rainphase" – 3:27
  11. "Widow Weirdo" – 4:31
  12. "Kyberneticka Babicka Pt 2." – 4:56

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