Peng!

This article is about the Stereolab album. For other uses, see Peng (disambiguation).

Peng!
Studio album by
Stereolab
Released26 May 1992 (1992-05-26)
RecordedApril 1992
Genre
Length47:47
LabelToo Pure
Producer
  • Robbs
  • Stereolab
Stereolab chronology
Super-Electric
(1991) 		Peng!
(1992) 		Low Fi
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Pitchfork4.8/10 (1995)[5]
7.5/10 (2019)[6]
Record Collector[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[9]
Uncut7/10[10]

Peng! is the debut studio album by English-French band Stereolab.[11] It was released on 26 May 1992 by Too Pure in the United Kingdom.[12] The album was issued in the United States on 13 June 1995 by Too Pure and American Recordings.[13] A remastered edition of the album was released on 9 November 2018 by Too Pure and Beggars Arkive.[14]

The album's title (a German onomatopoeia for a loud pop or bang) and cover art are derived from a comic strip named "Der tödliche Finger" that appeared in a 1970 issue of Hotcha, a Swiss underground newspaper.[15] Different panels of the same strip were adapted into cover art for other early Stereolab releases, and remain popular icons for the band.

  1. ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Peng! – Stereolab". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ Sherburne, Philip (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). "Stereolab". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (concise 5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Woodard, Josef (23 June 1995). "Pong!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Stereolab: Peng!: Pitchfork Review". Archived from the original on 26 November 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  6. ^ Corcoran, Nina (18 July 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. ^ Atkins, Jamie (January 2019). "Stereolab: Peng!". Record Collector. No. 488. p. 103.
  8. ^ Sarig, Roni (2004). "Stereolab". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 779–781. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Strauss, Neil (1995). "Stereolab". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 375–376. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  10. ^ Martin, Piers (February 2019). "Stereolab: Peng! / The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"". Uncut. No. 261. p. 49.
  11. ^ True, Everett (23 May 1992). "Sultans of Peng — Peng! by Stereolab". Melody Maker. Vol. 68, no. 21. p. 31.
  12. ^ Peng! (press advertisement). Too Pure. 1992. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Just out". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 22. June 1995. p. 55. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Stereolab – Peng!". Beggars Arkive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  15. ^ Schneider, Martin (27 April 2017). "The intriguing origins of 'Cliff', the cartoon character that's all over Stereolab's early album art". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved 6 October 2018.