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| Released | October 1992 | |||
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| Length | 43:55 | |||
| Label | Too Pure (UK) Slumberland (US) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[2] |
Switched On (also known as Switched On Stereolab or Switched On Volume 1) is a compilation of Stereolab's first three releases, and was originally released in 1992. The album's name is in tribute to Switched-On Bach and other similar titles from the late 1960s to 1970s that feature Moog synthesizers as the primary instrument.[3] Switched On was later licensed to Slumberland Records for a US release, and Rough Trade Germany, for that country, both in 1992.
Compiled of tracks from Super 45 and Super-Electric EPs plus the Stunning Debut Album 7" single, the album forms the first part of a pentalogy of Stereolab rarities collections along with Refried Ectoplasm (1995), Aluminum Tunes (1998), Electrically Possessed (2021), and Pulse of the Early Brain (2022).
- ^ Phares, Heather. ""Switched On" review". Reviews. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip (6 October 2018). "Stereolab: Switched On". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Taylor, Timothy Dean (2001). Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture. Routledge. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-415-93683-5.