Dots And Loops (Expanded Edition)

Dots and Loops is the fifth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 22 September 1997 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. The band co-produced the album with John McEntire and Andi Toma, and recording took place at their respective studios in Chicago and Düsseldorf. It was produced on Pro Tools, making it the band's first album to utilize a digital audio workstation. The album features less emphasis on the krautrock and drone rock styles that they were known for, and opts instead to further explore jazz and electronic sounds with additional influences drawn from bossa nova and 1960s pop music. Its lyrics address matters such as consumerism, the "spectacle", materialism, and human interaction. Dots and Loops reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as number 111 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. The track "Miss Modular" was issued as a single and as an EP, and peaked at number 60 on the UK Singles Chart. Several music critics have praised Dots and Loops for its blend of accessible music with experimental and avant-garde sounds, and some have considered it to be one of the band's finest works. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_an...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)