Cybele's Reverie

Cybele's Reverie is an EP by English-French rock band Stereolab, released on 19 February 1996 by Duophonic Records. Its title track serves as the lead single from their fourth studio album Emperor Tomato Ketchup. The four-track EP is the only one by Stereolab on which none of the songs are in English: the title track, "Brigitte", and "Young Lungs" are in French, and "Les Yper-Yper Sound" is an instrumental.

Cybele's Reverie
EP by Stereolab
Released	19 February 1996
Studio	Blackwing Studios, London Idful Music Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Length	20:36
Language	French
Label	Duophonic
Producer	John McEntire Stereolab
Stereolab chronology
Refried Ectoplasm: Switched on, Vol. 2 (1995) Cybele's Reverie (1996) Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The title track was voted number eleven on John Peel's Festive Fifty for 1996.

All four of its tracks were re-released on the Oscillons from the Anti-Sun compilation.

Composition

"Cybele's Reverie" itself is an early fade of the album version, and "Les Yper-Yper Sound" is a radically different arrangement of the album track "Les Yper-Sound". "Brigitte" pays tribute to Brigitte Fontaine, whom the band would later collaborate with on the single "Caliméro".

Track listing

All tracks by Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier

1. "Cybele's Reverie" – 2:56
2. "Les Yper-Yper Sound" – 5:19
3. "Brigitte" – 5:45
4. "Young Lungs" – 6:36

Personnel

• Mary Hansen – Vocals
• Sally Herbert – Strings
• Marcus Holdaway – Strings
• John McEntire – Synthesizer, Maracas, Tambourine, Producer, Engineer, Vibraphone, Mixing, Electronic Devices
• Sean O'Hagan – Organ, Piano (Electric), String Arrangements, Wurlitzer, Vox Organ
• Stereolab – Producer, Mixing
• Paul Tipler – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Brad Wood – Saxophone

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	62

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Stereolab: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

• "Cybele's Reverie [EP]". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
• . Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Archived from the original on 2001-07-09. Retrieved 2007-05-05.