Song · Stereolab
“Cybele's Reverie” by Stereolab
From the album Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
“Cybele's Reverie” by Stereolab appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1996 and 2022. It was first released in 1996 on the album Emperor Tomato Ketchup. Its best result is #11 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #147 alternative song of 1996.
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"Cybele's Reverie" comes from Emperor Tomato Ketchup, the fourth album by English-French outfit Stereolab, released in March 1996 on Duophonic and Elektra and named after Shūji Terayama's 1971 experimental film. Guitarist Tim Gane wrote it with Lætitia Sadier, the band produced it with Paul Tipler, who engineered it and helped mix it, and Sean O'Hagan fills in the colors on electric piano, organ and vibraphone.
The album marked a rethink. Gane has said the change grew out of a year-long spell of writer's block, when nothing the band tried seemed to lead anywhere, and the songs on Emperor Tomato Ketchup were built from loops rather than old-fashioned riffs, an approach the critic Tom Moon likened to hip hop and electronica.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 329 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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