This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
When they choose the first band to send into space, it should be Stereo Total — and I mean that as a compliment.
This German quartet led by duo/couple Françoise Cactus and Brezel Göring give a whole new meaning to the term world music. Not only because they sing in five languages (English, French, Italian, German and Japanese), but also because they stylistically raid the pop-culture supermarket for everything from Japanese go-go and British Merseybeat to American surf-pop. It’s a bit like Marlene Dietrich singing Flying Lizards tunes at karaoke night in the Star Wars cantina, except weirder — and I mean that as a compliment, too.
