# Sound-Dust

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Alternative Press | 7/10 |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| Mojo | |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 6/10 |
| Uncut | 9/10 |
Sound-Dust is the seventh studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 28 August 2001 in North America by Elektra Records and on 3 September 2001 internationally by Duophonic Records. The album was produced by John McEntire and Jim O'Rourke and recorded at McEntire's Chicago studio Soma. It was Stereolab's last album to feature singer and guitarist Mary Hansen, who died in a biking accident the following year.
The first 1,200 copies of both the CD and LP issues of Sound-Dust were packaged with a handmade book sleeve. A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released by Duophonic and Warp on 29 November 2019.
The song "Nothing to Do with Me" features lyrics derived from English satirist Chris Morris' TV series Jam.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Stereolab
* Tim Gane – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, electronics, tape echo and delay
* Lætitia Sadier – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects
* Mary Hansen – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects
* Simon Johns – six-string bass
* Andy Ramsay – drums
Additional musicians
* Tim Barnes – bongo drum on "Gus the Mynahbird"
* Jeb Bishop – trombone
* Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
* Mikael Jorgensen – electric harpsichord, Rhodes piano
* Glenn Kotche – crotales on "Captain Easychord" and "Gus the Mynahbird", marimba on "Gus the Mynahbird"
* Rob Mazurek – cornet on "Captain Easychord" and "Gus the Mynahbird"
* John McEntire – piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay, percussion, whistling, sound effects
* Paul Mertens – flute, bass harmonica
* Sean O'Hagan – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, brass and flute arrangements
* Jim O'Rourke – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay
* Andy Robinson – brass and flute arrangements
* Chad Taylor – cymbals on "The Black Arts", drums on "Nothing to Do with Me"
Production
* Mike Jorgensen – computer assistance
* Jeremy Lemos – additional engineering
* John McEntire – engineering, mixing
* Jim O'Rourke – engineering, mixing
* Steve Rooke – mastering
* Stereolab (credited as "The Groop") – mixing
Design
* House – design

## Charts

| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 90 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 117 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 17 |
| US Billboard 200 | 178 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 11 |