to hover outside everything else." He also considered it to be one of the first albums produced with a digital audio workstation. Louis Pattison of Uncut described it as being "a touch less immediate" than Emperor Tomato Ketchup, remarking on its "laid-back and loungier" mood, while noting that it captured Stereolab in their "imperial phase". Exclaim!s I. Khider cited Dots and Loops as a "definitive" post-rock recording. Writing for the same magazine, Alex Hudson commended the band for "deliver[ing] some of their most accessible pop without sacrificing any of their experimental impulses." In Vice, Sophie Kemp called Dots and Loops "a major milestone in the world of experimental pop, and within Stereolab's expansive discography", deeming it the band's "most sonically accessible and politically important record." Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Stereolab Tim Gane, Lætitia Sadier, Mary Hansen, Richard Harrison, Morgane Lhote, and Andy Ramsay – vocals, Farfisa organ, analogue synthesizers "and other electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering)", Rhodes piano, piano, clavinet, electric guitar, nylon string acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion, drum machines ("beatbox" and "electronic percussion") Additional musicians John McEntire – analogue synthesizer, electronics, percussion, vibraphone, marimba (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–9) Sean O'Hagan – piano, Rhodes piano, Farfisa organ (1, 2, 4, 6–9), brass arrangements, string arrangements Douglas McCombs – acoustic bass (1) Jan St. Werner – electronics, "insect horns" (3, 5, 10) Andi Toma – electronics, electronic percussion (3, 5, 10) Xavier "Fischfinger" Fischer – piano (3) Jeb Bishop, Dave Max Crawford, Paul Mertens, and Ross Reed – brass section Andy Robinson – brass arrangements Poppy Branders, Maureen Loughnane, Rebecca McFaul, and Shelley Weiss – string section Marcus Holdaway – string arrangements Production Stereolab (credited as "The Groop") – production, mixing John McEntire – production, recording, mixing (1, 2, 4, 6–9 at Idful Music Corporation, Chicago) Nick Webb – mastering (Abbey Road Studios, London) Andi Toma – production, recording, mixing (3, 5, 10 at Academy of St. Martin in the Street, Düsseldorf) Jan St. Werner – electronics engineering (3, 5, 10) Max Stamm – additional engineering (3, 5, 10) Charts References External links Dots and Loops at official Stereolab website 1997 albums Stereolab albums Albums produced by John McEntire Elektra Records albums