Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements is the second studio album by English-French band Stereolab, released on 10 August 1993 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. It is their first full studio album to feature long-serving members Mary Hansen (backing vocals, tambourine, guitar) and Andy Ramsay (drums). It is distinguished by its emphasis on distorted guitars, feedback, and dissonant keyboard sounds.
Shortly before the release of Transient Random-Noise Bursts, Stereolab re-recorded the song "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" to remove a sample from George Harrison's Wonderwall Music that they were denied clearance to use.
On the LP edition of the album, the end of the last track, "Lock-Groove Lullaby", extends into a locked groove repeating a phrase sampled from Perrey and Kingsley's "The Savers", from their 1967 album '.
Transient Random-Noise Bursts was released on 10 August 1993 in the United States by Elektra Records and on 6 September 1993 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records. The album's sleeve design was adapted from that of a hi-fi test record issued by Hi-Fi Sound magazine in 1969; the record itself is sampled on the song "Jenny Ondioline". The majority of the first 1,500 LP copies of Transient Random-Noise Bursts were destroyed due to bad pressing quality.
On its release, Transient Random-Noise Bursts peaked at number 62 on the UK Albums Chart. In advance of the album, "Jenny Ondioline" was released on 22 August 1993.
A remastered and expanded edition of Transient Random-Noise Bursts was released by Duophonic and Warp on 3 May 2019.
Sample credits
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Stereolab
Production