Released Margerine Eclipse

Stereolab’s eighth album, Margerine Eclipse , was released on 27 January 2004 with generally positive reviews, and peaked at number 174 on the US Billboard 200. The track “Feel and Triple” was written in tribute to Hansen; Sadier said, “I was reflecting on my years with her … reflecting on how we sometimes found it hard to express the love we had for one another.” Sadier continued, “Our dedication to her on the album says, ‘We will love you till the end’, meaning of our lives. I’m not religious, but I feel Mary’s energy is still around somewhere. It didn’t just disappear.” The Observer ‘s Molloy Woodcraft gave the album four out of five stars, and commented that Sadier’s vocal performance as “life- and love-affirming”, and the record as a whole as “Complex and catchy, bold and beatific.” Kelefa Sanneh commented in Rolling Stone that Margerine Eclipse was “full of familiar noises and aimless melodies”. Margerine Eclipse was Stereolab’s last record to be released on Elektra, which shut down that same year. Future material would be released on Too Pure, the same label which had released some of the band’s earliest material.