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{{about|the Stereolab album|other uses|Peng (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Peng!
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Stereolab]]
| cover      = Stereolab-Peng.png
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1992|05|26|df=yes}}
| recorded   = April 1992
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Experimental pop]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
* [[indie pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/stereolab-mars-audiac-quintet/|title=Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=18 July 2019|access-date=1 June 2020|last=Sherburne|first=Philip|author-link=Philip Sherburne}}</ref>
}}
| length     = {{duration|m=47|s=47}}
| label      = [[Too Pure]]
| producer   = {{flatlist|
* Robbs
* Stereolab
}}
| prev_title = [[Super-Electric]]
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [[Low Fi]]
| next_year  = 1992
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/peng%21-mw0000177293|title=Peng! – Stereolab|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=9 October 2017|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Stereolab|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=concise 5th|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/06/23/pong/|title=Pong!|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=23 June 1995|access-date=24 May 2021|last=Woodard|first=Josef}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 4.8/10 {{small|(1995)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/stereolab/peng.shtml |title=Stereolab: Peng!: Pitchfork Review |accessdate=2023-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011126201907/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/stereolab/peng.shtml |archivedate=26 November 2001 }}</ref><br />7.5/10 {{small|(2019)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/stereolab-peng/|title=Stereolab: Peng!|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=18 July 2019|access-date=18 July 2019|last=Corcoran|first=Nina}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Stereolab: Peng!|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|issue=488|date=January 2019|last=Atkins|first=Jamie|page=103}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Stereolab|last=Sarig|first=Roni|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/779 779–781]}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev7score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Stereolab|last=Strauss|first=Neil|author-link=Neil Strauss|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-link=Eric Weisbard|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=375–376}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev8score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Stereolab: Peng! / The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=261|date=February 2019|last=Martin|first=Piers|page=49}}</ref>
}}
'''''Peng!''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by English-French band [[Stereolab]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=True |first1=Everett |title=Sultans of Peng — Peng! by Stereolab |magazine=Melody Maker |date=23 May 1992 |volume=68 |issue=21 |page=31}}</ref> It was released on 26 May 1992 by [[Too Pure]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Peng!|url=https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UYUAAOSw71BXP96B/s-l1600.jpg|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201130164721/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UYUAAOSw71BXP96B/s-l1600.jpg|archive-date=30 November 2020|url-status=dead|publisher=[[Too Pure]]|year=1992|type=press advertisement}}</ref> The album was issued in the United States on 13 June 1995 by Too Pure and [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ji0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55|title=Just out|magazine=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]|issue=22|date=June 1995|access-date=1 December 2020|page=55}}</ref> A [[remaster]]ed edition of the album was released on 9 November 2018 by Too Pure and [[Beggars Group|Beggars Arkive]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.beggars.com/stereolab-peng/|title=Stereolab – Peng!|publisher=[[Beggars Group|Beggars Arkive]]|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

The album's title (a German [[onomatopoeia]] for a loud pop or bang) and cover art are derived from a comic strip named "Der tödliche Finger" that appeared in a 1970 issue of ''Hotcha'', a Swiss underground newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_intriguing_origins_of_cliff_the_cartoon_character|title=The intriguing origins of 'Cliff', the cartoon character that's all over Stereolab's early album art|website=[[Dangerous Minds (website)|Dangerous Minds]]|date=27 April 2017|access-date=6 October 2018|last=Schneider|first=Martin}}</ref> Different panels of the same strip were adapted into cover art for other early Stereolab releases, and remain popular icons for the band.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Tim Gane]] and [[Lætitia Sadier]], except where noted
| title1 = Super Falling Star
| length1 = 3:16
| title2 = Orgiastic
| length2 = 4:44
| title3 = Peng! 33
| length3 = 3:03
| title4 = K-Stars
| length4 = 4:04
| title5 = Perversion
| length5 = 5:01
| title6 = You Little Shits
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = The Seeming and the Meaning
| length7 = 3:48
| title8 = Mellotron
| length8 = 2:47
| title9 = Enivrez-vous
| writer9 = [[Charles Baudelaire]]
| length9 = 3:51
| title10 = Stomach Worm
| length10 = 6:35
| title11 = Surrealchemist
| length11 = 7:13
| total_length = 47:47
}}

==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Peng!|others=[[Stereolab]]|publisher=[[Too Pure]]|year=1992|id=PURE CD 11|type=liner notes}}</ref>

'''Stereolab'''
* [[Tim Gane]] – guitar, [[Farfisa]] organ, [[Moog synthesizer|Moog]] synthesizer
* [[Lætitia Sadier]] – vocals, [[Moog synthesizer]]
* Joe Dilworth – drums
* Martin Kean – bass

'''Production'''
* Roger Askew – [[audio engineer|engineering]]
* Robbs – [[record producer|production]], engineering, [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Stereolab – production, mixing

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (1992)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Independent Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-06-13.pdf|title=Distribution: Indie Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=13 June 1992|access-date=28 May 2021|page=16}}</ref>
| 6
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190532/http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/?no=69 ''Peng!''] at official Stereolab website
* {{Discogs master|21198|Peng!}}
* {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=8f372b65-a289-33ee-9a2e-bed903e83a46|name=Peng!}}

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