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Product details

  • Audio CD (15 Aug 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Euro Parrot
  • ASIN: B000025CFT
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 314,708 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Idiot Country
2. Reality
3. Tighten Up
4. The Patience Of A Saint
5. Getting Away With It
6. Gangster
7. Soviet
8. Get The Message
9. Try All You Want
10. Some Distant Memory
11. Feel Every Beat

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Electronic are New Order frontman Bernard Sumner and ex- Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, and this--their debut--was described by Melody Maker on its release as "one of the greatest albums ever made". This re-packaged version contains the singles "Get The Message", "Feel Every Beat" and "Getting Away With It"--the bands first release and one of two collaborations with the Pet Shop Boys. With Marr turning his back on the Smiths' trademark jangling guitars, the sound is more that of New Order crossed with the Madchester scene of the time (808 State, Happy Mondays, etc.). Sumner and Marr were never going to match the overall impact or quality of the Smiths and of New Order--for many, the two great English bands of the 1980s--but this is the best of their three albums. In the two big hits, as well as album tracks like "Idiot Country" and "Some Distant Memory", they succeed in recapturing some--if never quite all--of their former glories. --Ronita Dutta


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This two-man Manchester supergroup--New Order's Bernard Sumner and the Smith's Johnny Marr--made one of the best debuts of the '90s with Electronic. More New Order than Smiths, the album was a blend of plangent fretwork and frenetic sequencing, with bleak lyrics intoned in Sumner's clean, boyish tenor. "Get the Message" was orthodox '80s pop, but the heartbreaking "Gangster" was an electro-rock masterpiece. The album featured engaging cameos from the Pet Shop Boys on "Getting Away with It" and "The Patience of a Saint". --Barney Hoskyns

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic from Manchesters finest, 3 Jul 2001
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This review is from: Electronic (Audio CD)
A golden nugget of the musical scene of 1991. The debut release of New Order's Bernard Sumner and The Smith's Johnny Marr proved to be a real winner.

Though a side project, the feeling of a supergroup was never faraway with the Pet Shop Boy's Neil Tennant dropping in on 'Getting away with it' and 'The Patience of a Saint'.

I first got my copy of this on cassette on the legendary Factory label. And I can still remember the feeling I got when I first heard it. It was one of knowing that at last the music you wanted to hear had been recorded and released, knowing that someone else out there felt the same as you! I remember many times, quite anti-socially, not going out with my friends and staying in and listening to this album again and again!

The opener, 'Idiot Country' sets the scene. Swooshing atmospherics, crunchy electro rhythms and Marr's sterling guitar work all to the fore. Sumner's lyrics were more expressive than usual too, perhaps set free from the tension in the New Order camp.

Altogether a wonderful album, there is no point saying there are any special tracks, they all come as one listening experience.

Go on, recapture the feeling of '91.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the few CD's in my collection without a duff track!, 11 April 2001
By Gabby "Gabby" (Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Electronic (Audio CD)
OK, this CD's been out for years, but I recently went through my whole collection, and can wholeheartedly say that this is one of the few CD's I have where there is not one bad track. I can happily listen to the whole CD from start to finish without skipping a tune. The only one that comes close is New Order's "Technique". I am a rabid Pet Shop Boys fan and even they can not achieve an album without a track I dislike! Obviously it's not going to be to everyone's taste, but if you like New Order, The Smiths or the Pet Shop Boys I would be surprised if you were disappointed with this gem. It's a shame Electronic's second and third albums did not match up to this calibre, although they also contain some cracking songs.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An underrated classic, 29 Aug 2000
This review is from: Electronic (Audio CD)
I've never understood why this album isn't taken seriously. Well that's a bit of a lie, it's understandable why some people see Electronic as merely an indulgent side project for ageing stars of officially 'The Two Best Bands Of The 80s' (that's New Order and The Smiths, of course). But 'Electronic' is comfortably better than any New Order album, including 'Technique', although the completely contrasting styles of Morrissey and Bernard Sumner make comparison with The Smiths difficult.

Few albums fit together so well and sound so perefectly formed as this. Listen closely and it's clear that a lot of thought and work has gone into making this record, yet part of its greatness is the tight, energetic naturalness of it all. From the first track to the last the music has a spring in its step - at first listen sounding very New Order-esque, then repeated listens bringing out Johnny Marr's guitar, all the while underpinned by a joyous buoyancy. Bernard Sumner has never sounded better, at times speaking (I hesitate to call it rapping) his verses, at times doing his more usual low-key singing thing. The lyrics, as ever, are more impressionistic than narrative. There are no bad tracks, the 2 minute instrumental 'Soviet' being the weakest, though it works well in providing a respite before the exuberance of the brilliant 'Get The Message', one of the best singles of the 90s. Every track is carefully, intricately structured without ever sounding contrived. The real genius of this album, however, lies not only in the singles but also in less immediate tracks like 'Some Distant Memory', whose utterly beautiful oboe-led coda is both one of the best moments on the album and also the perfect lead in to the upbeat finale 'Feel Every Beat'.

I've owned this album for 9 years and still listen to it regularly, which makes it pretty much unique in my record collection, yet I still can't pinpoint why I like it more than any New Order album. It's less raw, perhaps more reflective, yet feels more complete and satisfying. It's certainly the best of the three Electronic albums by light years. I would recommend it to anyone, especially anyone who's listened to and liked New Order.

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