um, I don't really like this album.
I got it on day one, and went : "mmmmmmmm....."
(The singles, particularly the "Feel every beat" remixes, oh yes!)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
It's so easy –why won't you leave this?Just because I've grown afraid of youI wish we were at the beginningIt would be so good to be with you
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
If we were redoing the poll I'd vote for "Some Distant Memory". I could stand to hear a 20 minute remix of it, elongating each of the gorgeous sections. The guitar section alone is like a lost beach classic.
― Euler, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Search "Free Will" on the "Message" 12".
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
ahhh - this is why I feel so at home on ILM. Shame I missed this poll, 'Some Distant Memory' and partic that oboe section is one of my favorite pieces of music in the world.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 17 September 2010 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, glad I'm not the only one who loves that oboe part. Just perfect, isn't it.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 September 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I can never remember "Try All You Want" by name
― juggalo iglesias (HI DERE), Friday, 17 September 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
In my Roxy interview with Scott Woods, I cited that oboe part as my favorite ever.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 September 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Can I mention the B-sides, all of which are wonderful in their own way? "Second To None" and its huge orchestral synth chords, and "Free Will" and its acid house nonsense -- a distant cousin to the Pet Shop Boys' "Don Juan"?
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 January 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Can anyone work out what the vocal sample in Free Will says? "Bring the light - something?"
― orange and teal.css (I am using your worlds), Sunday, 23 January 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought it said "Real life is empty," which explains why it's buried.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 January 2011 03:17 (thirteen years ago) link
This is one of those days when "Idiot Country" is the greatest song in the world. Things to note today: the pause, whoosh & restart at 3:19, and the slightly higher key for the main key riff immediately thereafter. This song is loaded with little details like that.
― Euler, Saturday, 14 April 2012 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
man "Tighten Up" was robbed. classic Marr guitar on that one.
― Hoo Nu Cookies (crüt), Saturday, 14 April 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
This song is loaded with little details like that.
Also: the whistling and that orchestral synth part
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 April 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
An expanded 2 disc edition of Sumner and Marr's 1991 debut as Electronic.'Electronic' sounds a little more like New Order than the Smiths. The three singles from the album remain the highlights: "Get the Message," "Feel Every Beat" and "Getting Away with It" featuring Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.The project has been described as a joyous venn diagram of Sumner and Marr’s influences. Although ostensibly coming from different disciplines, the experimental dance pop of New Order and the full-bodied jangle of The Smiths, their common interests were many: dance music, a good tune and pushing musical boundaries.The release includes 8 previously unreleased tracks including alternate versions, edits & instrumentals.TracklistingCD 1 1. Idiot Country (2012 - Remaster) 2. Reality (2012 - Remaster) 3. Tighten Up (2012 - Remaster) 4. The Patience Of A Saint (2012 - Remaster) 5. Getting Away With It (2012 - Remaster) 6. Gangster (2012 - Remaster) 7. Soviet (2012 - Remaster) 8. Get The Message (2012 - Remaster) 9. Try All You Want (2012 - Remaster)10. Some Distant Memory (2012 - Remaster)11. Feel Every Beat (2012 - Remaster)CD 2 1. Disappointed (Stephen Hague 7” Inch Version) (2012 remaster) 2. Second To None (Edit) Previously unreleased 3. Lean To The Inside (Edit) Previously unreleased 4. Twisted Tenderness (Guitar / Vocal Mix) Previously unreleased 5. Idiot Country Two (12” Version) 6. Free Will (Edit) Previously unreleased 7. Until The End Of Time (Edit) Previously unreleased 8. Feel Every Beat (Edit) Previously unreleased 9. Getting Away With It (Instrumental) (2012 remaster) 10. Turning Point (Edit) (2012 remaster)11. Visit Me (Edit) Previously unreleased12. Twisted Tenderness (Instrumental) Previously unreleased
'Electronic' sounds a little more like New Order than the Smiths. The three singles from the album remain the highlights: "Get the Message," "Feel Every Beat" and "Getting Away with It" featuring Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.
The project has been described as a joyous venn diagram of Sumner and Marr’s influences. Although ostensibly coming from different disciplines, the experimental dance pop of New Order and the full-bodied jangle of The Smiths, their common interests were many: dance music, a good tune and pushing musical boundaries.
The release includes 8 previously unreleased tracks including alternate versions, edits & instrumentals.
Tracklisting
CD 1 1. Idiot Country (2012 - Remaster) 2. Reality (2012 - Remaster) 3. Tighten Up (2012 - Remaster) 4. The Patience Of A Saint (2012 - Remaster) 5. Getting Away With It (2012 - Remaster) 6. Gangster (2012 - Remaster) 7. Soviet (2012 - Remaster) 8. Get The Message (2012 - Remaster) 9. Try All You Want (2012 - Remaster)10. Some Distant Memory (2012 - Remaster)11. Feel Every Beat (2012 - Remaster)
CD 2 1. Disappointed (Stephen Hague 7” Inch Version) (2012 remaster) 2. Second To None (Edit) Previously unreleased 3. Lean To The Inside (Edit) Previously unreleased 4. Twisted Tenderness (Guitar / Vocal Mix) Previously unreleased 5. Idiot Country Two (12” Version) 6. Free Will (Edit) Previously unreleased 7. Until The End Of Time (Edit) Previously unreleased 8. Feel Every Beat (Edit) Previously unreleased 9. Getting Away With It (Instrumental) (2012 remaster) 10. Turning Point (Edit) (2012 remaster)11. Visit Me (Edit) Previously unreleased12. Twisted Tenderness (Instrumental) Previously unreleased
― Mark G, Friday, 11 January 2013 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
Release date: 11/03/13
Hmmm tempting - although I would have hoped to have a super extended version of Some Distant memory amongst the bonus tracks.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 11 January 2013 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
their B-sides are fantastic. "Second to None" is this quiet melancholic thing. "Lean to the Inside" is the ultimate TV theme.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 January 2013 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
I think this says it all:
http://www.feeleverybeat.co.uk/albums/melodymaker25may1991.jpg
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 January 2013 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
i note there's already an expanded edition on Spotify http://open.spotify.com/album/1BUrw4Xa1r4eQI6D6kz7zr
but it's a bit different
― piscesx, Monday, 21 January 2013 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
I love that review, Alfred, and quite interesting today to note his frame of references. I don't think I read it at the time (iirc my music press debut was a couple of weeks later) but I do remember Lester was still on the same riff when he reviewed Slowdive's debut later in the year. Something like: 'if anyone was going to make a better album this year than Electronic, it would be Electronic themselves ... but I secretly hoped Slowdive might somehow surprise us all'
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 21 January 2013 11:22 (eleven years ago) link
Funny how attitudes to age in pop have changed. "By rights they should be washed up, trading on former glories, a miserably uninspired pair of codgers way past their prime." Sumner was 35, Marr 27.
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 21 January 2013 12:37 (eleven years ago) link
haha what a review
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 21 January 2013 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
We're aware of this, right?
http://pitchfork.com/news/50126-johnny-marr-and-new-orders-bernard-sumners-project-electronic-to-reissue-debut/
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 April 2013 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
I love how they unwittingly made it difficult to google for downloads by naming themselves Electronic. Marr must have taken notes from fellow seer Matt Johnson.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
Ha. Once I saw some dudes at the airport who were clearly in some kind of band. I asked what the name was and guy told me, in heavy French accent, "Rock and Roll"
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 April 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
Great news on the reissue. I have the original CD which I suspect was mastered from vinyl, and was looking into ordering the previous remastered version with the black cover from the uk. Glad I waited.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 5 April 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
I have absolutely no words...
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17564/reviews/4146274
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 8 April 2013 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
the irony of accusing the re-issue of being "lazily tossed-off" is delicious.
― Neil S, Monday, 8 April 2013 11:51 (eleven years ago) link
Haha.
The second disc is pretty bad though. Alternate versions of songs that came out almost a decade later?
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 8 April 2013 12:20 (eleven years ago) link
On the other hand I wanted remastered opy of Second to None.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 April 2013 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
I initially thought the Twisted Tenderness demos might have been recorded at the time of the 1st lp and then finished 10 years later
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 8 April 2013 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
If you want to goI just can't say no
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
Reviving because it's been, you know, a year since the last time.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 March 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
Bought this on vinyl a couple months ago. It's still one of my favorite albums. Kind if wish they had release it in the US on vinyl so I could have Getting Away With It on there as well.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 March 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
Phone posting leads to some shady errors.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 March 2014 02:03 (ten years ago) link
I hope the new stuff from New Order incorporates the sweet synth basslines on display in Try All You Want and Some Distant Memory.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 March 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
better to live than to know
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 March 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link
surprised Sumner and Marr haven't signed up to perform the album live at some festival.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 14 March 2014 08:49 (ten years ago) link
do you want to see Bernard dancing?
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 March 2014 12:21 (ten years ago) link
I have the sudden urge to listen to this again because it is so springlike, but I no longer seem to own this album! How did that happen?
― "Endemic. What does that mean, man?" (Branwell Bell), Friday, 14 March 2014 13:08 (ten years ago) link
Surprised Sumner hasn't signed up to perform the album with Cunningham and Chapman, minus Marr.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 March 2014 13:24 (ten years ago) link
are these two estranged then? Anyway BB OTM - this album has such a fresh and sunny Spring feeling.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 14 March 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
https://imtransfer.shapeservices.net/uploads/8227139480887496356/Image.jpg
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 March 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
I suddenly want to get a vinyl copy of this really badly. Sadly it's really hard to do a search for it on eBay. It does look like some copies with Getting Away With it on it came out. The album wouldn't seem right without it.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 14 March 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
This and Technique are Sumner's peak.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Friday, 14 March 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Looks like the versions with Getting Away With It leave off Gangster for some reason.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 March 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
Really? They need to reissue this on vinyl with both those songs on as soon as possible then.
Think if I included this with all the New Order albums I'd rate only Technique and Low-Life higher. All three of them would be 10/10.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 15 March 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
It does look like some copies with Getting Away With it on it came out. The album wouldn't seem right without it.
The album wouldn't seem right with it.
― Charles, hatless (sic), Saturday, 15 March 2014 04:00 (ten years ago) link
The only version I've ever owned has it on there and as it's one of my favourite songs of all time I'd really miss it, even if it shouldn't be on there. It's the exact same situation as Virginia Plain on the first Roxy Music album.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 15 March 2014 04:18 (ten years ago) link