{"id":89574,"date":"2012-05-27T07:08:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T11:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89574\/electronic\/"},"modified":"2012-05-27T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T11:08:55","slug":"electronic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89574\/electronic\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTRONIC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electronic was the side-project of Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Johnny Marr (The Smiths).\u00a0 Various other musicians were involved with this ‘supergroup’, at different times (Neil Tennant and Anne Dudley at the very beginning and Karl Bartos in the mid-nineties – plus several others).\u00a0 The first single (Getting Away With It) was released in 1989.\u00a0 It took more than eighteen months for the album to materialise.\u00a0 It was worth the wait.\u00a0 From the opening hats on Idiot Country to the guitar chords at the end of Feel Every Beat, the eponymous album is a joy ride – even now, over two decades later.\u00a0 It is full of wonderful melodies, and rhythms guaranteed to get your fingers tapping (at the very least).\u00a0 The following year, another single featuring Neil Tennant was released.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Raise The Pressure was made under the influence of Prozac.\u00a0 The beats are bouncy and the melodies are euphoric.\u00a0 However, some of the ‘housey’ stabs sound like they were made in the eighties.\u00a0 The lyrics are dreadful (even by Sumner’s standards).\u00a0 There are more guitars – especially on the singles.\u00a0 The last Electronic album (Twisted Tenderness) features even more guitars.\u00a0 It is a more mature sound (Bernard and Johnny were already well into their forties).\u00a0 There is even a cover version of a Steve Winwood song (Can’t Find My Way Home).\u00a0 The ‘best of’ collection was finally released in 2006.\u00a0 It includes all of the singles plus a few album tracks and a great b-side (Imitation Of Life).<\/font><\/p>\n