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Electric Head

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Released
  
1990

Label
  
East West

Length
  
51:23

Electric Head (1990)
  
456 (1992)

Genre
  
Techno, house, synthpop, electro, downtempo, ambient

Producer
  
Richard Norris Dave Ball

Electric Head is the debut album by English electronic artists The Grid, released in 1990. An extended, double-CD version of the album is released on Cherry Red Records in August 2013. The second CD includes remixes of the singles from Andrew Weatherall, Robert Gordon and Farley and Heller.

Contents

Alternative mixes of "Floatation" and "A Beat Called Love" were released as singles. Mixes were prepared for a single release of "This Must Be Heaven" but remained unreleased until included on the 2013 reissue of the album.

Track listing

All tracks written by Grid members Richard Norris and Dave Ball.

Side one
  1. "One Giant Step" – 6:11
  2. "Interference" – 0:34
  3. "Are You Receiving" – 4:32
  4. "Islamatron" – 3:33
  5. "The Traffic" – 0:14
  6. "Driving Instructor" – 4:40
  7. "A Beat Called Love" – 4:01
  8. "The First Stroke" – 0:13
Side two
  1. "Central Locking" – 0:41
  2. "Intergalactica" – 6:10
  3. "Beautiful and Profound" – 0:10
  4. "This Must Be Heaven" – 4:15
  5. "Machine Delay" – 0:09
  6. "Doctor Celine" – 3:45
  7. "Typical Waterloo Sunset" – 0:14
  8. "Strange Electric Sun" – 4:19
  9. "Floatation" – 5:06
  10. "Virtual" (only on the CD) – 2:36

Personnel

  • Dave Ball - sampler, synthesizer, drum machine, computer, toy, grand piano
  • Richard Norris - vocals, vocoder, tape, effects, drum machine, electric guitar, electric piano, computer

    • with:

  • Sasha Rebecca Souter - vocals on "A Beat Called Love"
  • Cobalt Stargazer (Geoff Bird) - guitar
  • Andy Murray - slide guitar
  • Polo - percussion
  • Guy Barker - trumpet
  • Julian Stringle - clarinet
  • Beate Schulz, Di Wright, Gini Ball, Gloria Robakowski, Jaq Robinson, Kim Schillinglaw, Michele Oldland, Sasha Rebecca Souter, Sylvia Mason-James - backing vocals
  • Paul Davis - cover artwork

    • References

    Electric Head Wikipedia
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