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Length
  
46:41

Electric Version (2003)
  
Twin Cinema (2005)

Release date
  
6 May 2003

Genres
  
Indie rock, Power pop

Producer
  
The New Pornographers

Artist
  
The New Pornographers

Label
  
Matador Records

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Released
  
6 May 2003 (2003-05-06)

Recorded
  
November 2001 – October 2002

Similar
  
The New Pornographers albums, Indie rock albums

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Electric Version is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on Matador Records and Mint Records on May 6, 2003.

Contents

Electric Version placed at number seven in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll of 2003 and was ranked at number 20 on PopMatters' Best Music of 2003 list. In 2009, the album ranked number 79 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Decade".

"The Electric Version" is included as a playable song in the video game Rock Band, after narrowly avoiding being cut.

Track listing

All songs written by Carl Newman, except as noted.

  1. "The Electric Version" – 2:53
  2. "From Blown Speakers" – 2:49
  3. "The Laws Have Changed" – 3:26
  4. "The End of Medicine" – 2:37
  5. "Loose Translation" – 2:59
  6. "Chump Change" (Dan Bejar) – 4:18
  7. "All for Swinging You Around" – 3:42
  8. "The New Face of Zero and One" – 4:11
  9. "Testament to Youth in Verse" (Bejar) – 3:57
  10. "It's Only Divine Right" – 4:11
  11. "Ballad of a Comeback Kid" (Bejar) – 3:51
  12. "July Jones" – 4:18
  13. "Miss Teen Wordpower" – 3:23
  14. "Turn" (bonus track on Japanese release)

Personnel

Musicians
  • Carl Newman – vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodeon
  • Neko Case – vocals
  • John Collins – bass, baritone guitar, keyboards
  • Blaine Thurier – keyboards
  • Kurt Dahle – drums, percussion, vocals, double bass
  • Todd Fancey – guitar, keyboards
  • Dan Bejar (secret member) – vocals
  • Nora O'Connor – additional vocals
  • Tim Sars – saxophone
  • Monica Cattaway – violin
  • Nyla Rainey – cello
    • Production
  • The New Pornographers - production
  • Howard Redekopp - engineering, mixing

    • Songs

    1The Electric Version2:53
    2From Blown Speakers2:49
    3The Laws Have Changed3:28

    References

    Electric Version Wikipedia
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