Electronic - Electronic - Vinyl LP Record

Electronic are the coming together of New Order’s singer Bernard Sumner and The Smiths Guitarist Johnny Marr which formed in 1987. This was the year of the sudden and wholly unexpected demise of The Smiths, who imploded in July after Marr left the group. Two months later, midway through a North American tour, Bernard Sumner shocked his bandmates by announcing that he planned to take time out from New Order.

Their self-titled debut project is 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. At the time of release (May 1991), ‘Electronic’ was met with huge acclaim and stands up as one of the most important electronica albums of all time.

Track list:

Side A:

1. Idiot Country
2. Reality
   
3. Tighten Up
   
4. The Patience Of A Saint
   
5. Getting Away With It
   

1. Gangster
2. Soviet
   
3. Get The Message
   
4. Try All You Want
   
5. Some Distant Memory
   
6. Feel Every Beat