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It lacks the timelessness that groups like Depeche were injecting into synthpop at the time but Johnny Marr and mr New Order do a solid job bringing their styles to the table on the debut Electronic album
Pretty much a new order album with Johnny marr. Glad that it still retains the quality of both sumner and marr.
Johnny Marr and the Pet Shop Boys guy compliment Bernard well here. A lot of rhythmic bleeps and boops here, kinda what you’d expect from an album named Electronic by a band named Electronic. Marr of course does show up with his guitar in some places, usually a nice change in pace.
The strings are also a highlight in multiple songs, but particularly in the ending of Some Distant Memory… there’s also like a woodwind-thing in there? (Apparently an oboe) it’s beautiful ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Idiot Country 5:03 | 93 |
| 2 | Reality 5:39 | 87 |
| 3 | Tighten Up 4:38 | 86 |
| 4 | The Patience of a Saint 4:10 | 74 |
| 5 | Gangster 5:27 | 80 |
| 6 | Soviet 2:00 | 73 |
| 7 | Get the Message 5:20 | 85 |
| 8 | Try All You Want 5:37 | 79 |
| 9 | Some Distant Memory 4:10 | 82 |
| 10 | Feel Every Beat 5:06 | 81 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
