| New Pornographers / Electric Version |
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| Album: | Electric Version | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | New Pornographers | Added: | May 2003 | |
| Label: | Matador Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-06-09 | Pull Date: | 2003-08-11 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 10 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 22 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
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| Album Review |
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| Eric K! Reviewed 2003-06-01 | ||
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_Electric Version_ is the second release from the Canadain power-pop supergroup, The New Pornographers. The New Pornographers feature Carl Newman (of Zumpano), Dan Bejar (of Destroyer), and the inimitable Neko Case. _Electric Version_ is a very solid album of hooky, clever. power-pop. Everything on here is catchy, upbeat, and fun. For better or for for worse, _Electric Version_ is not a repeat of the New Pornographer's debut _Mass Romantic_. _EV_ is a much more polished album, but it also missing a lot of the odd arrangements and production touches that made _Mass Romantic_ such a gem. Stand-out tracks: 12!, 6, 2, 3, 4, 9 1. Insistent, with Carl's falsetto vocals. Neat keyboards and a wonderful chorus. 2. Great dramatic track with instantly memorable chorus, weird synths 3. Neko sings! Quirky keyboard, noisy guitars, driven. Great groove. 4. Crunchy keyboard-driven track. Noisy break in the middle of the song. Noisy outtro that just dissolves. 5. Bowie-informed track with unnerving keyboard groove. Kinda aimless. 6. Dan sings this classic track. Glammy male vocals. Background "ooh-ooh"'s. Male vocals, Neko sings on chorus. 7. Driving track with Neko vocals. 8. Crunchy track with oddly detached vocals. 9. Glammy, clever. Dan attempts a sad and meaningful song about listening to the radio. 10. Hard-rocking, lots of good ideas in the jam near the end, but somehow the song doesn't click. 11. Gentler, lyrics (when they can be understood) seem a little more meaningful. Bowiesque. 12. Weird, majestic with a detached, otherworldy dub reggae feel. 13. Neko back in her Belinda-Carlisle-as-a-robot mode! Cute lyrics. | ||
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