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Electric Version
Studio album by The New Pornographers
Released	May 6, 2003
Recorded	November 2001–October 2002
Genre	Indie rock, power pop
Length	46:41
Label	Mint Records Matador Records
Producer	The New Pornographers
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (B+) link Pitchfork (8.1/10) 5/7/2003 PopMatters (positive) 5/12/2003 Rolling Stone 5/15/2003
The New Pornographers chronology
Mass Romantic (2000) Electric Version (2003) Twin Cinema (2005)

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

The album ranked #79 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Decade." ^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 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" (Dan Bejar) – 3:57
10. "It's Only Divine Right" – 4:11
11. "Ballad of a Comeback Kid" (Dan Bejar) – 3:51
12. "July Jones" – 4:18
13. "Miss Teen Wordpower" – 3:23
14. "Turn" (bonus track on Japanese release)

"The Electric Version" is included as a playable song in the video game Rock Band,^[2] after narrowly avoiding being cut.^[3]

[edit] Personnel

• Carl Newman – vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodion
• 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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Electric Version at Metacritic

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