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cleanup-linkrot|date=August 2011Infobox album | Name = Electric Version | Type = studio | Artist = The New Pornographers | Cover = The New Pornographers Electric Version.jpg| Released = May 6, 2003 | Recorded = November 2001October 2002 | Genre = Indie rock , power pop | Length = 46:41 | Label = Mint Records Matador Records | Producer = The New Pornographers | Last album = Mass Romantic (2000)| This album = Electric Version (2003) | Next album = Twin Cinema (2005) | Album ratings|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Rating|4.5|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r635743|pure_url=yes Allmusic review |rev2 = Austin Chronicle |rev2score = Rating|3|5 http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review? oid=oid%3A165612 Austin Chronicle review |rev3 = Blender (magazine)|Blender |rev3score = Rating|4|5 http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50746/electric-version.html Blender review |rev4 = Entertainment Weekly |rev4score = (A-) http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/newpornographers/electricversion Entertainment Weekly review |rev5 = Pitchfork Media |rev5score = (8.1/10) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20365/New_Pornographers_Electric_Version Pitchfork Media review |rev6 = PopMatters |rev6score = (positive) http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/n/newpornographers-electric.shtml PopMatters review |rev7 = Robert Christgau |rev7score = (B+) http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php? name=The+New+Pornographers Robert Christgau review |rev8 = Rolling Stone |rev8score = Rating|3|5 http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/289813/review/5941328? utm_source=Rhapsody& utm_medium=CDreview Rolling Stone review |rev9 = Tiny Mix Tapes |rev9score = Rating|4|5 http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/new-pornographers-electric-version Tiny Mix Tapes review |rev10 = Uncut (magazine)|Uncut |rev10score = Rating|3.5|5 http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/newpornographers/electricversion Uncut review
Electric Version is the second studio album by the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers . It was released on Matador Records|Matador / Mint Records|Mint on May 6, 2003.
Electric Version was listed at #7 in the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll of 2003 and #20 in the PopMatters Best Music of 2003 list. http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres03.php http://www.popmatters.com/music/best2003/index-16-20.shtml In 2009, the album ranked #79 in Rolling Stone s "100 Best Albums of the Decade". http://stereogum.com/105081/rolling_stones_100_best_albums_songs_of_the_00s/list/
Track listing
All songs written by Carl Newman except as noted. # "The Electric Version" 2:53 # "From Blown Speakers" 2:49 # "The Laws Have Changed" 3:26 # "The End of Medicine" 2:37 # "Loose Translation" 2:59 # "Chump Change" (Dan Bejar) 4:18 # "All for Swinging You Around" 3:42 # "The New Face of Zero and One" 4:11 # "Testament to Youth in Verse" (Dan Bejar) 3:57 # "It's Only Divine Right" 4:11 # "Ballad of a Comeback Kid" (Dan Bejar) 3:51 # "July Jones" 4:18 # "Miss Teen Wordpower" 3:23 # "Turn" (bonus track on Japanese release)
"The Electric Version" is included as a playable song in the video game Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band ,cite news | first = Kohler | last = Chris | title = Remember: Rock Band's Set List Is What You Make It | url = http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/remember-rock-1.html | work = Wired Blog | date = 2007-10-29 | accessdate = 2007-11-03 after narrowly avoiding being cut.Cite web | url = http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/harmonix_music_systems/3 | title = Harmonix Music Systems | The A.V. Club | date=2008-07-19 | accessdate=2008-07-19
