Electronic (album)

1991 cover

**Electronic** is the title of the eponymous debut album by the duo consisting of Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr. The album was first released on 27 May 1991 on the Factory label.

The pair had started working together as early as 1988 and most of the songs came together after sessions rehearsed in 1990. Their debut single Getting Away with It, written and recorded with Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, had been released in December 1989, although was not included on initial editions of the album which eventually surfaced. Some tracks were also previewed when Electronic played live as support to Depeche Mode at Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, on 04 and 05 August 1990.

The album was a critical and commercial success and went straight into the UK album charts at no.2 the week after its release (held off the top by Seal's eponymous debut), remaining in the Top 40 for seven weeks.[1] The second Electronic single Get the Message, featured on the album, went Top 10 in the UK although a third single Feel Every Beat fared less well (see Singles section below).

## Personnel

* Bernard Sumner - lead vocals, guitar keyboards
* Johnny Marr - guitar, keyboards
* Neil Tennant - vocals on Patience of a Saint and Getting Away With It
* Denise Johnson - vocals on Get the Message

The album was produced by Sumner & Marr who also wrote all the songs, together with Tennant and Lowe on The Patience of a Saint.

Getting Away With It co-written and co-produced with Neil Tennant. Strings arranged and conducted by Anne Dudley.

## Tracklisting

CD - original UK issue, FACT 290
1. Idiot Country
2. Reality
3. Tighten Up
4. The Patience of a Saint
5. Gangster
6. Soviet
7. Get the Message
8. Try All You Want
9. Some Distant Memory
10. Feel Every Beat

LP - FACT 290
* same 10 tracks, five per side.

CD - European issue on Warner Bros.
* adds Getting Away With It as track 5

## Re-releases

1994 re-release (Parlophone, CD)
* adds Getting Away With It as track 5, slightly different sleeve design

2013 2xCD re-master
* CD1 - 11 tracks as above
* CD2 - 12 new & remastered edits of previously released songs, incl. 1992 single Disappointed (see here)

2015 180g vinyl re-issue
* 5 + 6 tracks (carries Fact 290 & Warner cat. nos.)

2020 LP
* 5 + 6 tracks - black cover design

## Charts

* UK album charts (1991): 2
* UK Vinyl Albums Chart: 39 (2015), 5 (2020)

## Singles

UK releases only

UK rel. date 04 December 1989, UK chart peak 12
* 7" FAC 257: A. Getting Away With It B. Lucky Bag (Edit)
* 12" FAC257 & Cassette single Fac257c: A. Getting Away With It (Extended) B1. Getting Away With It (Full Length) B2. Lucky Bag

performed on *Top of the Pops* 14 December 1989
UK rel. date 15 April 1991, UK chart peak 08
* 7" FAC 287/7: A. Get the Message B. Free Will
* 12" FAC 287: A. Get the Message B. Free Will (longer versions although not stated)
* 12" Get The Message (DNA Remixes) FAC 287r A. Get The Message (DNA Groove Mix) B. Get The Message (DNA Sin Mix)
* CDS Facd287: 1. get the Message 7" 2. Free Will 12" 3. Get the Message 12"

performed on *Top of the Pops* 25 April 1991, 09 May 1991 (DNA Groove Mix)
UK rel. date 09 September 1991, UK chart peak 39
* 7" FAC 328/7: A. Feel Every Beat (7" Remix) (Stephen Hague) B. Lean To The Inside
* 12" FAC 328: A. Feel Every Beat (12" Remix) (6:48) B1. Feel Every Beat (Dub mix) (6:02) remixes Danny Rampling, Pete Lorimer  B2. Lean to the Inside (4:08)
* CDS FACD 328: 1. Feel Every Beat (7" Remix) 2. Feel Every Beat (DNA Mix) 3. Second To None 4. Lean To The Inside

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Musicbrainz
* Official Charts archive
* Spotify (Special ed.),
	+ Getting Away With It EP, Feel Every Beat EP, Get the Message EP