electric version

The New Pornographers carried their supercharged power pop to the next level with the cartoon crunch of this brisk and bouncy blissful brunch.  The Canadian indie supergroup became critical darlings with their debut album 'Mass Romantic' and decided to continue their side project with the slightly revamped lineup of Carl Newman on vocals, guitar, keyboards, and melodeon; Neko Case on vocals; John Collins on bass, baritone guitar, and keyboards; Blaine Thurier on keyboards; Kurt Dahle on drums, percussion, vocals, and double bass; Todd Fancey on guitar and keyboards; Dan Bejar on vocals; Nora O'Connor on additional vocals; Tim Sars on saxophone; Monica Cattaway on violin; and Nyla Rainey on cello.  The band produced the album themselves with engineer Howard Redekopp.  

Bandleader Newman reveals:   "Sure, there are logistical nightmares trying to co-ordinate people's schedules and whatnot. Musically, it is relatively easy because the band is a benevolent dictatorship, similar to the American government. It is acknowledged that this is my baby. I am the guy that usually cuts what doesn't work, always remembering that the song is more important than someone's hurt feelings over having their guitar line edited. In the end, some of the songs are mostly played by me, but then there are the songs that work because they were a total group effort. Whatever works. Everyone's got their creative outlet in other parts of their lives so the egos don't really clash very much. It helps that most of the band members are hot-shit players, particularly the rhythm section. You gotta have a good rhythm section...To make a long story short, the new pornographer is a revolutionary. He/she turns over the existing social structures so that pornography might mirror a better world, a sexier world. Dig?...Ultimately, I just want to make records, try to make them as good as I can, and then move onto the next project, and not look back. So that's what I'm doing."

'Electric Version' only charted at number one hundred and ninety-six in the US; but it was on several critics list for the best albums of the year.  






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"The Electric Version" – 2:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9VrPH4BMtU


"From Blown Speakers" – 2:49
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz2tZKAcAIY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khhd5p-yo5o



"The Laws Have Changed" – 3:26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn-LDCRL8Js



"The End of Medicine" – 2:37
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yod9gGJVgUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnIcgx-lb3M



"Loose Translation" – 2:59
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83-9f5GJD4E





"All for Swinging You Around" – 3:42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcVLIN1cJQ8





"It's Only Divine Right" – 4:11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKPFiWo3cI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfJsa1B9h90




"Miss Teen Wordpower" – 3:23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyWHH4NQNo8






'Electric Version' 
full album:




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)