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Out of 21 votes - Similar Artists: The Pet Shop Boys, Ride, The Stone Roses
Out of 21 votes
- Location: United Kingdom
- Genre: Rock & Pop » Pop/Rock
Editor's review
A selected merging of two of the decade's most influential bands, Electronic is one of those melodic goth-rock bands that, like the Cure, instantly whisks you back to the late '80s/early '90s. New Order's Bernard Sumner and The Smiths' Johnny Marr comprise this on-again/off-again project, barely missing the top ten at least twice in England (their "Getting Away With It" single of 1989 snagging Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys on vocals).
Biography
Two of the most recognizable sounds from a pair of the most influential alternative rock bands of the '80s-the melodic melancholy of New Order's Bernard Sumner and the sharp hooks of The Smiths' Johnny Marr-joined together in 1990 for the single "Getting Away With It." A Top 20 hit in the U.K. featuring guest vocalist and co-writer Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys, the song marked the beginning of a decade-long collaboration between Sumner and Marr. Rhino Records brings together a compilation featuring favorites selected from all three of the band's studio albums along with alternate mixes and rarities. GET THE MESSAGE: THE BEST OF ELECTRONIC will be available September 19 at all retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $18.98.
Taking 10 of its 13 tracks from the group's studio albums, the collection contains music from 1991's self-titled debut, 1996's follow-up, Raise The Pressure, and 2000's Twisted Tenderness. GET THE MESSAGE also features several remixes including the single version of "Get The Message," the Single Mix of "Disappointed," a song co- written by Tennant that appeared on the Songs From The Cool World Soundtrack as well as the radio edits for a pair of tracks from the group's most recent album. The compilation also includes the single- only "All That I Need" (the B-side of "For You,") and 1996's "Imitation Of Life," the B-side of "Forbidden City."
Throughout Electronic's first decade, the group featured Sumner and Marr performing together with a shifting cast of collaborators that included Tennant; Denise Johnson, who sings on several tracks including "Get The Message"; Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, who joined the group for much of Raise The Pressure and co-wrote several singles, including "For You."
Not only does GET THE MESSAGE span the group's career but it also spotlights the band's range of sounds from the insistent rhythms of 1991's "Feel Every Beat" to the ringing majesty of 1996's "Forbidden City" and nocturnal groove of 2000's "Late At Night."
