90′s supergroup Electronic, featuring Bernard Sumner (New Order/Joy Division), Johnny Marr (The Smiths) and Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys), will re-released their debut self titled album in an expanded and remastered edition, featuring some previously unreleased tracks.
The reissue will include a newly remastered edition of the original album on one disc, accompanied by a second CD featuring a dozen alternate versions, remixes, edits, B-sides and instrumentals, including the Tennant-sung non-album single "Disappointed" and two versions of the title track to 1999's Twisted Tenderness.
Musing on the group's origins recently, Johnny Marr said: "We were two musicians who wanted to get away from the suffocating politics of the band. At the same time it was OK for duos and DJs and non-groups to make records, and that really appealed to Bernard and me. We saw ourselves more in the tradition of David Byrne and Brian Eno, with a lot of technotronics and FX, and Kraftwerk was a very important touchstone for Bernard. So the times were perfect because it was all right to make records with machines, and not have to be four guys stood up against a wall."
The new edition of 'Electronic' will be released on April 8th. The Tracklisting is as follows:
CD 1
01. Idiot Country (2012 - Remaster)
02. Reality (2012 - Remaster)
03. Tighten Up (2012 - Remaster)
04. The Patience Of A Saint (2012 - Remaster)
05. Getting Away With It (2012 - Remaster)
06. Gangster (2012 - Remaster)
07. Soviet (2012 - Remaster)
08. Get The Message (2012 - Remaster)
09. Try All You Want (2012 - Remaster)
10. Some Distant Memory (2012 - Remaster)
11. Feel Every Beat (2012 - Remaster)
CD 2
01. Disappointed (Stephen Hague 7” Inch Version)
02. Second To None (Edit) *
03. Lean To The Inside (Edit) *
04. Twisted Tenderness (Guitar / Vocal Mix) *
05. Idiot Country Two (12” Version)
06. Free Will (Edit) *
07. Until The End Of Time (Edit) *
08. Feel Every Beat (Edit) *
09. Getting Away With It (Instrumental)
10. Turning Point (Edit)
11. Visit Me (Edit) *
12. Twisted Tenderness” (Instrumental) *
* Previously unreleased
