Matador Records will celebrate the 20th anniversary of The New Pornographers' second full-length, 'Electric Version' - first released May 6th, 2003 - with a limited-edition opaque blue vinyl reissue. As for the music: no second album slumping to be found here. Back then we wrote, 'With impossibly huge hooks and an innate understanding of every pop trick in the book, this follow-up to 2000's breakthrough 'Mass Romantic' is the most exciting pop record we've heard in a long while'. For once, tastemakers of the day shared our enthusiasm. 'The New Pornographers mix the pop purism of the Beach Boys, the power charge of Cheap Trick and the gentle psychedelia of Syd Barrett', wrote the New York Times, who labeled Electric Version 'Some of the best pop of the year'.
Track Listing:
1. The Electric Version - The New Pornographers (2.5)
2. From Blown Speakers - The New Pornographers (2.49)
3. The Laws Have Changed - The New Pornographers (3.26)
4. The End of Medicine - The New Pornographers (2.37)
5. Loose Translation - The New Pornographers (2.59)
6. Chump Change - The New Pornographers (4.18)
7. All for Swinging You Around - The New Pornographers (3.42)
8. The New Face of Zero and One - The New Pornographers (4.11)
9. Testament to Youth in Verse - The New Pornographers (3.57)
10. It's Only Divine Right - The New Pornographers (4.11)
11. Ballad of a Comeback Kid - The New Pornographers (3.51)
12. July Jones - The New Pornographers (4.18)
13. Miss Teen Wordpower - The New Pornographers (3.23)
Year of Production: 2003
