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''Electronic'' is the self-titled debut album by British supergroup Electronic, formed by Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr. It was first released in May 1991 (see 1991 in music) on the Factory label, and reissued in remastered form in 1994 by Parlophone after Factory collapsed. The album was a commercial success, reaching number 2 in the United Kingdom and selling over a million copies worldwide. By the year 2000 ''Electronic'' had sold 240,000 copies in the USA.〔(''Billboard'', 24 July 2000 )〕 ==Recording== The bulk of ''Electronic'' was written in 1990, with sessions beginning that January at Johnny Marr's home studio in Manchester.〔''Q'', July 1991〕 "Gangster" dated from an aborted solo album Bernard Sumner began work on in the mid-eighties,〔''Melody Maker'', 13 April 1991〕 while "Reality" was written around 1988 when he and Marr first began working together.〔''Uncut'', April 1999〕 "The Patience of a Saint" also predated the album, having been written with Pet Shop Boys soon after their collaboration with their singer Neil Tennant on "Getting Away with It" in 1989.〔''Vox'', June 1991〕 Several other songs were also completed by August 1990 (namely "Idiot Country", "Tighten Up", "Soviet", "Get the Message" and "Try All You Want") as they were performed live at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles when Electronic supported Depeche Mode〔''Vox'', October 1990〕 (although "Try All You Want" was played as an instrumental〔''NME'', 18 August 1990〕 and several songs had working titles〔(Manchester District Music Archive )〕). The LP subtly fused Marr's guitar playing with Sumner's synthesiser expertise, most prominently on "Idiot Country", "Feel Every Beat", "Tighten Up" and "Get the Message". Lyrically the subject matter was varied, from the aggressive targeting of rave culture by police in Britain ("Idiot Country" and "Feel Every Beat"〔) to monogamy and emotional ambivalence ("Reality", "Try All You Want"). "The Patience of a Saint" featured a witty, sardonic duet between Sumner and Neil Tennant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Electronic (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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