Looks like I'm the only vote for Soviet. Go Soviet! I've always been drawn to instrumental pieces, and this is a classic.
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Best Electronic eponymous album track
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What's the best track on Electronic's eponymous album?
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Idiot Country 6 (6%)
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Reality 4 (4%)
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Tighten Up 10 (10%)
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The Patience of a Saint 5 (5%)
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Getting Away With It 22 (23%)
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Gangster 3 (3%)
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Soviet 1 (1%)
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Get The Message 19 (20%)
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Try All You Want 10 (10%)
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Some Distant Memory 16 (16%)
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Feel Every Beat 1 (1%)
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Originally posted by Marco Pleil ...very tough one...but my vote goes to "gangster". i remember Barney saying that he wanted to use it as a new order-track but it didn't really fit into NO'style...anyway, great lyrics! Also, the (extended) FBI-Mix on the Disppointed-single is great!
I completely agree!
Originally posted by solarno Looks like I'm the only vote for Soviet. Go Soviet! I've always been drawn to instrumental pieces, and this is a classic.
Soviets dead powerful 
and everytime i hear GTM it sounds 'wrong' unless its following Soviet!! I think i must have somewhat overplayed that album in the early 90's for that association to happen!!!
Feel Every Beat is classic (that piano at the end....) but it has to bow down to the might of Get The Message. One of those songs that everyone NO fan or not seems to love.
Funnily enough I was having a quick scour on the popbitch website today and this very question cropped up. One of the comments was "And if I drove a faster car I'd drive it bloody well" Fucking genius
And you know what, I tend to agree.
btw - There was a black-covered remastered copy and that had GAWI on it. And a very welcome addition it was too.
I think that's the version I have! Was the cover black and silver? To get back to the original question, I went for GAWI but it was a toss-up between that and GTM. I'll have to dig the album out some time and give it a spin.
Originally posted by Shelley Blair I think that's the version I have! Was the cover black and silver? To get back to the original question, I went for GAWI but it was a toss-up between that and GTM. I'll have to dig the album out some time and give it a spin.
Yup, that's the one! After reading this thread obviously had to listen to it last night. Great album, not a duff track on it.
Originally posted by John Sludden Really good album.I'd say Idiot Country was my favourite.
Second after Gangster for me.
Originally posted by DoN > Originally posted by Some Distant Memory> Hence the screen name, I'm going with "Some Distant Memory"!
This song is so beautiful with the bells and oboe in the background. It has a symphonic aura about it. A masterpiece!> > Was there really any doubt? :D
Well i hope you signed the SDM Appreciation thread then!! ;)
Some Distant Menory is my favourite Electronic song ever. But I've missed the thread as well...that comes with being poor and only having limited acces to Internet (when the boss isn't looking).
Been going through an Electronic phase the past week ;) The debut album still sounds superb (I probably even rate it higher than the NO albums - every track is a classic). I have the original Factory release so no GAWI but still have the CD single around somewhere. Just re-discovered the b-side to Forbidden City called Imitation Of Live after a good few years and it really is an impressive track that should have made the album.
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Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes Still never heard this album......
Well, BCE, give it a try... this is one hell of a rollercoaster! Mind you, I AM from 1966, so I'm an early NO-fan and very, very much in JD too, but "Electronic" is a classic, it's f**king true! Very hard to choose a favorite one, but hell... let's go for "Reality", a guitar driven rush of blood to my head every time I hear it. Superb.
