Album: Electric Version by The New Pornographers (2003)
Genre: Indie | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Concord Records
Format: Album

Description: Electric Version is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on Matador Records and Mint Records on May 6, 2003.

Electric Version placed at number seven in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll of 2003 and was ranked at number 20 on PopMatters' Best Music of 2003 list. In 2009, the album ranked number 79 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Decade".

"The Electric Version" is included as a playable song in the video game Rock Band, after narrowly avoiding being cut.

Artist Background: The New Pornographers is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band's first four albums each placed in the top 40 on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a solo album from one of the band's members ranked in the top 40 on the list each year. In 2007, Blender magazine ranked The New Pornographers' first album, Mass Romantic, the 24th best indie album of all ti... Part of the Vancouver, Canada music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: A.C. Newman, Destroyer, Spoon, Stars

Music Scene: Part of the Vancouver, Canada music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Indie, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album, Concord Records

Additional Context: Rating score: 6. Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Electric Version is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on Matador Records and Mint Records on May 6, 2003.

Electric Version placed at number seven in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll of 2003 and was ranked at number 20 on PopMatters' Best Music of 2003 list. In 2009, the album ranked number 79 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Decade".

"The Electric Version" is included as a playable song in the video game Rock Band, after narrowly avoiding being cut.

Electric Version

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