Electric Version

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
Studio album by The New Pornographers
Released	6 May 2003 (2003-05-06)
Recorded	November 2001 – October 2002
Genre	Indie rock, power pop, post-punk revival
Length	46:41
Label	Mint, Matador
Producer	The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers chronology
Mass Romantic (2000) Electric Version (2003) Twin Cinema (2005)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	4/5[3]
Blender	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[5]
The Guardian	[6]
Pitchfork	8.1/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Uncut	[10]
The Village Voice	B+[11]

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.^[12][13] In 2009, the album ranked number 79 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Decade".^[14]

"The Electric Version" is included as a playable song in the video game Rock Band,^[15] after narrowly avoiding being cut.^[16]

As of 2009, sales in the United States have exceeded 113,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[17]

Track listing

All songs written and sung by Carl Newman, except as noted.

No.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"The Electric Version"		2:53
2.	"From Blown Speakers"		2:49
3.	"The Laws Have Changed"	Neko Case, Newman	3:26
4.	"The End of Medicine"		2:37
5.	"Loose Translation"		2:59
6.	"Chump Change" (Dan Bejar)	Bejar	4:18
7.	"All for Swinging You Around"	Case	3:42
8.	"The New Face of Zero and One"	Case, Newman	4:11
9.	"Testament to Youth in Verse" (Bejar)	Bejar	3:57
10.	"It's Only Divine Right"		4:11
11.	"Ballad of a Comeback Kid" (Bejar)	Bejar	3:51
12.	"July Jones"		4:18
13.	"Miss Teen Wordpower"	Case, Newman	3:23
Total length:			46:41

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Turn"	3:52

Personnel

Musicians

• Carl Newman – vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodeon
• Neko Case – vocals
• John Collins – bass, baritone guitar, keyboards
• Blaine Thurier – keyboards
• Kurt Dahle – drums, percussion, vocals, double bass
• Todd Fancey – guitar, keyboards
• Dan Bejar (secret member) – vocals
• Nora O'Connor – additional vocals
• Tim Sars – saxophone
• Monica Cattaway – violin
• Nyla Rainey – cello

Production

• The New Pornographers - production
• Howard Redekopp - engineering, mixing