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The Power Out
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The Power Out
Artist
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Electrelane
Label
Too Pure
Catalogue Number
PURE142DL
Release Date
January 26, 2004

The Power Out is the second album by the English rock group Electrelane. It was released on compact disc and vinyl in 2004 by Too Pure. It was recorded in Chicago, Illinois in early 2003 by Steve Albini. The album's lead single, "On Parade" was a hit on college radio.

Recorded and mixed in three weeks, The Power Out is, in Electrelane's terms, both conventional (it uses mainly traditional rock ‘n’ roll instruments) and complex. The band talk about it as inspired partly by the idea of folk songs and their intention to imbue it with a greater sense of space and light than the previous album. It's something that shines in songs like The Valleys where Verity arranged a setting of a Siegfried Sassoon poem for a Chicago choir, or Take The Bit Between Your Teeth, where punk swagger meets tight melody.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Gone Under Sea 3:12 Buy

    Gone Under Sea

  2. 2 On Parade 2:35 Buy

    On Parade

  3. 3 The Valleys 5:20 Buy

    The Valleys

  4. 4 Birds 3:53 Buy

    Birds

  5. 5 Take the Bit Between Your Teeth 4:58 Buy

    Take the Bit Between Your Teeth

  6. 6 Oh Sombra! 2:58 Buy

    Oh Sombra!

  7. 7 Enter Laughing 3:42 Buy

    Enter Laughing

  8. 8 This Deed 3:24 Buy

    This Deed

  9. 9 Love Builds Up 5:24 Buy

    Love Builds Up

  10. 10 Only One Thing Is Needed 4:33 Buy

    Only One Thing Is Needed

  11. 11 You Make Me Weak At the Knees 3:23 Buy

    You Make Me Weak At the Knees

Electrelane

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