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* RegionalBonus: The band's 1989 debut single, "Getting Away With It", was a non-album release in their native UK, being left off initial copies of their eponymous debut album in 1991 in that region. In the US, however, it was added as a bonus track, with the American tracklist being reused for reissues worldwide. Particularly significant in that the original UK single contained an edit, an extended mix, and an instrumental, but the standard version wasn't released there until the 1994 album reissue.
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* PerformanceVideo: The majority of the band's music videos consist of some variation of this trope. The closest one to an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion is "Get the Message", and even then a considerable chunk of it is occupies by Sumner singing.

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* PerformanceVideo: The majority of the band's music videos consist of some variation of this trope. The closest one to an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion is "Get the Message", and even then a considerable chunk of it is occupies occupied by Sumner singing.
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Electronic was a British AlternativeDance {{supergroup}} formed by Music/JoyDivision & Music/NewOrder's Bernard Sumner and Music/TheSmiths' Music/JohnnyMarr, active from 1988-2001. The duo also collaborated with Music/PetShopBoys and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s Karl Bartos. While treated as an independent entity, in practice they were more of a side-project for Sumner, with him and Marr mainly being active during pauses in New Order's activity (specifically between ''Music/{{Technique}}'' & ''Music/{{Republic}}'' and between ''Republic'' & ''Get Ready''). Despite this, Electronic are still fondly remembered as a 90's alternative dance great, maintaining a cult following among fans of Bernard and Johnny's previous bands.

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Electronic was a British AlternativeDance {{supergroup}} formed by Music/JoyDivision & Music/NewOrder's Bernard Sumner and Music/TheSmiths' Music/JohnnyMarr, active from 1988-2001. The duo also collaborated with Music/PetShopBoys and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s Karl Bartos. While treated as an independent entity, in practice they were more of a side-project for Sumner, with him and Marr mainly being active during pauses in New Order's activity (specifically between ''Music/{{Technique}}'' & ''Music/{{Republic}}'' and between ''Republic'' & ''Get Ready'').Ready''); in fact, "Gangster" was repurposed from an aborted solo album that Sumner envisioned in the mid-80's. Despite this, Electronic are still fondly remembered as a 90's alternative dance great, maintaining a cult following among fans of Bernard and Johnny's previous bands.

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* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: The second version of the "Getting Away With It" cover takes after that for ''Music/{{Technique}}'', released earlier the same year and with cover art by the same designer (longtime Creator/FactoryRecords collaborator Peter Saville).



** "Getting Away With It" particularly stands out, being designed by Peter Saville (who'd been designing cover art for Sumner's projects since Joy Division).

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** "Getting Away With It" particularly stands out, being designed by Peter Saville (who'd been designing cover art for Sumner's projects since Joy Division). The cover is simply a stock photo of a whiskey glass against a black background with the band name and song title off to the side in plain text. Some releases go a little further and use an actual logo, with the whiskey photo color-inverted.



* PerformanceVideo: The majority of the band's music videos consist of some variation of this trope. The closest one to an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion is "Get the Message", and even then a considerable chunk of it is occupies by Sumner singing.



* SelfBackingVocalist: Sumner sings his own backing for most of their songs, excluding the occasional guest like Neil Tennant.

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* SelfBackingVocalist: Sumner sings his own backing for most of their songs, excluding the occasional guest like [[Music/PetShopBoys Neil Tennant.Tennant]].
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* RegionalBonus: The band's 1989 debut single, "Getting Away With It", was a non-album release in their native UK, being left off initial copies of their eponymous debut album in 1991 in that region. In the US, however, it was added as a bonus track, with the American tracklist being reused for reissues worldwide.

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* RegionalBonus: The band's 1989 debut single, "Getting Away With It", was a non-album release in their native UK, being left off initial copies of their eponymous debut album in 1991 in that region. In the US, however, it was added as a bonus track, with the American tracklist being reused for reissues worldwide. Particularly significant in that the original UK single contained an edit, an extended mix, and an instrumental, but the standard version wasn't released there until the 1994 album reissue.

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* MinimalisticCoverArt: Common for the band's single releases, carrying over from Bernard's time in Music/JoyDivision and Music/NewOrder. "Getting Away With It" particularly stands out, being designed by Peter Saville (who'd been designing cover art for Sumner's projects since Joy Division).

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* MinimalisticCoverArt: Common for the band's single releases, carrying over from Bernard's time in Music/JoyDivision and Music/NewOrder. Music/NewOrder.
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"Getting Away With It" particularly stands out, being designed by Peter Saville (who'd been designing cover art for Sumner's projects since Joy Division).
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* SelfDeprecation: The lyrics of "Getting Away With It", co-written by Bernard and Music/PetShopBoys member Neil Tennant, satirize Music/{{Morrissey}}'s morose lyrics and the miserablist reputation he garnered as a result of them; Morrissey and Johnny were previously bandmates in Music/TheSmiths, and CreativeDifferences between the two were a contributing factor in that group's acrimonious dissolution.

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* SelfDeprecation: The lyrics of "Getting Away With It", co-written by Bernard and Music/PetShopBoys member Neil Tennant, satirize Music/{{Morrissey}}'s morose lyrics and the miserablist reputation he garnered as a result of them; Morrissey and Johnny were previously bandmates in Music/TheSmiths, and CreativeDifferences creative differences between the two were a contributing factor in that group's acrimonious dissolution.
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Electronic was a British AlternativeDance {{supergroup}} formed by Music/JoyDivision & Music/NewOrder's Bernard Sumner and Music/TheSmiths' Music/JohnnyMarr, active from 1988-2001. The duo also collaborated with Music/PetShopBoys and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s Karl Bartos. While treated as an independent entity, in practice they were more of a side-project for Sumner, with him and Marr mainly being active during pauses in New Order's activity (specifically between ''Music/{{Technique}}'' & ''Music/{{Republic}}'' and between ''Republic'' & ''Get Ready''). Despite this, Electronic are still fondly remembered a a 90's alternative dance great, maintaining a cult following among fans of Bernard and Johnny's previous bands.

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Electronic was a British AlternativeDance {{supergroup}} formed by Music/JoyDivision & Music/NewOrder's Bernard Sumner and Music/TheSmiths' Music/JohnnyMarr, active from 1988-2001. The duo also collaborated with Music/PetShopBoys and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s Karl Bartos. While treated as an independent entity, in practice they were more of a side-project for Sumner, with him and Marr mainly being active during pauses in New Order's activity (specifically between ''Music/{{Technique}}'' & ''Music/{{Republic}}'' and between ''Republic'' & ''Get Ready''). Despite this, Electronic are still fondly remembered a as a 90's alternative dance great, maintaining a cult following among fans of Bernard and Johnny's previous bands.

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Electronic was a British AlternativeDance {{supergroup}} formed by Music/NewOrder's Bernard Sumner and Music/TheSmiths' Music/JohnnyMarr and active from 1988-2001. The duo also collaborated with Music/PetShopBoys and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s Karl Bartos.

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Electronic was a British AlternativeDance {{supergroup}} formed by Music/JoyDivision & Music/NewOrder's Bernard Sumner and Music/TheSmiths' Music/JohnnyMarr and Music/JohnnyMarr, active from 1988-2001. The duo also collaborated with Music/PetShopBoys and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s Karl Bartos.
Bartos. While treated as an independent entity, in practice they were more of a side-project for Sumner, with him and Marr mainly being active during pauses in New Order's activity (specifically between ''Music/{{Technique}}'' & ''Music/{{Republic}}'' and between ''Republic'' & ''Get Ready''). Despite this, Electronic are still fondly remembered a a 90's alternative dance great, maintaining a cult following among fans of Bernard and Johnny's previous bands.


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* AntiLoveSong: A common theme in their songs, carrying over from Bernard's time with Music/NewOrder.


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* FaceOnTheCover: A RasterVision headshot of Bernard and Johnny is featured on the cover of the SelfTitledAlbum.
* InTheStyleOf: Peter Saville's album art for "Getting Away With It" is a homage to the style used on Music/PetShopBoys releases, nodding to the fact that this particular single was co-written and features backing vocals by Neil Tennant.


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* MinimalisticCoverArt: Common for the band's single releases, carrying over from Bernard's time in Music/JoyDivision and Music/NewOrder. "Getting Away With It" particularly stands out, being designed by Peter Saville (who'd been designing cover art for Sumner's projects since Joy Division).
** "Get the Message" features just the band name and song title in white text and an orange "2" against a sold blue background.
* RasterVision: Applied to the photo of the band on the front cover of the 1991 SelfTitledAlbum.
* RegionalBonus: The band's 1989 debut single, "Getting Away With It", was a non-album release in their native UK, being left off initial copies of their eponymous debut album in 1991 in that region. In the US, however, it was added as a bonus track, with the American tracklist being reused for reissues worldwide.

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* AlternativeDance: The band's stock and trade, the end result of them consisting of the vocalist from the genre's TropeMaker and the guitarist from one of the most acclaimed and influential British AlternativeRock acts of all time.



* LighterAndSofter: While still retaining the sardonicism of Music/NewOrder and Music/TheSmiths, the sound of Electronic's music is considerably more upbeat compared to both groups, leaning closer into HouseMusic mixed with AlternativeRock.



* SelfDeprecation: "Getting Away with It" takes some shots at Music/TheSmiths' depressing tendencies.

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* SelfDeprecation: The lyrics of "Getting Away with It" takes some shots at Music/TheSmiths' depressing tendencies.With It", co-written by Bernard and Music/PetShopBoys member Neil Tennant, satirize Music/{{Morrissey}}'s morose lyrics and the miserablist reputation he garnered as a result of them; Morrissey and Johnny were previously bandmates in Music/TheSmiths, and CreativeDifferences between the two were a contributing factor in that group's acrimonious dissolution.



* {{Supergroup}}: Primarily a superduo composed of Bernard Sumner from Music/JoyDivision and Music/NewOrder, and Music/JohnnyMarr from Music/TheSmiths, though Music/PetShopBoys were also involved in their first album and [[Music/{{Kraftwerk}} Karl Bartos]] on their second.

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* {{Supergroup}}: Primarily a superduo composed of Bernard Sumner from Music/JoyDivision and Music/NewOrder, and Music/JohnnyMarr from Music/TheSmiths, though Music/PetShopBoys were also involved in their first album (plus "Disappointed" off the ''Film/CoolWorld'' soundtrack) and [[Music/{{Kraftwerk}} Karl Bartos]] on their second.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: SpecialGuest [[Music/PetShopBoys Neil Tennant]] sings lead vocals on "The Patience of a Saint" and "Disappointed"; Tennant previously co-wrote and provided backing vocals on "Getting Away With It".
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->''"However I look, it's clear to see,\\
That I love you more than you love me"''
-->--"'''Getting Away with It'''"


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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ZigZagged. They indeed made ElectronicMusic, though they also had guitar-focused rock songs like "Forbidden City" and "For You".
* SelfBackingVocalist: Sumner sings his own backing for most of their songs, excluding the occasional guest like Neil Tennant.
* SelfDeprecation: "Getting Away with It" takes some shots at Music/TheSmiths' depressing tendencies.
-->''I've been walking in the rain just to get wet on purpose\\
I've been forcing myself not to forget just to feel worse''


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* SillyLoveSongs: Many of their songs are about relationships and breakups.
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[[caption-width-right:260:Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner]]
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Electronic was a British AlternativeDance {{supergroup}} formed by Music/NewOrder's Bernard Sumner and Music/TheSmiths' Music/JohnnyMarr and active from 1988-2001. The duo also collaborated with Music/PetShopBoys and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s Karl Bartos.

The band had several Eurodance hits in TheNineties including "Getting Away With It", "Get the Message" and "Disappointed" before the pair quietly returned to separate projects after their third album. Though they never formally broke up, Marr thinks the band "reached a natural conclusion" and is glad it ended on a positive note, and they occasionally play together live when their respective projects cross.

Not to be confused with ElectronicMusic on the whole.

!!Discography:
* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Electronic]]'' (1991)
* ''Raise the Pressure'' (1996)
* ''Twisted Tenderness'' (1999)
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!!This band provides examples of:
* SelfTitledAlbum: Their eponymous debut.
* {{Supergroup}}: Primarily a superduo composed of Bernard Sumner from Music/JoyDivision and Music/NewOrder, and Music/JohnnyMarr from Music/TheSmiths, though Music/PetShopBoys were also involved in their first album and [[Music/{{Kraftwerk}} Karl Bartos]] on their second.

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