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Feb 5, 2013As good as the songs are, the distinguishing characteristic of Electric is its atmosphere, how the music jumps and breathes, how Miller has given Thompson his liveliest album in years and, on just sheer sonic terms, his best in a while, too.
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UncutFeb 6, 2013It's a vibrant set with a live feel, alternating between rowdy folk-rockers and some of Thompson's most poignant ballads. [Mar 2013, p.77]
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Feb 5, 2013A fairly solid and consistent addition to the impressive and otherworldly canon of Richard Thompson.
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MojoFeb 6, 2013He's written better collections of songs, but for fun, warmth, vigour and power, it' sup there with his best. [Mar 2013, p.86]
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Feb 5, 2013The thrills are few, but the excellence is undeniable.
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Feb 11, 2013In its creation of something towering from fundamental, basic elements, it is alchemical.
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013The songs here play like a life's snapshot, from winsome to saucy to conflicted. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.106]
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Feb 6, 2013It's classic Thompson, packed with bleak stories of male failings, usually with a woman involved.
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Feb 5, 2013Unlike most of his peers, Thompson is defying the march of time, continuing to write and perform at an exceptional level. Electric easily deserves a place alongside his best solo releases.
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Feb 5, 2013Man, does Music City bleed through the album, leaving a hushed honky-tonk throb with gritty production.
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Feb 7, 2013he overriding feel of the album is one of attack although conscious maybe that light and shade is always to be found within the Thompson palette.
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Mar 7, 2013A vigorous 11-song collection that keeps the lyrics and melodies straightforward, allowing the complexity and uniqueness of his guitar-playing to burst through.
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Feb 8, 2013Electric finds Richard Thompson at his most stripped-down and potent.
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Mar 13, 2013Buddy Miller in the producer seat allows Thompson some breathing room, plus the trio of guitar, bass, and drums gives the material just enough ambiance to fulfill its innate power.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 6, 2013Electric is a return to one of his best attributes, the snarling electric guitar. [Mar 2013, p. 95]
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Jun 4, 2013The songs on Electric are given more opportunity to breathe and worm their way into our hearts.
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Feb 5, 2013Thompson’s classic folk rock formula is revived once more, and his frequent guitar solos are as sour as his lyrical wit.
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Feb 5, 2013This is another in a seemingly endless streak of quality albums from Richard Thompson, a journeyman artist in the homestretch of his long career, whose best years never seem to be behind him.
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Feb 5, 2013Buddy Miller's production is fresh, tuned to the immediacy of Thompson's performances; any fault with Electric can't be laid at his door--only at the strangely stiff quality of the first few songs.
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Feb 11, 2013Redemption by plucked string. Buddy Miller produces analogically.
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Feb 5, 2013“Dream Attic” was looser and rougher than the guitarist had been in quite some time, a timely reminder that Thompson could still let it rip, and Electric follows suit.