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Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings
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Positive: 26 out of 31
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Mixed: 2 out of 31
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Negative: 3 out of 31
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GinaPApr 12, 2007Beyond amazing album. Althogh it has their usual sound, you don't hear what you would expect to. They put more "umph" into this album. Carl Newman has never sounded better.
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JaredFeb 20, 2006Maybe not so Duh! that it's a 10 but this band to me is perfection.
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BenDSep 23, 2005With song after song of bouncy pop goodness, Electirc Version will brighten up anyone's day.
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IanGJan 8, 2004As good as Mass Romantic IMO, with 'All For Swinging You Around' the highlight, one of the best feel-good songs I've ever heard. 'Miss Teen Wordpower' and 'The Laws Have Changed' aren't far behind, while 'Testament To Youth In Verse' is this album's Execution Day (i.e. skip-fodder).
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MiloMJul 3, 2003If this doesn't reach you, you really *are* dead to the world. The Bejar stuff is ok, particularly "Chump Change", but I'm humming the Newman powerpop pieces incessantly -- can't get enough.
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LukeM.May 14, 2003The hooks on this album all seem like they should take hold, but then they don't. The songs are well-constructed, but end up sounding the same and like weaker versions of the stuff on the great "Mass Romantic."
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This is fun, fun, fun stuff -- one of the years best albums, no doubt.
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Electric Version does little to alter the successful New Pornographers formula. It's a longer, louder and (most importantly) more assured album than its predecessor, but if you liked Mass Romantic, you won't be disappointed. And if you disliked Mass Romantic, you may have a difficult time telling the two albums apart.
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Alternative PressThe kind of album that functions as both background BBQ beat and windows-down sing-along. [Jul 2003, p.112]