Electronic album

Electronic is the debut studio album by the British group Electronic, consisting of Bernard Sumner, the former guitarist and keyboardist of Joy Division and the lead singer and guitarist of New Order and Johnny Marr. It was first released in May 1991 on the Factory label. The album was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 2 in the United Kingdom and selling over a million copies worldwide. It subtly fused Marr's guitar playing with Sumner's synthesiser expertise, most prominently on "Idiot Country", "Feel Every Beat", "Tighten Up" and "Get the Message" Lyrically the subject matter was varied, from the aggressive targeting of rave culture by police in Britain to monogamy and emotional ambivalence ("Reality", "Try All You Want"). The album cover was designed by Johnson/Panas (Trevor Johnson), featuring two separate photographs superimposed with a computer screen effect. The hand-rendered lettering was based on typographer Wim Crouwel's Stedelijk Museum alphabet. The 1994 remaster used the design from a 1991 promotional poster with the typeface (Avenir) from the sleevenotes.