Electricity (album)
Electricity is a 1994 album by New Zealand pianist Peter Jefferies.[3] It was released on the Ajax Records label.[4] The album includes reworkings of previous Jefferies tracks "Wined Up" and "Crossover" (from a 1993 7" recorded with Stephen Kilroy).
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Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | May 1992 – February 1994 at Maitland St., Liverpool St., and Empire Tavern, Dunedin, New Zealand | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 50:48 | |||
Label | Ajax Records | |||
Producer | Brendan Hoffman, Peter Jefferies[1] | |||
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It was reissued via Superior Viaduct in 2015.[5]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "Jefferies concentrates on the more melodious (if somber) end of things for most of the record, an approach that crystallizes beautifully on an album-ending cover of Barbara Manning’s 'Scissors.'”[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Peter Jefferies, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wined Up" | Jefferies, Kilroy | 3:12 |
2. | "Quality" | 1:48 | |
3. | "Clear by Morning" | 4:27 | |
4. | "Dear Boss" | 4:33 | |
5. | "Scattered Logic" | 2:35 | |
6. | "Electricity" | 3:13 | |
7. | "By Small Degrees" | 4:35 | |
8. | "Next" | 1:14 | |
9. | "Snare" | Jefferies, Muir | 1:56 |
10. | "Don't Look Down" | 2:22 | |
11. | "Couldn't Write a Book" | 2:05 | |
12. | "Every Once in a While" | 1:30 | |
13. | "Just Nothing" | Jefferies, Russell | 6:42 |
14. | "Crossover" | Jefferies, Kilroy | 2:51 |
15. | "White Prole" | 1:39 | |
16. | "Brighten or Bleed" | 1:55 | |
17. | "Scissors" | Manning | 3:20 |
Personnel
- Paul Cahill – guitar on "Crossover"
- Shayne Carter – guitar on "Wined Up" and "Electricity", bass guitar on "Electricity"
- John Harvey – sampler
- Brendan Hoffman – production, engineering
- Peter Jefferies – vocals, piano, keyboards, drums, guitar, bass guitar, cello, production, engineering
- Robbie Muir – guitar on "Snare"
- Bruce Russell – guitar on "Just Nothing"
References
- "Peter Jefferies - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
- Raggett, Ned. "Electricity". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- "Peter Jefferies' 1994 Album 'Electricity' Gets Deluxe Reissue by Superior Viaduct". exclaim.ca.
- "Peter Jefferies | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "Peter Jefferies by Tobias Carroll - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org.
- "Peter Jefferies". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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