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).

Electricity
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedMay 1992 – February 1994 at Maitland St., Liverpool St., and Empire Tavern, Dunedin, New Zealand
GenrePost-punk
Length50:48
LabelAjax Records
ProducerBrendan Hoffman, Peter Jefferies[1]
Peter Jefferies chronology
The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World
(1990)
Electricity
(1994)
Chorus of Interludes
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wined Up"Jefferies, Kilroy3:12
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, Muir1:56
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, Russell6:42
14."Crossover"Jefferies, Kilroy2:51
15."White Prole" 1:39
16."Brighten or Bleed" 1:55
17."Scissors"Manning3:20

Personnel

References

  1. "Peter Jefferies - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Electricity". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  3. "Peter Jefferies' 1994 Album 'Electricity' Gets Deluxe Reissue by Superior Viaduct". exclaim.ca.
  4. "Peter Jefferies | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. "Peter Jefferies by Tobias Carroll - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org.
  6. "Peter Jefferies". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 November 2020.


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