Get the Message – The Best of Electronic

Get the Message -
The Best of Electronic
Greatest hits album by
Electronic
Released18 September 2006
Recorded1989–1998
GenreAlternative dance, alternative rock, house
Length70:19
LabelEMI (United Kingdom)
Rhino (United States)
ProducerBernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, Neil Tennant, Arthur Baker
Electronic chronology
Twisted Tenderness
(1999) 		Get the Message -
The Best of Electronic
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
BBC(favourable)[2]
musicOMH[3]

Get the Message is a compilation album by the Johnny Marr/Bernard Sumner band Electronic, released in September 2006 (see 2006 in music). It is the first career-spanning collection of the band; a 1999 Japanese compilation was cancelled just before release.[4]

Content

The album includes every A-side (except Make It Happen and Until the End of Time), two B-sides ("Imitation of Life" and "All That I Need") and four album tracks ("Out of My League", "Like No Other", "Prodigal Son" and "Twisted Tenderness"). It was compiled by Craig DeGraff and Electronic. New liner notes written by the band are also included.

A limited edition of the album includes a bonus DVD of all the band's music videos, except for "Late at Night" and the European version of "Getting Away with It" (the American film is featured).

Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, except where noted.

CD

  1. "Forbidden City" (Sumner, Marr, Karl Bartos) 1996
  2. "Getting Away with It" (Sumner, Marr, Neil Tennant) 1989
  3. "Get the Message" 1991
  4. "Feel Every Beat" 1991
  5. "Disappointed" (Sumner, Marr, Tennant) 1992
  6. "Vivid" 1999
  7. "Second Nature" 1997
  8. "All That I Need" 1996
  9. "Prodigal Son" 1999
  10. "For You" (Sumner, Marr, Karl Bartos) 1996
  11. "Imitation of Life" (Sumner, Marr, Karl Bartos) 1996
  12. "Out of My League" 1996
  13. "Like No Other" 1999
  14. "Twisted Tenderness" 1999
  15. "Late at Night" 1999

DVD (Limited Edition - PAL)

  1. "Getting Away with It" (Sumner, Marr, Tennant)
  2. "Get the Message"
  3. "Feel Every Beat"
  4. "Disappointed" (Sumner, Marr, Tennant)
  5. "Forbidden City"
  6. "For You"
  7. "Vivid"

Charts

Chart performance for Get the Message – The Best of Electronic
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[5] 8

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ BBC review
  3. ^ musicOMH review
  4. ^ worldinmotion.net (link)
  5. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2023. 40. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved 11 October 2023.