Electric (Pet Shop Boys album)

Electric
Studio album by
Pet Shop Boys
Released14 July 2013 (2013-07-14)[1]
RecordedSeptember 2012 – April 2013
Genre
Length49:12
Labelx2
ProducerStuart Price
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Elysium
(2012) 		Electric
(2013) 		Super
(2016)
Singles from Electric
  1. "Axis"
    Released: 1 May 2013
  2. "Vocal"
    Released: 3 June 2013
  3. "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"
    Released: 2 September 2013
  4. "Thursday"
    Released: 4 November 2013
  5. "Fluorescent"
    Released: 19 April 2014

Electric is the twelfth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 14 July 2013 on the duo's own label, x2, through Kobalt Label Services.[4] It was the duo's first album since their departure from Parlophone.

In their native United Kingdom, Electric was BBC Radio 2's Album of the Week from 8 July 2013. It features a collaboration with English singer and rapper Example.

Electric reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and number 26 on the US Billboard 200, the duo's highest chart performances in both territories in 20 years. The album also performed well in other markets. It was supported by the Electric Tour which visited 46 countries through 112 concerts.[5]

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  2. ^ "Crossfadr | DJ, Production & Dance Music News". Crossfadr.com. 26 July 2013.
  3. ^ Turner, Luke (29 May 2013). "Pet Shop Boys' New LP Electric, Track-By-Track Preview". The Quietus.
  4. ^ "Electric PET SHOP BOYS". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Electric tour 2013-2014". Petshopboys.co.uk.