To the Goddess Electricity
1999 studio album by Rational Youth
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To the Goddess Electricity was Rational Youth's 1999 comeback album.
ReleasedOctober 4, 1999
Recorded1998–99, Elerat and Athletic Studios, Toronto
GenreSynthpop
Length42:36
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| Released | October 4, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–99, Elerat and Athletic Studios, Toronto | |||
| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length | 42:36 | |||
| Label | October Records | |||
| Producer | Rational Youth | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Release Music Magazine | [2] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ludwigshafen" | Tracy Howe, Jean-Claude Cutz | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Pink Pills, Orange Pills" | Howe, Cutz | 4:52 |
| 3. | "Money And Blood" | Howe, Cutz, Dave Rout | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Energie" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Back From Madrapour" | Howe, Cutz | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Talk To Me (I'm Only Human)" | Howe, Cutz | 3:48 |
| 7. | "In My Imagination" | Howe, Cutz | 3:36 |
| 8. | "To The Goddess Electricity" | Howe, Cutz | 2:35 |
| 9. | "Everything Is Vapour" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 3:39 |
| 10. | "The Ghosts Of Montreal" | Howe, Rout | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Open Your Heart" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 3:11 |
To the Goddess Electricity was reissued in 2014 in a heavily revised version. The track order was changed, several selections appeared in substantially different mixes and arrangements (marked †), and two bonus tracks were added (marked ‡).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Everything Is Vapour†" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Pink Pills, Orange Pills†" | Howe, Cutz | 4:30 |
| 3. | "Back From Madrapour" | Howe, Cutz | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Ludwigshafen" | Howe, Cutz | 4:33 |
| 5. | "In My Imagination" | Howe, Cutz | 3:35 |
| 6. | "To The Goddess Electricity†" | Howe, Cutz | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Money And Blood" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 5:05 |
| 8. | "The Ghosts Of Montreal" | Howe, Rout | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Energie" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Talk To Me (I'm Only Human)" | Howe, Cutz | 3:47 |
| 11. | "Open Your Heart" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 3:08 |
| 12. | "You Saved Me (No More And No Less)‡" | Howe | 4:01 |
| 13. | "Everything Is Vapour (Rain Version)‡" | Howe, Cutz, Rout | 4:17 |
Personnel
- Tracy Howe – vocals, synthesizers
- Jean-Claude Cutz – synthesizers
- Dave Rout – synthesizers
- Annabella – backing vocals
- Trish Fitzpatrick – backing vocals