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 Peter Jefferies
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]
Peter Jefferies chronology
The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World (1990) Electricity (1994) Chorus of Interludes (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

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.

External links

• Electricity at Discogs (list of releases)