Innerworld

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Innerworld
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2014
Genre Synth-pop
Label Secretly Canadian/Last Gang Records
Producer
Electric Youth chronology
Innerworld
(2014)
Memory Emotion
(2019)

Innerworld is the first full-length studio album by Canadian synth-pop band Electric Youth. The album was released in Canada by Last Gang Records and in the rest of the world by Secretly Canadian on September 30, 2014.

NPR premiered the album via their "First Listen" program on September 20, 2014. [1]

The album was recorded in Toronto and Los Angeles and was produced by Electric Youth. Vince Clarke and Peter Mayes provided additional production and Mayes also mixed the album.

The album artwork features Electric Youth's Austin Garrick and Bronwyn Griffin, as painted by English painter Paul Roberts.

Electric Youth released a digital and 2LP vinyl 10th Anniversary Edition featuring three bonus remix tracks.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (71/100) link
Review scores
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Exclaim! (9/10) [4]
PopMatters (Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Under The Radar (Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Before Life"2:11
2."Runaway"3:40
3."WeAreTheYouth"3:12
4."Innocence"3:54
5."Without You" (with ROOM8)3:28
6."If All She Has Is You"3:33
7."The Best Thing"3:55
8."Tomorrow"5:42
9."Another Story"3:42
10."She's Sleeping Interlude"2:05
11."A Real Hero" (with College)4:27
12."Outro"3:19
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Get Along"4:04
14."Modern Fears"4:37
15."Final Girl"3:41
2024 10th Anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Runaway (Fred Falke Remix)"4:25
17."The Best Thing (Lifelike Remix)"6:04
18."Innocence (Dear AB Remix)"4:38

References

  1. "NPR First Listen: Electric Youth - Innerworld". npr.org. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  2. Sendra, Tim "Electric Youth "Innerworld"", Allmusic, retrieved 2016-07-13
  3. Horton, Matthew (2014) "Album review: Electric Youth - 'Innerworld'", NME , September 28, 2014, retrieved 2016-07-13
  4. Bouchard, Greg (2014) "Electric Youth Innerworld", Exclaim!, September 26, 2014, retrieved 2016-07-013
  5. James, Matt (2014) "Electric Youth Innerworld", "PopMatters", October 2, 2014, retrieved 2016-07-013
  6. Trunick, Austin (2014) "Electric Youth Innerworld", "Under The Radar", September 30, 2014, retrieved 2016-07-013