Power Ballads (London Elektricity album)

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Power Ballads
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
Genre Drum and bass, liquid funk
Length65:21
Label Hospital Records
Producer Tony Colman
London Elektricity chronology
Billion Dollar Gravy
(2003)
Power Ballads
(2005)
Syncopated City
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters 5/10 [1]
Prefix Mag8/10 [2]

Power Ballads is the third studio album by London Elektricity, released in October 2005 through Hospital Records. [3] [4] It features vocals by Liane Carroll and MC Wrec. [2] [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Out Of This World"6:20
2."Vapour Trails"6:32
3."Pussy Galore"3:46
4."Watching You, Watching Me"4:16
5."The Mustard Song"5:06
6."Will To Love"5:57
7."Hanging Rock"6:27
8."I Don’t Understand"4:37
9."The Strangest Secret In The World"5:12
10."Remember The Future"5:37
11."Power Ballad"5:54
12."Far From The Shadows"5:37
Total length:65:21

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References

  1. Raper, Dan (May 15, 2006). "London Elektricity – Power Ballads". PopMatters . Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Mayers, Norman (March 24, 2008). "Power Ballads Review". Prefix mag. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
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