Wonderful Electric: Live in London

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Wonderful Electric: Live in London
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Video by
Released27 September 2004 (2004-09-27)
Label Mute
Director
  • Mark Rainsforth
  • Richard Bell
Wonderful Electric: Live in London
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EP by
Released27 September 2004 (2004-09-27)
Genre Electronica, synthpop
Length18:53
Label Mute
Producer
Goldfrapp chronology
Black Cherry
(2003)
Wonderful Electric: Live in London
(2004)
Supernature
(2005)

Wonderful Electric: Live in London is a video album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. It was released on DVD on 27 September 2004 by Mute Records. [1] A four-track extended play was released digitally on the same day. [2]

Contents

DVD track listing

Disc one: Live at Somerset House, 13 July 2003

  1. "Deep Honey"
  2. "Human"
  3. "Lovely Head"
  4. "Crystalline Green"
  5. "Train"
  6. "Utopia"
  7. "Tiptoe"
  8. "Deer Stop"
  9. "Twist"
  10. "Strict Machine"
  11. "Pilots"
  12. "Slippage"
  13. "Yes Sir"
  14. "Black Cherry"
  15. "Twisted Summer" (documentary)

Disc two: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire, 4 December 2001

  1. "Paper Bag"
  2. "Human"
  3. "Deer Stop"
  4. "Lovely Head"
  5. "Pilots"
  6. "Little Death"
  7. "Felt Mountain"
  8. "Utopia"
  9. "U.K. Girls (Physical)"
  10. "Sartorius"
  11. "Horse Tears"
  12. "Trip to Felt Mountain" (documentary)

EP track listing

  1. "Strict Machine" (Live from Somerset House) – 4:37
  2. "Train" (Live from Somerset House) – 5:04
  3. "Tiptoe" (Live from Somerset House) – 5:15
  4. "Lovely Head" (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire) – 3:57

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
UK Music Video DVD (OCC) [3] 9

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References

  1. "'Wonderful Electric – Live In London' DVD". Mute Records. Archived from the original on 12 October 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. "Wonderful Electric (Live In London) – EP by Goldfrapp". iTunes Store (GB). Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  3. "Official Music Video Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. 3–9 October 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2016.