Track Listing

1. The Otherly Opus
2. Frivolity And Its Necessities
3. Colours In Dutch
4. The Ushering In Of The Magic Era
5. Write Your Last Paragraph
6. The Memory Of Alpha
7. Red Will Dye These Snows Of Silver
8. (The Timber Of) The Timber Colony
9. Ponderance Need Not Know
10. A Glass To Count All The Hours

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75430 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-20
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

A Solid Intro into the World of JE.
The Otherly Opus is outstanding, not only for it's strictly analog Moog-only electronic compositions, but for the layered vocals and poetic lyrics. The songwriting is solid, brainy, and pretentious in a good way, while the arrangements display a finesse which seems to grow with every subsequent JE release. If I were turing someone on to Joy Electric for the first time, The Otherly Opus, along with The Art and Craft of Popular Music would be a good place to start.

Ronnie's musical style is infallible
A long time fan of Joy Electric, and really anything associated with the Martin brothers, the first time I heard Otherly Opus/Memory of Alpha, I was a little surprised because I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Ronnie had said sometime before that this album was going to be more vocal-oriented, and my favorite JE albums are the ones with the crazy electronic meanderings - like most of the songs on The White Songbook and earlier albums. After a year or so of casually listening to this record, I can now safely conclude that the vocal approach is undeniably brilliant.

I truly wish more people would be turned on to Joy Electric. There's nothing out there right now in this genre (or really in any genre) that is more experimental and inventive. Even when Ronnie is limiting himself to old Moog synthesizers he comes up with some of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard (and I am an avid music fan).

The first time I heard Joy Electric's version of "Drum Machine Joy" due to an old MxPx covers cd (On the Cover), I was quick to think of JE as a novelty, fun dance band. I was wrong all those years ago as I've come to learn. Joy Electric is one of the most melodic, most innovative sounds in the world and this record is no exception.

Good to see the other 5 star reviews.

I love it!
Joy Electric has put out some great music. This album, in my opinion, is some of Ronnie's best work. The tracks vary in emotional range from happy to melancholy and though I'm not a maker of electronic music, I can really appreciate (and enjoy) all the diverse sound effects and intricacies of the songs. I've listened to this CD over and over again and it still hasn't lost any of its musical flavor, it's great!

Fans of Joy Electric and connoisseurs of electronic music alike should add this to their album collection.