| Electra 2000 | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Hum |
| Cover: | Hum - Electra 2000.png |
| Alt: | A photo negative of a black-and-white picture of a rhinoceros walking by trees is bordered on the top and bottom with black. The upper border reads "HUM / electra2000" with "HUM" written in copper lettering and a white outline and the album's title in white lettering. |
| Caption: | The cover to Electra 2000+1, the re-release with copper lettering |
| Released: | October 19, 1993 |
| Recorded: | 1993 |
| Studio: | Idful, Chicago, Illinois |
| Length: | 44:20 |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | 12 Inch/Cargo[1] |
| Producer: | Brad Wood Hum |
| Prev Title: | Fillet Show |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | You'd Prefer an Astronaut |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Electra 2000 is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Hum.[2] [3] Originally released in 1993 by 12 Inch Records, the first run was limited to 1,000 copies had the band's name printed in black lettering. The album also included "Monty Python Organ Grinder," an instrumental Monty Python song included as a secret track. The second release contains the same track listing as the first, but slightly different cover art, with red lettering rather than black. The album was released for a third time in 1997 by Martians Go Home and contains "Diffuse" as the final track. The song was recorded during the Electra 2000 sessions, but was initially released on the various artists compilation Feast of the Sybarites.[4]
A music video was produced for "Iron Clad Lou."
In a retrospective review, Tiny Mix Tapes called Electra 2000 "the group’s heaviest and most relentless album."[5] Trouser Press called the album "bracingly loud but generically obvious in its attack: simple melodies kicked along with a brisk backbeat and covered in sizzling sensual guitar aggression."[6]
All tracks written by Hum.
On the original release "Winder" lasts 5:44, with a hidden track, "Monty Python Organ Grinder", beginning at 6:08. This was omitted from subsequent pressings.
Re-release bonus track