[4] "The Patience of a Saint" also predated the album, having been written with Pet Shop Boys soon after their collaboration with singer Neil Tennant on "Getting Away with It" in 1989.

[8] The LP subtly fused Marr's guitar playing with Sumner's synthesiser expertise, most prominently on "Idiot Country", "Feel Every Beat", "Tighten Up" and "Get the Message".

Lyrically the subject matter was varied, from the aggressive targeting of rave culture by police in Britain ("Idiot Country" and "Feel Every Beat"[3]) to monogamy and emotional ambivalence ("Reality", "Try All You Want").

[21] In the NME, David Quantick wrote, "This is a pretty 1990s sort of a record, fresh as a daisy and wearing huge new oxblood Doc Martens".

[14] Keith Cameron in Vox said, "Electronic is simply a 100 per cent pure distillation of Marr and Sumner's respective talents.

In Spin magazine, Ted Friedman regarded the album as "impressive",[22] while Entertainment Weekly called it "irresistibly tuneful".

Sumner and Marr gave a slew of interviews in the mainstream British music press, and appeared on Friday at the Dome and MTV's 120 Minutes to support the album.

[27] Electronic performed at the Cities in the Park festival in August, where Pet Shop Boys guested on "Getting Away with It", and played three dates in Paris, Glasgow and London in December 1991.

)[28] Pet Shop Boys joined Sumner and Marr for three numbers in the last concert, namely "Getting Away with It", "The Patience of a Saint" and the then-unreleased song "Disappointed".