Yes - Pet Shop Boys

Genius, etc (901 words)
by Susanna75 - written on 20/04/09 (Very useful, 158 readings)
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If you care about pop, as I do to perhaps unhealthy degrees, than a new P Pet Shop Boys album is quite possibly the most important event on your musical calendar. Since 1985, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have been feeding our addiction with intelligent, witty, sad, funny, beautiful and danceable pop songs. "Yes" is an exceptional addition to a catalogue already overflowing with unadulterated pop genius. First single and opening track "Love Etc" is slightly reminiscent of their 1996 single "Before". Light and fizzy verses are followed by a strident call and response chorus, with Neil s excellently nonchalant vocals informing us how love is more ...

Yes - Pet Shop Boys

something new (211 words)
by Leonbriggsy - written on 14/09/09 (Useful, 4 readings)
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The p Pet Shop Boys and the smiths both have something in common. Although vastly different, they sort of convey the same english intelligence which makes them respectively, well-respected entities of pop and indie. But as marr progressed to join the cribs and Morrisey continued to progress into a racist, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe proved to get worse and worse with every album they produced. It seems that their downhill slump has ceased to continue with the release of this album. In getting themselves up to date , believe it or not the Pet Shop Boys actually wrote a single for Girls Aloud, and it seems there is some correlation between that and the album. For me ...

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Good but not brilliant (148 words)
by madrobbin - written on 16/06/00, updated on 23/06/00 (13 readings)
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all of the Boys erm best songs (but what does that say) my Dad listens to this album alot and to be honest the tracks are monotonous West end girls eugh, but many are dull and forgetable like Heart and Domino Dancing, the boys have stuck this thing out for a long time now but i feel that it is probably time for them to move on. ...