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The official Pet Shop Boys thread; New album "Super"
Topic Started: Oct 30 2008, 11:59 AM (18,071 Views)
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Can't stop listening to this album. I'm slightly obsessed.
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It really is an absolute blast of a listen.
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Jul 14 2013, 07:55 PM
Can't stop listening to this album. I'm slightly obsessed.
Same here.

Their best since Very.

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I've bought the CD and vinyl.

I wish there was a cassette. I'd buy that too. :shy:
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Jul 15 2013, 02:54 PM
I wish there was a cassette. I'd buy that too. :shy:
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#1 in the UK midweeks apparently, but it'll doubtless be way lower than that by sunday. Hopefully it'll stay Top 10 though!
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Good video here with the boys talking about the making of the album:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/musicvideo/10181292/Pet-Shop-Boys-Electric-the-story-behind-the-album.html
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Jul 16 2013, 09:43 AM
#1 in the UK midweeks apparently, but it'll doubtless be way lower than that by sunday. Hopefully it'll stay Top 10 though!
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Jul 16 2013, 10:55 AM
Really enjoyed that - thank you!

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i think it's more of a given they're gettin another top 5 entry come sunday. with the album market being pretty weak at the moment and their fanbase securing at least 10k sales, there's a good chance electric outpeaks yes
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Down to #2 in the wednesday midweeks.
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New interview with Jo Whiley at 8 tonight here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_two
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Here are five reasons why Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Electric’ is their best album since ‘Very’

There’s a pattern to 21st century Pet Shop Boys releases that runs like so:

Album is widely praised as a ‘return to form’.
Album sells a little bit less well than the one that preceded it.
Album is completely forgotten by all and sundry within about two weeks of release.
Time passes. Neil writes a ballet, Chris buys a hat.
New album is announced.
Cycle repeats.

Not only is this probably quite frustrating, it can also make it difficult for the casual observer to detect whether the latest album really is a ‘return to form’ or just an excuse for nostalgic journo types to wax nostalgic about how amazing the band were in the 80s and 90s.
For the benefit of these readers, let me break it down for you: ‘Electric’ is the best Pet Shop Boys album since ‘Very’, which everybody knows is the best Pet Shop Boys album ever.

Here’s why:
It’s one massive Stuart Price-produced disco wigout.
Because of the Price connection many people have compared ‘Electric’ to Madonna’s ‘Confessions On A Dancefloor’, but it’s actually closer to Pet Shop Boys’ own extremely brilliant ‘Introspective’; an all-floorfiller, no-filler collection of feature-length tunes.
Classic Pet Shop Boys moments abound
Let’s face it, only one other recording artist would record a song called ‘Love Is A Bourgeois Construct’ in 2013, and that artist is Johnny Borrell. But would the (theoretical) Borrell version be a titanic ‘Go West’-esque kiss-off with a hook borrowed from a 17th century opera but apparently played on a Bontempi organ? Pop 1-0 Indie.
They’re having fun again
Last year’s ‘Elysium’ wasn’t as bad as all that, but a few too many songs about old age, death and the vapidity of modern pop stars made it a bit of a world-weary slog. Not to mention that one about the Olympics. ‘Electric’, by comparison, is almost entirely devoted to songs about clubbing. I don’t even like clubbing, but the lack of bitterness and complete absence of ballads leads to the most carefree PSB listen for years. Welcome back to the party boys.
Neil sounds like a robotic disco deity.
Singing about clubbing when you’re ‘getting on a bit’ can be risky territory. Get it wrong and you’re basically post-2005 Madonna – wild-eyed, legs akimbo, desperation for relevance dripping from every pore. Thankfully at no point on this album does Neil sound like he’s going to lurch up to you at the bar and start giving it a bit of Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box. Detached, effortless and imperious, his vocals demonstrate his hipness, rather than insisting on it.
‘Thursday’ could be an actual hit
Whether it’ll actually become one is debatable, but with a classic house piano, a walloping chorus, the best Chris Lowe chant since ‘Paninaro’ and a shockingly non-horrid cameo from Example, it’s both classic Pet Shop Boys and – thanks to the ongoing revival of the 90s dance sound that they helped pioneer the first time round – convincingly 2013.

So there you have it. Post-’Very’ albums ‘Bilingual’, ‘Nightlife’, ‘Release’, ‘Fundamental’, ‘Yes’ and ‘Elysium’ all had some incredible moments, but were all weighed down by the inclusion of some right old toot. At a brisk nine tracks long, ‘Electric’ is 100% toot-free; therefore it is their best album in 20 years.
Not hyperbole, just simple logic. Purchase with confidence.


Source: http://www.popjustice.com/blogs/etc/here-are-five-reasons-why-pet-shop-boys-electric-is-their-best-album-since-very
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i really hope they get at least one well deserved sizable hit out of this project. the fact neither axis nor vocal managed to crack the top75 is a disgrace.
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Electric debuts at #3 in the official UK charts. It's their highest peak since Very. :)

Please #3
Actually #2
Introspective #2
Behaviour #2
Very #1
Bilingual #4
Nightlife #7
Release #7
Fundamental #5
Yes #4
Elysium #9
Electric #3

If they handle the release of "Thursday" properly and Radio 2 gave it airplay, it might, just MIGHT stand a chance of being a hit.
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Jul 21 2013, 05:43 PM
Electric debuts at #3 in the official UK charts. It's their highest peak since Very. :)

Please #3
Actually #2
Introspective #2
Behaviour #2
Very #1
Bilingual #4
Nightlife #7
Release #7
Fundamental #5
Yes #4
Elysium #9
Electric #3

If they handle the release of "Thursday" properly and Radio 2 gave it airplay, it might, just MIGHT stand a chance of being a hit.
Yay! That's brilliant :clap: :beer:

"Thursday" deserves to be a smash hit; really hope it gets into the top 40.

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excellent result! there's no coincidence yes and electric are their highest charting albums in the past 15 years while also receiving the most positive response from hardcore and casual fans.

there's a fairly good chance radio 2 pushes thursday - perhaps even radio 1 might give it a few spins because of the example connection or am i being too delusional?
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Delusional. ;)

The album's #3 position is all the more impressive, given that there's no hit single, no song on radio and no TV appearances. They've done print and radio interviews and that's about it!
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They're independent now, so if they manage to make this successful without a proper label backing, it'll be a win for artists everywhere.
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Pet Shop Boys will release their new single ‘Love is a bourgeois construct’ on September 2nd. The song is taken from the highly acclaimed current album “Electric” (which entered the UK album chart at Number 3) and was musically inspired by Michael Nyman’s “Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds”.

‘Love is a bourgeois construct’ will be released on CD and digital bundle with a 12” to follow, and will also be accompanied by remixes and the brand new songs ‘Entschuldigung!’ and ‘Get it online’. More information on the remixes will be announced shortly.
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