"a fantastic, wide-ranging pop record"
The ever-changing, developing but always remaining-the-same Pet Shop Boys' new record is Yes - another great title amongst their one-word titled albums. They have been always creative to describe an album with one word, and now, hearing it (and as well being an old fan of them) I got interested immediately.
I have acquainted it only now notwithstanding it was released on the 23th of March. It flew to me straightly from Shanghai, and as a European, it was pleasant to see some splinter of the far-east culture: see the nice stamps on the picture below.
As this new effective cover shows eleven colours, the album contains eleven songs, and the whole album is a flow of the hit-category tracks. Starting with the also well titled Love etc. which has also became a single and got a video, the album gets a cool inception. As we go on, and hear the catchy melodies, the two English guys show their familiar palatial, dense arrangements and sometimes clearer, emotional parts, for ex. in Vulnerable or The way it used to be. Did you see me coming has also became a single. But my special favourite is Building a wall, it has a some kind of dynamic pulling ahead. I love the concert version: as the wall collapses, it's very effective, I wish they came to Hungary again. This year they are having the Pandemonium Tour, reaching Russia, Germany, UK, USA, Argentina and so on. As now they have so many songs, to organize a concert in a given time is getting harder and harder, so they often plays songs together, let it be older or the newest, great feelings mix. See more videos in the related section.
They also released an exclusive eleven pieces lp-packet, with each song on one lp by its one colour of eleven, so you can put them in the right form to get the pipe from the cover on your floor.
Here you can listen to the whole album:
http://music.aol.co.uk/music-news/pet-shop-boys-first-listen-of/article/20090317123709990001
http://music.aol.co.uk/music-news/pet-shop-boys-first-listen-of/article/20090317123709990001
(You need more...
Love etc./Building a wall/Go west:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQX4jrdu5ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQX4jrdu5ng
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