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Fellow Alternative Vision reviewer Thom recently
reviewed the new Pet Shop Boys single ‘Love
etc’ now where I don’t agree with the
rating he gave the track I do agree with the statement
he made saying that the Pet Shop Boys will always
be the Pet Shop Boys no matter what they do with
their sound and they will only really appeal to
the people that they have always appealed to.
The guys have been working with team Xenomania
who have produced their new album ‘Yes’
they are the same production team that have recently
worked for Girls Aloud, Sugababes and Gabriella
Cilmi and pretty much done magic for them with
the way that the songs are really accessible and
have gone far in the charts and now it seems that
the Pet Shop Boys are hoping the treatment the
production team have giving them will continue
to bring them that mainstream success in a more
larger scale.
The album takes you on an electronic-pop ride,
everything’s so bouncy full of beats and
extremely catchy, the opening track on the album
is the new single ‘Love etc’ the song
is crammed full of synths and various different
dance and pop beats which really brings the song
to life in an upbeat way, the only thing that
really spoils the song is the unique Pop Shop
Boys style vocals that I have never been a fan
of, but I am sure the hardcore fans will be loving
every moment.
‘All Over The World’ is a fast paced
track that’s full big electronic sounds,
catchy vocals and even hand claps which is just
calling out for you to get involved, no matter
how much I don’t like the signature Pet
Shop Boys style vocals this song really calls
out for me to sing-along to the catchy lyrics
of ‘This is a song about boys and girls
you hear it playing all over the world’,
without a doubt this is the best song on the album
and has to be the bands next single.
There are some songs with really mad electronics
on this album such as ‘Pandemonium’,
seriously give the song a listen and then try
and tell me you don’t like any Pet Shop
Boys song whatsoever, as the song is actually
great and very up tempo with one of the best introductions
with its mad assault of electronics.
Where there are good songs on the album there
are also some pretty awful tracks such as ‘Beautiful
People’, the song sounds like it is stuck
in 60’s, also ‘The Way It Used To
Be’ is pretty bad as well, it features a
really repetitive dance beat that actually runs
for the whole duration of the song and by the
end of it you will be lucky if you haven’t
smashed your CD player up as it left me wanting
to, but thank god for the skip button.
Overall the album isn’t a bad effort, it
does have some sterling moments but at the same
time it has some really weak moments, it’s
not the kind of album that I would rush out and
buy and I doubt it will be an album that I listen
to much after I post this review but what I would
advise is for you to download ‘All Over
The World and ‘Pandemonium’ from ITunes
and you will have the two of the best songs the
Pet Shop Boys have to offer without the pain of
having to listen to some really weak sounding
songs in-between, it will be interesting to see
if ‘Yes’ will gain the Pet Shop Boys
a whole new fan base but as Thom said I doubt
it’s going to happen.
3/5
Review by Trigger |
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1. Love Etc
2. All Over The World
3. Beautiful People
4. Did You See Me Coming
5. Vulnerable
6. More Than A Dream
7. Building A Wall
8. King Of Rome
9. Pandemonium
10. The Way It Used To Be
11. Legacy |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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