April 2, 20169 yr bought the album - it's an oddity for them, inasmuch as it's almost entirely house-dance based with repetitive short hooks, lyrics are fairly minimal bar the one track that sounds out of place (The Pop Kids) - that's also still the best track for me, but Happiness is the other standout, a cowboy rave hoedown that will bring much fun and loathing. The rest? I like them all, but the B sides of Pop Kids are more typical of their more usual stuff. I'm not going to see it as one of my fave PSB albums, but it's interesting to see them getting edgy-ish at this stage in their career, but expect the next one to be very different.
April 2, 20169 yr I've always liked the pet shop boys but their material over the last few releases misses so.e of the magic,good to see them still going g but like the last fewalbus it will chart top 5 and drop out of the charts quickly.
April 3, 20169 yr So I succumbed and bought the full thing... it's sort of okay but I think I'll get bored of it quite quickly. The Pop Kids, Twenty Something and The Dictator Decides are my favourites.
April 3, 20169 yr It's *very* nearly as good as Electric, but that was a really amazing album so it's hard to live up to. I'd have this tracklist personally: 1. Inner Sanctum (think this would have been a great opener to set up the mood, seems odd in the middle) 2. The Pop Kids 3. Burn 4. Happiness (these four songs in a row would have made such a fantastic and euphoric opening) 5. Twenty-Something 6. The Dictator Decides 7. Sad Robot World (closing the slower middle section) 8. Say It To Me 9. Groovy 10. Pazzo! (I see these two songs as the 'outliers' which are good but would fit better at the end imo) I'd ditch the other two songs which I find uninteresting and I've been skipping.
April 8, 20169 yr Definitely one of the best of their recent albums! 'Undertow' is a proper earworm :wub:
April 8, 20169 yr Definitely one of the best of their recent albums! 'Undertow' is a proper earworm :wub: Preach the truth! Definitely in the top 5 of the album along with "Burn" & "Say It To Me"!
April 8, 20169 yr I expect Burn will be the next single, or a single at some point, the fans seem to be universal in their appreciation for it and PSB usually often seem to release fan favourites as singles. It's my favourite too. Presumably Happiness might be a single too.
April 26, 20169 yr Ranking the 12 tracks on the album: 1. The Pop Kids 2. Say It To Me 3. Happiness 4. Into Thin Air 5. Groovy 6. Inner Sanctum 7. Burn 8. Sad Robot World 9. The Dictator Decides 10. Twenty-something 11. Pazzo! 12. Undertow
May 10, 20169 yr Second single is "Twenty Something" released on June 17th. And it has a new video too. 0KCVmOQ1q6Y So "The Pop Kids" or "Happiness" doesn't get a video, but the second worst song on the album does? :wacko:
May 10, 20169 yr So "The Pop Kids" or "Happiness" doesn't get a video, but the second worst song on the album does? :wacko: To be fair, is it a pretty bad video. But yes, it's definitely not the best song on the album. What were they thinking?
May 11, 20169 yr Why is it such a bad choice? I thought it was an obvious second single when I listened to the album...
May 11, 20169 yr Not a great video and one of the tracks on the album that hasn't registered with me much. Certainly not commercial in the way that Happiness very much is, or especially classy like Say It To Me. Neil & Chris have a long history of not releasing obvious potential single album tracks as singles - frankly they have a stack of B sides that could have made terrific singles, so I'm not surprised in that sense. My choice of singles, in order, would be: 1. The Pop Kids 2. Happiness 3. Say It To Me 4. Inner Sanctum 5. Groovy
June 28, 20168 yr Twenty something looks likely to miss a top 200 position this week. I genuinely thought they would have enough of a fan-base to secure a top 200 entry. What was the first single released from the album and where did it chart?
July 10, 20168 yr Neil revealed on their 6music show on Friday that the next single will be Say It To Me
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