Pet Shop Boys
Yes
Parlophone, 2009
Grade: B+
by Kenny S. McGuane
There’s a great synth-pop legend that says upon first hearing New Order’s seminal single “Blue Monday,” Neil Tennant actually wept because he felt like New Order had beat the Pet Shop Boys to the artistic punch. In other words, “Blue Monday” was musically and aesthetically everything that Tennant, along with Chris Lowe, had hoped to achieve with the Pet Shop Boys. The jury’s still out on whether or not the story is true; it’s hard to get a straight answer from Tennant. If it is true, it hardly matters now. The Pet Shop Boys are still together and despite two slight missteps in their catalog (1999’s Nightlife and 2002’s Release), they have remained a vital and continuously relevant pop act, whereas New Order were simply unable to keep things together. READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE
Written for THE DAILY VAULT
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