Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless (new album)

[AGinAg (37)]

And link for prosperity. What an album full of bangers

 

[Finn]

My first listen yesterday was quite delightful. Why Am I Dancing? an INSTANT FAVOURITE

His vocals might well be AI by this point, but I can overlook it.

 

[FetchFugly]

Why am I dancing? really should be a single. They are going with A new bohemia next though.

I see the bonus re-recordings haven't made it to streaming. I'm sure they are not required but I still need the 2CD deluxe edition. Not at the twenty three pounds HMV are asking mind...

 

[Jocasta Clun]

Gosh I do quite like this one. Such orchestra

 

[rhythmbandit]

Midweek #2 behind Taylor but just over than 1k in it.

1. Taylor 19,614
2. Pet Shop Boys 18,593

Even in a non-Taylor week those sales would be pretty decent.

 

[FetchFugly]

Gosh I do quite like this one. Such orchestra

Lovely strings.

The outro of A new bohemia is especially wonderful.

 

[Sheena]

I’m also enjoying it, but it’s yet to truly bed in. I’m yet to play the bonus disc of re-recordings, though.

 

[FetchFugly]

And every night there's a busy trade...

Love is the law and you can't regulate it.

What a wonderful closer. So good lyrically, moody and epic.

 

[FetchFugly]

Number two and 22,419 sold first week, their best since Yes. Hotspot did 16,768, so the major label promo blitz and formatting helped out.

 

[straightorbroken]

Loving.

 

[Jocasta Clun]

Who doesn't love a JAPANESE BONUS TRACK

 

[FetchFugly]

This album is holding up so well for me. It was my listening of choice this morning post-Eurovision. All enjoyable, though I like The Schlager Hit Parade and The Secret of Happiness slightly less than everything else.

Annually showed up this week. They apparently recorded one other song (Adrenaline) with James Ford. The four covers were done for a performance at a friend's birthday which didn't happen in the end.

They seem to like being back on Parlophone for back catalogue purposes. Digital releases of all the singles are planned and a potential CD single boxset... I dread to think how expensive

 

[FetchFugly]

If anyone feels the need, the four remakes are up digitally this week:

 

[VV]

The trouble with those remakes is that the originals are impossible to improve on, so hearing these just left me underwhelmed.

 

[FetchFugly]

Yeah they are inessential. Probably best just used for live reworkings.

 

[FetchFugly]

Love them going back to the very early days for the b-sides.

 

[FetchFugly]

The remix also pops off a bit.

 

[funky]

The two old tracks (1982!?) sound very Soft Cell to me vocally and melodically. Obviously the production has been updated.

Just interesting the early influences there.

 

[FetchFugly]

They are both Bobby O inspired, especially I've got plans (involving you). The 'I don't know, I don't know why' part is such an earworm.

It is very good, though at the same time it makes me very curious as to what the original demo sounds like.

 

[FetchFugly]

I am currently watching their very good Isle of Wight headline set from last night on Sky Arts.

It was a bit of a choice though to play the three singles from the new album back to back, as much as I think they are wonderful.

 

[FetchFugly]

They've gone four singles deep with this album:



Just the one new song which dates back to the same time as the tracks released on the Lost EP. It is a decent b-side though. Chris handling the vocals on a German demo of Schlager-hit parade is an interesting curio.

 

[FetchFugly]

Album being quite thoroughly rinsed:



Slightly dubious about what their version of Dark End of the Street will be like.

 

[Marilyn]

Choosing not to think about how much I’ve spent on this album so far considering I haven’t connected with it much

It’s tough being a loon

 

[Sheena]

If you’re going to expand it, include all the bsides so far.

 

[FetchFugly]

If you’re going to expand it, include all the bsides so far.

At least the b-sides are widely available, unlike the Japan bonus track.

I'm sure they will include all these tracks in five years or so when they request us to purchase again for Further Listening.

 

[funky]

Free is my favourite song of theirs in a good long while,

 

[FetchFugly]

ANOTHER SINGLE



Hi young Chris Lowe

 

[straightorbroken]

Oh he was goodlooking a long time for me.

 

[Christian]

This album hasn't clicked at all with me yet.

 

[FetchFugly]

Any ageing homosexuals for a pricey PSB tea set?



EDIT: Web shop currently down, presumably broken by the demand.

 

[LTZ]

This album hasn't clicked at all with me yet.

same, sadly

 

[GNL]

Any ageing homosexuals for a pricey PSB tea set?



EDIT: Web shop currently down, presumably broken by the demand.

Her impact:

 

[GNL]

They've dropped a Bowie cover.

 

[Christian]

There's a second version with mixes (and Chris on the cover )

 

[FetchFugly]

I'm not sure yet about All the Young Dudes, even in the hands of Richard X. I do love that Boy Harsher remix of New London boy though.

 

[Christian]

The Live Lounge version of All The Young Dudes from earlier this year was horrible. I'll press play in trepidation.

 

[Jocasta Clun]

Me too darl. It's never been a song I've much liked and they do have FORM recently for HORRIBLE COVER VERSIONS

 

[Christian]

Me too darl. It's never been a song I've much liked and they do have FORM recently for HORRIBLE COVER VERSIONS

Quite. The original is hardly a staple chez moi to begin with.

 

[Christian]

Ill Considered PSB Covers Chart:

1. It's Alright
2. Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)
3. Always On My Mind
4. Boys & Girls
5. Always On My Mind
6. We're The Pet Shop Boys
7. Go West
8. Break 4 Love
9. If Love Were All
10. I Cried For Us
11. I Started A Joke
12. What Keeps Mankind Alive?

 

[Suedehead]

Ill Considered PSB Covers Chart:

1. It's Alright
2. Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)
3. Always On My Mind
4. Boys & Girls
5. Always On My Mind
6. We're The Pet Shop Boys
7. Go West
8. Break 4 Love
9. If Love Were All
10. I Cried For Us
11. I Started A Joke
12. What Keeps Mankind Alive?

oh 3 and 5