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Super by Pet Shop Boys

Description: Tracks:HappinessThe Pop KidsTwenty-somethingGroovyThe Dictator DecidesPazzo!Inner SanctumUndertowSad Robot WorldSay It to MeBurnInto Thin Air Performer Notes: Coming almost three years after their excellent, unexpected, and infectious LP Electric, 2016's Super is the second album where the Pet Shop Boys call themselves "electronic purists," holing up in the studio with returning producer Stuart Price and a mess of PCs, drum machines, and synths. The musical landscape is the same and still, it's not a sequel or a very proper follow-up. It feels confident, loose, and free like a swaggering epilogue, like the smaller Quantum of Solace following the epic Casino Royale. At first, everything is in its place, as nostalgic single "The Pop Kids" acts as this album's "Being Boring" with alluring house music and quintessential PSB lyrics ("I studied History while you did biology/To you the human body didn't hold any mystery"). "The Dictator Decides" is this album's "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously" with focus shifted to the 2016 political landscape ("My facts are invented, I sound quite demented"). A healthy dose of classic spite fuels "Twenty-Something" as electro bachata makes the song's Oscar Wilde outlook and Dorothy Parker attitude sound cool rather than curmudgeon. Borrow some riffs from Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express" and Moby's "Go" while giving the style-less EDM kids a kick during the great "Inner Sanctum" and this sounds like Electric once again, but Super ventures into B-side territory with the brilliant instrumental "Pazzo!" along with most of the album's spirited and sprawling second half. Still, PSB B-sides are larks and experiments of the highest order, so while Super scores as high as the crossover-ish Electric, it's built more for the fan who puts "Paninaro" at the top of their list, well ahead of "West End Girls." ~ David Jeffries Professional Reviews: Spin - "[T]he Boys put the kibosh on balladry, embracing electronic dance culture with the fervor of Ultra Music Festival attendees. They should not sound this enthused at this point in their careers." NME (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's an expansive twelve-tracks of pummelling beats and arpeggiated synths, laced with roaring crowds and operatic samples." Format: Vinyl (1 Disc) Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 1 April, 2016 Label: X2 Dimensions: 31.8 x 0.3 x 31.8 centimeters (0.36 kg)

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EAN: 5060454941125

UPC: 5060454941125

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Language: Eng

Track #1: Happiness

Track #2: The Pop Kids

Track #3: Twenty-something

Track #4: Groovy

Track #5: The Dictator Decides

Track #6: Pazzo!

Track #7: Inner Sanctum

Track #8: Undertow

Track #9: Sad Robot World

Track #10: Say It to Me

Track #11: Burn

Track #12: Into Thin Air

Release Year: 2016

Format: Record

Genre: Dance

Record Label: X2, Xto

Artist: Pet Shop Boys

Release Title: Super

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