Pet Shop Boys - Pandemonium Live
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Artist: Pet Shop BoysEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: CD+DVD
CD Release Date: 2010-03-23
Music Label: Astralwerks
Product features:
- PET SHOP BOYS PANDEMONIUM (CD+DVD)
Music CD 1
- Heart
- Did You See Me Coming?
- Can You Forgive Pandemonium
- Love Etc
- Go Paninaro
- Two Divided By Zero
- Why Don't We Live Together
- NYC Boy
- Always On My Mind
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Do I Have To?
- Kings Cross
- Suburbia
- Se A Vida E / Viva La Vida
- Being Boring
- West End Girls
- It's A Sin
- Intro [DVD]
- Heart [DVD]
- Did You See Me Coming? [DVD]
- Pandemonium [DVD]
- Love Etc. [DVD]
- Building A Wall [DVD]
- Go West ยท Two Divided By Zero [DVD]
- Why Don't We Live Together? [DVD]
- New York City Boy [DVD]
- Always On My Mind [DVD]
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My [DVD]
- Own Devices [DVD]
- Do I Have To? [DVD]
- Kings Cross [DVD]
- The Way It Used To Be [DVD]
- Jealousy [DVD]
- Suburbia [DVD]
- What Have I Done To Deserve This? [DVD]
- All Over The World [DVD]
- Se A Vida E / Viva La Vida [DVD]
- It's A Sin [DVD]
- Being Boring [DVD]
- West End Girls [DVD]
- My Girl (Live At 02)[DVD Extra]
- It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Live At 02)[DVD Extra]
- Love Etc. Video [DVD Extra]
- Did You See Me Coming? Video [DVD Extra]
- All Over The World Video [DVD Extra]
- 2009 Brit Awards Performance (featuring Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers)[DVD Extra]
Music reviews of Pandemonium Live
Music Review: Pet Shop Boys Mania! Their Biggest Pop Show.
Rating: 5 Stars
The Pet Shop Boys have never been gone away despite the fact that many Americans (specifically, Untied States Americans) thought they broke up after their big 80s hits like "West End Girls" and "It's A Sin". Hardly. They've been recording studio albums (always filled with excellent material for their b-sides) as well as other projects including tours, soundtracks, musicals and working with other artists. But with "Yes", they enjoyed their biggest US debut in years with perhaps their most "pop" sounding album ever. The Pandemonium Tour was not all that different. While I didn't see the show in person, this DVD/CD combo makes it like I was there. It not only includes a great deal of songs from the "Yes" album, but most of their biggest hits, plus other great "pop" PSB songs. The reason I keep using the term pop is because in 2003 the Pet Shop Boys released a double CD greatest hits set called "Pop Art", dividing their huge collection of hits into the categories of "Pop" and "Art". Songs like "Always On My Mind" and "Go West" were Pop (due to not only their sound, but the supposedly "lighter" writing) while more introspective (perhaps, "smarter" songs) like "West End Girls" and "Left To My Own Devices" were deemed art. Newer hits like "Love, etc." and "Did You See Me Coming" would probably be considered pop as well. The show starts off very danceable and fun, front loaded with these upbeat and much loved "Yes" tracks. In general, the show is definitely a big fan's dream. A lot of the better "Yes" songs, smash ups combining two or more songs (in order to include more tracks and keep things interesting) and most interestingly, choice album tracks (and in the case of "Do I Have To?", a b-side over 20 years old). The show presents fascinating visuals (the most stunning are the flashing colored lights that make up a New York during "Two Divided By Zero"). White and multi-colored squares (cubes...although interestingly their last live DVD was called "Cubism") are often used as props in the background as well as being worn by the dancers and background singers (Neil and Chris actually wear them as well during the opening number....it's strange, but very PSB). The show has some interestingly heartfelt moments, like showing two dancers representing a broken relationship during the songs "The Way It Used To Be" and "Jealousy". The most poignant moment is Neil singing the haunting "King's Cross". One of the most fun moments is Chris dancing with the "skyscraper people" during the great post disco album track "Why Don't We Live Together". The interesting mix of "Domino Dancing" (which only include a few lines of the song repeated over and over again) with Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" is a cool experiment but not all fans loved it (although the crowd enjoys it). While "It's A Sin", "Being Boring" and especially "West End Girls" have become concert staples, the new way they perform the tracks (although "Being Boring" is a bit standard just Neil and Chris, but with funny hats!) shows they still have a lot of enthusiasm for the standards.
While I'm not 100% in love with the way that audio on the CD sounds (the female background singers could be a tad lower when singing along with Neil, especially on the first few songs) the song arrangements are very good. Also, a big bonus is that they chose the right tracks! They cited choosing only 17 tracks (although in some cases, it is several songs combined) was a time restraint issue. When Madonna does similar releases like this (including her upcoming "Stick and Sweet" set), she chooses even less songs and it clearly is not about time! Those discs also always feel choppy when she and/or Warners chose the wrong songs (often leaving songs that should be on the CD off). But the way that most of the songs here merge into each other makes it feel like a real live disc. The omissions aren't terrible ones. "Building A Wall" is not a fan favorite (although it is interesting visually) and the arrangement of "The Way It Used To Be" makes you miss the much better produced album version (no problem with the female vocalist....if anything, it would have been interesting to make it more of a full on duet). Maybe cutting the newer songs made sense in order to keep the hits that would interest non-fans.
As for the DVD bonuses, they make for an even more full "Yes" experience by including all the videos released from the album (although to see the very weak camera work and visual quality of the live show as it is presented in the "All Over The World" video is not very impressive at all). I think it was wise to not include "My Girl" and "It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas" in the full show DVD and leave them separate. The latter makes it seem too much like a "Christmas" show (and this song was added only for the Dec dates) while "My Girl" (a Madness cover, not the Motown song, they did live before as a tribute to a friend that has now become a studio track) is a nice bonus but definitely non-essential but fun encore material.
Considering the large catalog of released original PSB songs (not even including material they have written and/or produced for others), they made some really good and interesting choices here while also including a majority of their biggest hit singles. The materiel is very strong and any minor weaknesses can be forgiven because overall the show is a great feast audio and visually for hardcore Petheads but even those that know a few songs that might be interested in seeing more. They'll be won over by "Pandemonium".
Description of Pandemonium Live
One of the most iconic, celebrated pop groups in the world, Pet Shop Boys have created some of the most beloved hits ever (`West End Girls', `It's a Sin', `What Have I Done To Deserve This', `New York City Boy', etc.), selling over 30 million records and playing shows all over the world.Flush from the success of last year's acclaimed album Yes, which spawned two #1 Billboard dance hits and was their highest charting album in over 15 years, Pet Shop Boys return with Pandemonium, a deluxe DVD/CD set containing their entire live show at London's O2 Arena. Known for their spectacular live shows, Pet Shop Boys pull out all the stops for this dazzling performance, filled with dramatic set pieces, exhilirating music and show-stopping surprises. Featuring electrifying live arrangements of all their classic hits, and loaded with bonus material, Pandemonium is a must-have for pop fans.
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