Pet Shop Boys - Release
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Artist: Pet Shop BoysEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-04-23
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
- Home And Dry
- I Get Along
- Birthday Boy
- London
- The Samurai In Autumn
- Love Is A Catastrophe
- Here
- The Night I Fell In Love
- You Choose
Music reviews of Release
Music Review: Pet Shop Pop.
Rating: 4 Stars
As they approached 50, the Pet Shop Boys contributed a solid, song-oriented album with one paltry dance track. The record is quite reminiscent of their now-ancient LP "Actually" -- the focus is on pop songwriting without the techno-club dancebeats which they have raised to an art form. Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr becomes an honorary Pet Shop Boy, and in fact rather dominates the musical proceedings, his guitar-centered arrangements being the most noticeable characteristic of the record. The Eminem satire "The Night I Fell in Love" is getting the most critical attention, and while quite amusing, the stronger tracks for me are the single-ready "Home and Dry", the Britpop anthem "I Get Along", and the epic "Birthday Boy", with its streetpunk-Christ-figure imagery. Another highlight is the lovely "Here", which contains possibly their most beautiful and honest lyric to date. The lone dance track, "The Samurai in Autumn", actually sounds rather out of place amidst the exquisite pop arrangements and soaring melodies found on the rest of the disc, but is still a fine example of their effortless streamlined disco. "Release" restores some pop credibility to the Boys, who were probably in danger of being relegated to the disco-oldies bins, and contains some fine songcraft and strong lyric imagery, although one still hopes the Boys haven't totally abandoned their disco roots.
Description of Release
The Pet Shop Boys eighth studio album Release, though not the rock album it was purported to be, does have enough guitar (courtesy of ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr) and percussion to create a sound that's as sumptuous as it is unexpected. It may raise a few snooty eyebrows among synth purists, but this twosome has never really been an electronic band in the purest sense. Neil Tennant's voice is less nasal than it's often been, and the occasional use of that now ubiquitous vocal-wobbling effect (thanks, Cher) actually works very well with his trademarked, introspective-yet-precious lyrics. While there are no big sing-along anthems here, and nothing that screams "single" (with the exception of the Beatles-esque "I Get Along"), almost all of the 10 tracks are the kind of inventive pop that many better-selling artists seem incapable of producing these days. It's a return to the form that went slightly iffy somewhere between Behavior and Nightlife, and deserves to catapult Pet Shop Boys back to the top of the album charts for a very long time. Unfortunately, it's probably too clever for such a happy fate. --Rikki PriceGeneral CDs
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