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: The Release and the Letting Go
Rating: 3 Stars
Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant suddenly started acting very grown up on their 8th "Release." Gone are the pumping dance anthems. No West End Girls, no New York City Boy either. "Samurai in Autumn" comes close, but this is a much more downtempo affair than most PSB fans would be used to.
However, that doesn't mean the songs are bad. "Home and Dry" is as good as anything they've ever done, and the sardonic dream of meeting Eminem ("The Night I Fell In Love") is gently funny. "You Choose" joins the Boy's odes to love as one of the best, as well. Plus one cool anti-love song with "Love is a Catastrophe."
Unfortunately, after awhile, you really start longing for something of that old flavor. Please, you ask, where is It's a Sin or even a clever remake ala Where The Streets Have No name/Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You? But all you get is art, when you really wanna dance. It makes "Release" an average PSB album, mainly for the faithful only. 2006's Fundamental got the groove back.
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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