Jason --

BILINGUAL is easily the weakest PSB album -- only a few top shelf tunes.  
NIGHTLIFE was a pretty good return to form.  But the new one, RELEASE 
(containing "Home and Dry") is one of their best.  Much less dancey and 
featuring Johnny Marr on almost every track.  Hooks don't get much bigger 
than on "I Get Along".  Of the proper LPs, I'd also recommend ACTUALLY 
(their second album, with "What Have I Done To Deserve This") and VERY.  One 
of the greatest bands of the past 20 years, IMO.

Mike Bennett



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>From: DanAbnrml9@aol.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Bleu/Pet Shop Boys
>Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:32:26 EST
>

>Also, I realize that our discussions center almost exclusively around 
>GUITAR
>pop, but jesus, why didn't anyone tell me the Pet Shop Boys were so damn
>good? Dance music or no, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe write some of the
>catchiest songs. My current fascination began--oddly enough--in the grocery
>store, where I heard their new-ish single "Home and Dry". It's decidedly
>adult contemporary and not a "dance" track at all, but it was so pleasant 
>and
>catchy that I picked up cheap used copies of "Bilingual" and "Nightlife" as
>well as borrowed my roommate's copy of "Discography". It's all so fantastic
>that I'm going to get those two-CD reissues now... seriously, if you don't
>NEED the guitars, I think you'll find something about PSB to please your
>inner pop fan.



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