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Thread started 06/26/04 2:58am

VinnyM27

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Pet Shop Boys

I just bought their "Very/Further Listening 1992-1994" CD and it's some damn good stuff. I pretty much just wanted to check the "Very" album based on "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" but saw this album in a used record store for a decent price. It's really good stuff if you're into them and/or dance pop. Any other fans here or recomendations? They are still a pretty big deal in Europe, aren't they? I've had "Discography" for years and it is excellent.
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Reply #1 posted 06/26/04 5:01am

Case

Oh, HELL YEAH!! I loooove the Boys! Yeah, that "Very" special edition rocks. The new greatest hits collection "PopArt" is a MUST! The two new songs--"Miracles" and "Flamboyant" are wonderful.

"Very" and "Behavior" are their best albums and their latest "Release" is great too. The song "I Get Along" is the best breakup-recovery song EVER WRITTEN!!!
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Reply #2 posted 06/26/04 5:05am

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i used to be really into them when i was in high school...maybe i should check this out nod
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Reply #3 posted 06/26/04 5:20am

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PSB are just fantastic.... They are criminally underrated. Very, Nightlife, Release and Behavior are my faves, but every album they've put out is excellent - and they have perhaps more top notch b-sides than any other artist in the last 20 years.
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Reply #4 posted 06/26/04 5:29am

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JonSnow said:

PSB are just fantastic.... They are criminally underrated. Very, Nightlife, Release and Behavior are my faves, but every album they've put out is excellent - and they have perhaps more top notch b-sides than any other artist in the last 20 years.


"Hey, Headmaster" is rather good song on the CD set.
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Reply #5 posted 06/26/04 5:38am

JonSnow

VinnyM27 said:

JonSnow said:

PSB are just fantastic.... They are criminally underrated. Very, Nightlife, Release and Behavior are my faves, but every album they've put out is excellent - and they have perhaps more top notch b-sides than any other artist in the last 20 years.


"Hey, Headmaster" is rather good song on the CD set.



yes indeedy. very underrated track. a little sad and funny at the same time.
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Reply #6 posted 06/26/04 5:43am

PanthaGirl

I agree they have always been very underrated. Love me some PSB, since the 80's. They rock! biggrin
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Reply #7 posted 06/26/04 6:20am

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VinnyM27 said:

I just bought their "Very/Further Listening 1992-1994" CD and it's some damn good stuff. I pretty much just wanted to check the "Very" album based on "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" but saw this album in a used record store for a decent price. It's really good stuff if you're into them and/or dance pop. Any other fans here or recomendations? They are still a pretty big deal in Europe, aren't they? I've had "Discography" for years and it is excellent.



All the 2 CD reissues are highly recommended. My favourite PSB album is "Behaviour" - a real dark gem and certainly their bleakest album (lyrically not musically). If you don't have it, do yourself a favour and get it.

They released a 3 CD compilation last year called "Pop Art". Again highly recommended - much better than "Discography".

As for them being "big" - they do ok in England (although their commercial fortunes here dipped around the late 1990s), and I'm sure some other European countries and Japan hold them dear to their hearts.
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Reply #8 posted 06/26/04 7:58am

MrSquiggle

West end girls... music
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Reply #9 posted 06/26/04 3:24pm

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Being Boring is probably my favorite track and video
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Reply #10 posted 06/28/04 1:55pm

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The 2 disc remaster of "Please" and "Inretrospective" are particularly good. Well worth the money. How all remaster packages should be.
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Reply #11 posted 06/29/04 2:08am

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Reply #12 posted 06/29/04 2:46am

JonSnow

SquirrelMeat said:

The 2 disc remaster of "Please" and "Inretrospective" are particularly good. Well worth the money. How all remaster packages should be.



you are so correct!!! everyone should follow the PSB pattern for reissues. They couldn't be more perfect.
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Reply #13 posted 06/29/04 5:59am

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MrSquiggle said:

West end girls... music



If I hear that song again.... mad
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Reply #14 posted 06/29/04 8:18am

garganta

FiveFootNine said:

MrSquiggle said:

West end girls... music



If I hear that song again.... mad



what? biggrin
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Reply #15 posted 06/29/04 8:50am

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garganta said:

FiveFootNine said:




If I hear that song again.... mad



what? biggrin



neutral mad razz lol
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Reply #16 posted 06/29/04 11:55am

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FiveFootNine said:

garganta said:




what? biggrin



neutral mad razz lol


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Reply #17 posted 06/29/04 8:24pm

JANFAN4L

I love PSB. I have "Please" on constant rotation all the time. "Actually" is a great album as well. I like their newest single "Flamboyant" and I'm contemplating purchasing "PopArt." I recommend checking out "Please" if you don't already have it -- an essential album in any PSB collection.
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Reply #18 posted 07/01/04 10:57pm

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JANFAN4L said:

I love PSB. I have "Please" on constant rotation all the time. "Actually" is a great album as well. I like their newest single "Flamboyant" and I'm contemplating purchasing "PopArt." I recommend checking out "Please" if you don't already have it -- an essential album in any PSB collection.


I would buy "PopArt" right away as well but I'm sure you and I have the same issue. That damn import price! Why don't they release it here! I might just check out those other two disc collections as well. "Very/FL" has been on constant rotation. "One and One Make Five" should have been a single! The notes for the album are also very insightful and humourous.
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Reply #19 posted 07/01/04 10:59pm

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Shapeshifter said:

VinnyM27 said:

I just bought their "Very/Further Listening 1992-1994" CD and it's some damn good stuff. I pretty much just wanted to check the "Very" album based on "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" but saw this album in a used record store for a decent price. It's really good stuff if you're into them and/or dance pop. Any other fans here or recomendations? They are still a pretty big deal in Europe, aren't they? I've had "Discography" for years and it is excellent.



All the 2 CD reissues are highly recommended. My favourite PSB album is "Behaviour" - a real dark gem and certainly their bleakest album (lyrically not musically). If you don't have it, do yourself a favour and get it.

They released a 3 CD compilation last year called "Pop Art". Again highly recommended - much better than "Discography".

As for them being "big" - they do ok in England (although their commercial fortunes here dipped around the late 1990s), and I'm sure some other European countries and Japan hold them dear to their hearts.


"Discography" is a one of the best greatest hits/best of's ever (I say and many others would agree) so to recomend "PopArt" over it is surely something. Of course it has the advantage of having songs after 1991.
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