Pet Shop Boys 'Yes'

Renowned for their thrilling pizzazz and soaring intelligence which propelled them to stratospheric levels in the 1980s, The Pet Shop Boys are back with their 10th, and best, album in over a decade. Certainly their best since 1996’s Bilingual album and many songs are even on par with their best output from Very and Behavior. It seems slightly ironic that they had to enlist the help of producers, Xenomania, to make them sound like themselves again, however overall it’s a winning combination. Pitting Tchaikovsky against rave bleeps doesn’t appear a winning combination on paper, yet it is probably their finest effort on this album, All Over The World. The lead single Love etc. tingles with Lowe's electronic sheen and Kylie must be insane for snubbing this song! The album does has faults, namely, Legacy which rolls on an on until it crashes unceremoniously into the car wreck it creates! Also, when they crank up the tempo it is hard to take them as anything but a high camp disco outfit. Not that there is anything wrong with that, however, when it is shadowing highly intelligent lyrics it’s a real shame. Neil Tenant is probably one of the only middle aged men to still be able to tap into and pull the emotional heartstrings of the younger generations. “I will never be your stepping stone but I don’t want to live… alone”. It sums up the feelings of many, particularly gay guys. A great album, welcome back PSB’s!