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Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London, in 1981.Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide [4] and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records.
A re-recorded version "Always on My Mind/In My House" is on the album Introspective. [11] "An Open Mind" 2019 Tennant, Lowe Bonus track on the single "Dreamland" from Hotspot. [12] "Angelic Thug" 2020 My Beautiful Laundrette: Tennant, Lowe Recorded for the stage play My Beautiful Laundrette. [13] "Answer the Phone" 2017
"Heart" was the second Pet Shop Boys single, after "Always on My Mind", to reach number one on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. [12] It placed at number one in Finland, Ireland, Switzerland, and West Germany, as well as New Zealand, and in the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, along with South Africa (see Charts ).
"Suburbia" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their debut album, Please (1986). It was re-recorded with producer Julian Mendelsohn for release as the fourth single from the album. Peaking at number eight on the UK Singles Chart , "Suburbia" was the band's second top 10 hit after " West End Girls ", [ 5 ] and in their view it ...
The Pet Shop Boys version introduces a harmonic variation not present in the original version. In the original, the ending phrase "always on my mind" is sung to a IV-V 7-I cadence (C-D 7-G). The Pet Shop Boys extend this cadence by adding two further chords: C-D 7-Gm 7 /B ♭-C-G (i.e. a progression of IV-V 7-III b-IV-I).
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Dorian Lynskey of Q praised several songs on the album and noted, "With Electric, Pet Shop Boys have succeeded spectacularly." [41] Simon Price, music critic for the Independent on Sunday, described the album as "sublime". [44] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph commented that "Electric is the second really fantastic pop-dance blast of the ...
While most other installments of the series focused on various aspects of downtempo and chillout, Lowe's disc is oriented around upbeat disco music. Tennant's disc, meanwhile, with classical and ambient music included, is more aligned with the series' overall style (though the inclusion of classical compositions is also relatively novel for the ...