Nightlife [CD]

Celui-ci a pour thème la vie nocturne (celle des "clubeurs", des amants qui se retrouvent ou se séparent... et des vampires) et est un peu plus mélancolique que les autres. Les textes sont toujours aussi teintés d'un léger cynisme.

Ca commence très fort avec l'hyper techno "For Your Own Good", et ça finit en apothéose avec "Footsteps", son rythme lancinant et ses choeurs quasi-célestes. Entre les deux, les rythmes infernaux de "Radiophonic" et "Vampires" nous tiennent en haleine, tandis de "In Denial" raconte en douceur la relation père-fille (un superbe duo avec Kylie Minogue) ; quant à "New York City Boy", c'est tout bonnement un clin d'oeil au Village People (dont les PSB avaient repris "Go West" sur l'album "Very").

Bref, un petit bijou électro à souhait qu'il faut posséder absolument !

I guess the rest are just 'In Denial' ??

Get this album, read the lyrics as you listen to them, contemplate their meaning and tap your toes. Good fun all around.

The videos to I don't know what you want but I can't give it anymore and New York City Boy are available on the single releases which accompany this album. These are interesting and innovative, as are many things PSB.

The music is varied but consistent through the album. In Denial, with guest artist Kylie Minogue (not well known to American audiences since the mid-80s, but still popular in Europe and Asia), is an interesting psychological song, with so many layers of meaning (given the proclivities of the PSB) that it ends up being quite dazzling. The simple strands and disappointment in You only tell me you love me when you're drunk are interesting, strangely dance-able while being introspective and darker.

Backed up by a world tour, Nightlife has become a well-received if not major seller throughtout the world. Even as Neil Tennant approaches the age of 50, he shows no signs of slowing, and, unlike much of the pop-py music around today, the lyrics and strains that Tennant and Lowe produce are not age-specific; one might gasp at the idea of a 60-year-old Brittany Spears doing anything, much less belting out Do that to me one more time; but the Pet Shop Boys can sing their songs without fear of physical betrayal for decades to come.

I guess the rest are just 'In Denial' ??

Get this album, read the lyrics as you listen to them, contemplate their meaning and tap your toes. Good fun all around.

The videos to I don't know what you want but I can't give it anymore and New York City Boy are available on the single releases which accompany this album. These are interesting and innovative, as are many things PSB.

The music is varied but consistent through the album. In Denial, with guest artist Kylie Minogue (not well known to American audiences since the mid-80s, but still popular in Europe and Asia), is an interesting psychological song, with so many layers of meaning (given the proclivities of the PSB) that it ends up being quite dazzling. The simple strands and disappointment in You only tell me you love me when you're drunk are interesting, strangely dance-able while being introspective and darker.

Backed up by a world tour, Nightlife has become a well-received if not major seller throughtout the world. Even as Neil Tennant approaches the age of 50, he shows no signs of slowing, and, unlike much of the pop-py music around today, the lyrics and strains that Tennant and Lowe produce are not age-specific; one might gasp at the idea of a 60-year-old Brittany Spears doing anything, much less belting out Do that to me one more time; but the Pet Shop Boys can sing their songs without fear of physical betrayal for decades to come.