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May 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 123

Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield, What Have I Done To Deserve This? [Single] (1987) My little joke – to myself – is keeping this broken record. It cracked in a way so that the label can still be read, the song-title What Have I Done To Deserve This? Seeming pretty funny, to me at […]
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February 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Pet Shop Boys: Agenda [EP]

Pet Shop Boys  Agenda [EP]  x2 Recordings Ltd   A ‘surprise’ new Pet Shop Boys EP? Yes, please! Apparently it’s a standalone release…which is to say these four songs won’t appear on the next new album (which is – or rather will be – a thing). So for now we have a set of political songs.  Now Pet Shop Boys has always included anthems with […]
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February 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 334 

Pet Shop Boys, Introspective (1988)  Probably the biggest love affair I’m having now with a band from the past is Pet Shop Boys. Always liked them. A big band – with huge singles – when I was a kid. And the first two albums were packed with highlights and I had a copy of the greatest hits CD through […]
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December 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 353

Pet Shop Boys, Please (1986) I’ve been on a big Pet Shop Boys kick of late – I’ve liked them since I first heard them, which was back when this album was released. Though I’ve never owned a copy of this until just recently. I’ve had most of the other albums and a couple of […]
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July 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Pet Shop Boys: Electric

Pet Shop Boys Electric Kobalt/x2 With nearly 30 years of music behind them Pet Shop Boys have a fairly immaculate discography and any time I’ve wanted to dip out (Release) they’ve pulled me back in (Fundamental) and though I wasn’t too enthused by Elysium I did like 2009’s Yes. And there’s something remarkable about those […]
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September 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1856

The Pet Shop Boys, Actually (1987) It’s a funny thing, right place/right time and I quite like a song like It’s A Sin, but get it wrong and I can’t take the bombast, it sounds like Fashion Week in one four-minute pop-slice. Ew. But I’m always happy to hear What Have I Done To Deserve […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Actually, Dusty Springfield, Heart, It's A Sin, Opportunities, Pet Shop Boys, Rent, West End Girls, What Have I Done To Deserve This? ·

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