Track Listing
1. Can You Forgive Her
2. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
3. Liberation
4. Different Point Of View
5. Dreaming Of The Queen
6. Yesterday When I Was Mad
7. Theatre
8. One And One Make Five
9. To Speak Is A Sin
10. Young Offender
11. One In A Million
12. Go West
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Pet Shop Boys | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | EMI | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
VERY is packaged in a day-glo orange embossed jewel case.Pet Shop Boys: Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe (vocals, programming).Additional personnel: J.J. Belle (guitar); Phil Todd, Chris Davis, John Barclay, John Thirkell, Mark Nightingale (brass); Frank Ricotti (percussion); Pete Gleadall (programming); Sylvia Mason-James, Dainton Connell, Carol Kenyon, Katie Kissoon, Tessa Niles (background vocals).Recorded at Sarm West, Angel Studios, London, England and The Power Station, New York, New York.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...[Is] there a more perfect marriage of pop sensibilities than the Pet Shop Boys covering a Village People hit?...there's more to these songs [on VERY] than sly wit and catchy choruses...the depth makes VERY worth hearing again and again...
Rolling Stone (11/25/1993)
Highly Recommended - ...Nothing compares to the carnage of a cold fish [like the Pet Shop Boys] succumbing to emotional abandon; on VERY, the fridge door is swinging off its hinges...
Spin (11/01/1993)
Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Village Voice (03/01/1994)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment...
Q (11/01/1993)
Ranked #37 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - ...VERY plumbed hitherto uncharted depths of pop savvy with clinical efficiency....
Melody Maker (01/01/1994)
...This is more like it...[VERY is] the purest, most intelligent and poppiest pop. [The Pet Shop Boys] write pop songs, play pop songs, are a godsend to those who love pop songs, from kids at school discos to middle-aged connoisseurs of a cracking tune...
Melody Maker (09/25/1993)
(9) - Excellent - ...[VERY] is brilliant from start to finish....Musically, things are `up' and the tunes are `soulful'....The Pet Shop Boys are simply one of the best bands the world has...
NME (09/25/1993)
Ranked #14 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - ...a joy from end to end....
NME (12/25/1993)
...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (10/08/1993)
...they've shown that songs of lasting substance can be created by knob twiddlers no less than string pickers...VERY is another good piece of enriched popcraft Pet Shop Boys....
Stereo Review (12/93, p.118) Performance: Symphonic Pop / Recording: Very Good
Ranked #91 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums
Q (06/01/2000)
...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (10/08/1993)
...This is more like it...[VERY is] the purest, most intelligent and poppiest pop. [The Pet Shop Boys] write pop songs, play pop songs, are a godsend to those who love pop songs, from kids at school discos to middle-aged connoisseurs of a cracking tune...
Melody Maker (09/25/1993)
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.Q (6/00, p.61) - Ranked #91 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums Rolling Stone (11/25/93, p.112) - 4 Stars - Excellent - ...[Is] there a more perfect marriage of pop sensibilities than the Pet Shop Boys covering a Village People hit?...there's more to these songs [on VERY] than sly wit and catchy choruses...the depth makes VERY worth hearing again and again...Spin (11/93, p.130) - Highly Recommended - ...Nothing compares to the carnage of a cold fish [like the Pet Shop Boys] succumbing to emotional abandon; on VERY, the fridge door is swinging off its hinges...Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.Q (11/93, p.131) - 4 Stars - Excellent - ...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment...Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77) - Ranked #37 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - ...VERY plumbed hitherto uncharted depths of pop savvy with clinical efficiency....Melody Maker (9/25/93, p.33) - ...This is more like it...[VERY is] the purest, most intelligent and poppiest pop. [The Pet Shop Boys] write pop songs, play pop songs, are a godsend to those who love pop songs, from kids at school discos to middle-aged connoisseurs of a cracking tune...NME (9/25/93, p.36) - (9) - Excellent - ...[VERY] is brilliant from start to finish....Musically, things are `up' and the tunes are `soulful'....The Pet Shop Boys are simply one of the best bands the world has...NME (12/25/93, p.66) - Ranked #14 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - ...a joy from end to end....Entertainment Weekly (10/8/93, p.52) - ...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt... - Rating: A- Stereo Review (12/93, p.118) Performance: Symphonic Pop / Recording: Very Good - ...they've shown that songs of lasting substance can be created by knob twiddlers no less than string pickers...VERY is another good piece of enriched popcraft Pet Shop Boys....
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.Q (6/00, p.61) - Ranked #91 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums Rolling Stone (11/25/93, p.112) - 4 Stars - Excellent - ...[Is] there a more perfect marriage of pop sensibilities than the Pet Shop Boys covering a Village People hit...there's more to these songs [on VERY] than sly wit and catchy choruses...the depth makes VERY worth hearing again and again...Spin (11/93, p.130) - Highly Recommended - ...Nothing compares to the carnage of a cold fish [like the Pet Shop Boys] succumbing to emotional abandon; on VERY, the fridge door is swinging off its hinges...Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.Q (11/93, p.131) - 4 Stars - Excellent - ...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment...Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77) - Ranked #37 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - ...VERY plumbed hitherto uncharted depths of pop savvy with clinical efficiency....Melody Maker (9/25/93, p.33) - ...This is more like it...[VERY is] the purest, most intelligent and poppiest pop. [The Pet Shop Boys] write pop songs, play pop songs, are a godsend to those who love pop songs, from kids at school discos to middle-aged connoisseurs of a cracking tune...NME (9/25/93, p.36) - (9) - Excellent - ...[VERY] is brilliant from start to finish....Musically, things are `up' and the tunes are `soulful'....The Pet Shop Boys are simply one of the best bands the world has...NME (12/25/93, p.66) - Ranked #14 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - ...a joy from end to end....Entertainment Weekly (10/8/93, p.52) - ...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt... - Rating: A- Stereo Review (12/93, p.118) Performance: Symphonic Pop / Recording: Very Good - ...they've shown that songs of lasting substance can be created by knob twiddlers no less than string pickers...VERY is another good piece of enriched popcraft Pet Shop Boys....
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
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