Very (Pet Shop Boys album)

Very
Studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Publication (s)	September 27, 1993
admission	1992-1993
Label (s)	Parlophone
Format (s)	CD, record
Genre (s)	Synthpop , dancepop
running time	53:17
production	Pet Shop Boys, Brothers in Rhythm, Stephen Hague
chronology Behavior (1990) Very Bilingual (1996)
Single releases May 31, 1993 Can You Forgive Her? September 6, 1993 Go West November 29, 1993 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing April 4, 1994 Liberation August 29, 1994 Yesterday, When I Was Mad

Very is the fifth studio album by the Pet Shop Boys . It was published by Parlophone on September 27, 1993 . It reached number 1 in the charts in Germany and Great Britain . In 2005 it was included in the list of the reference work 1001 Album You Must Hear Before You Die .

Origin and reception

All tracks were written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe , only the single hit " Go West " is based on the Village People song of the same name . The album was recorded in London (only the choir on Go West in New York), mixed by Stephen Hague and Mike Drake, mastered by Bob Ludwig in Portland, produced by the Pet Shop Boys and Stephen Hague. The orange-colored jewel case with knobbed relief was designed by the London design studio Pentagram.

In 1994 a limited edition bonus CD was released under the title Very Relentless . The bonus CD contains six more songs that were recorded at the same time as Very . The remastered version, released in 2001, contains the bonus CD Further Listening 1992-1994 with remixes and unreleased songs.

Neil Tennant described Very as "very Pet Shop Boys". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic awarded 4.5 out of 5 stars and stated: "Alternately happy and melancholy, Very is the Pet Shop Boys at their finest."

Track list

Very

1. "Can You Forgive Her" - 3:53
2. "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" - 3:03
3. "Liberation" - 4:05
4. "A Different Point of View" - 3:26
5. "Dreaming of the Queen" - 4:19
6. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" - 3:55
7. "The Theater" - 5:10
8. "One and One Make Five" - ​​3:30
9. "To Speak Is a Sin" - 4:45
10. "Young Offender" - 4:49
11. "One in a Million" - 3:53
12. " Go West " (with the hidden track "Postscript") - 8:22 am

Relentless

1. "My Head Is Spinning" - 6:33
2. "Forever in Love" - ​​6:19
3. "KDX 125" - 6:25
4. "We Came from Outer Space" - 5:24
5. "The Man Who Has Everything" - 6:01 am
6. "One Thing Leads to Another" - 6:24

Further Listening: 1992-1994

1. "Go West" (1992 twelve-inch mix) - 9:12
2. "Forever in Love" - ​​5:44
3. "Confidential" (Demo for Tina ) - 4:47
4. "Hey, Headmaster" - 3:06
5. "Shameless" - 5:04
6. "Too Many People" - 4:25
7. "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" (seven-inch version) - 4:45
8. “Violence” (Haçienda version) - 5:00
9. "Falling" (Demo for Kylie ) - 4:38
10. "Decadence" - 3:55
11. "If Love Were All" - 3:00
12. "Absolutely Fabulous" (single version) - 3:46
13. "Euroboy" - 4:30
14. "Some Speculation" - 6:34
15. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (single version) - 4:01
16. "Girls and Boys" (Live in Rio ) - 4:55

Web links

• Album page on the Pet Shop Boys homepage
• Very at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.charts.de
2. ↑ 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
3. ↑ Very at Discogs
4. ↑ Very Relentless at Discogs
5. ↑ Further Listening 1992–1994 at Discogs
6. ↑ Page to the album on the Pet Shop Boys homepage
7. ↑ Very at Allmusic (English)