Release (Pet Shop Boys album)
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4 / 10 To the casual observer, the Pet Shop Boys' career has been in decline since 1993's 'Very', but to fans it's been business as usual. Defending 'Release' will be less easy. It's their worst album to date. Amid this ten-track jamboree of ill-advised guitar solos, excitement-free lyricism and sparse tuneage, there are standout songs. 'I Get Along' is a fuck-you anthem to a cheating ex in the public eye, done in the style of Oasis. 'The Night I Fell In Love' is a touching fan fiction involving Eminem and a schoolboy groupie, and 'Home' recalls the synth-rich, 'I Want A Dog'-esque flourish that carried the Pet Shop Boys through seven albums. Elsewhere, things fall apart. 'Email' finds Neil and Chris getting to grips with new fangled technology, while 'Love Is A Catastrophe' is a botched attempt to emulate the spacious urban chill of 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me'. They're still the best band of the 20th Century, but it's 2002 and the only band allowed to sound like a substandard Oasis are Oasis. Peter Robinson
Release is the eighth studio album by the English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 2002.
4 / 10 To the casual observer, the Pet Shop Boys' career has been in decline since 1993's 'Very', but to fans it's been business as usual. Defending 'Release' ..
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