Pet Shop Boys
Fundamental
Release Date: Jun 27, 2006
Genre(s): Rock, Dance, Alternative
Record label: Rhino / Parlophone
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Album Review: Fundamental by Pet Shop Boys
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 4/5
Earlier this week, BBC2's Dead Ringers compared Tony Blair to the bunker-bound Hitler. Another symbol of the PM's decline in popularity may therefore seem otiose, but that is what the Pet Shop Boys' ninth album turns out to be. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe spent election night 1997 not only attending the Royal Festival Hall bash, but also an aftershow party at a Park Lane hotel, where, Tennant remembered, champagne flowed and entertainment was provided by MPs "forming the government".
Based on rating 8/10
Working together for the first time since the 1988 single "Left to My Own Devices," the Pet Shop Boys and producer Trevor Horn partner together for Fundamental, an extremely well-crafted effort that is more of its time message-wise than any previous PSB album. Fundamental is heavily influenced by Tony Blair's allegiance to George W. Bush and his dragging of the U.K.
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