Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot (Japanese Edition) (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 370 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 Mb | 00:56:13
Synthpop | Label: x2 Recordings, Sony Music Japan
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 370 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 Mb | 00:56:13
Synthpop | Label: x2 Recordings, Sony Music Japan
Hotspot is Neil and Chris’ 14th studio album and is the follow-up to 2016’s Super. It was recorded mostly in Berlin’s legendary Hansa Studios and like the previous two albums it has been produced by Stuart Price. The Pet Shop Boys have stated that this is the last instalment of a trilogy of Price-produced albums, which suggests they’ll use someone else, next time. Japanese Edition of the album includes 2 bonus tracks - Dreamland (TWD Vocal Remix) & Monkey business (Prins Thomas Diskomiks).Tracklist:
AllMusic Review by Timothy Monger
Pet Shop Boys resume their exceptional late-period run with Hotspot, their third in a series of high quality collaborations with producer/engineer Stuart Price. Recorded at Berlin's legendary Hansa Studios, the acclaimed duo's 14th album finds them firmly in their element, delivering crisp electro-pop invocations, wry dance bangers, and melodic gems both sunny and stormy. Still more or less in the self-described "electronic purist" mode of 2013's Electric and 2016's Super, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe make a few allowances here, particularly on the melancholic standout, "Burning the Heather," which features some crafty psych-inspired guitar work from Suede guitarist Bernard Butler. Opening volley "Will-O-the-Wisp" is all hard synth bite and rippling tension, possessing a specific kind of dark energy that few acts can summon so well, let alone after nearly four decades together. Its intensity is offset by brighter dance cuts like the wry "Monkey Business" and the buoyant "Happy People" with its infectious chorus threaded with Tennant's distinctive spoken-word rhymes. Lightly cloaked political stabs pop up here and there like on "Dreamland," a collaboration with Years and Years' Olly Alexander, that imagines a borderless world free of Brexit fears and immigration policies. The clever melodic shifts that are one of Pet Shop Boys' hallmarks remain in evidence across Hotspot, giving songs like the tender "Only the Dark" a dreamy sense of uplift. Through it all, Tennant and Lowe feel as confident and progressive as ever, honoring their signature sound while continuing to push it into the future.
1. Will-o-the-wisp (04:27)
2. You are the one (03:35)
3. Happy people (03:51)
4. Dreamland (feat. Years & Years) (03:28)
5. Hoping for a miracle (05:00)
6. I don't wanna (04:02)
7. Monkey business (04:08)
8. Only the dark (03:38)
9. Burning the heather (05:27)
10. Wedding in Berlin (04:39)
11. Dreamland (TWD Vocal Remix) (05:06)
12. Monkey business (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) (08:45)
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Pet Shop Boys / Hotspot (Japanese Edition)
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