Hotspot
by Pet Shop Boys
  • Record Label: X2
  • Release Date: Jan 24, 2020
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34
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  1. PeteF
    Feb 7, 2020
    4
    Well, sounds like them, but as a record, nothing new.
    I would say that a bad one, really, they could do better.

    After 30 years I would expect more of a "lets do it, but better", this sounded like "I have to make something to make money".

    All in all, sounds like from 90´s, but the songs are mainly re-do´s from old ones...

    Just a bit of 90´s, nothing more.
  2. sparkynolan
    May 12, 2020
    4
    I was disappointed by Hotspot by contrast to the previous two albums produced by Stuart Price, which marked a wonderful renaissance for Pet Shop Boys with 2013’s ‘Electric’ and then 2016’s ‘Super.’ Many people whinge about Super but it’s a pop dance album, through and through. It’s more consistent than Electric, although it doesn’t reach the dizzy heights of Electric. However ‘Hotspot’I was disappointed by Hotspot by contrast to the previous two albums produced by Stuart Price, which marked a wonderful renaissance for Pet Shop Boys with 2013’s ‘Electric’ and then 2016’s ‘Super.’ Many people whinge about Super but it’s a pop dance album, through and through. It’s more consistent than Electric, although it doesn’t reach the dizzy heights of Electric. However ‘Hotspot’ just feels thrown together. ‘ Will-o- the Wisp’ gets things off to a good start and “Hoping for. Miracle” is probably the best ballad in ten years but “Wedding in Berlin” is just insulting.… Expand

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. American Songwriter
    Mar 16, 2020
    80
    Good stuff all around from a band that makes it look easy by keeping true to what got it here in the first place.
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  2. No Ripcord
    Feb 18, 2020
    60
    Their latest, the duo remain steadfast to that commitment with creamy, dancefloor-ready techno (Happy People, Will-o-the-wisp)—joyously documenting the anticipation before a night out.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Feb 3, 2020
    60
    There are moments of pop bliss on the Petties' latest to rival their Eighties hits. [Feb 2020, p.85]
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