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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 48 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest album for the dance music duo was produced with Xenomania.

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Love Etc.
Boy, it's tough getting on in the world when the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl It's about getting out of a rut you need luck but you're... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Yes is a super-concentrated hit of everything there is to enjoy about the Pet Shop Boys: danceable yet everyday pop, with irony behind the warmth and warmth behind the irony. One of their best.
  2. It sags mid-album, but the Brits won't demand a recount.
  3. For the first time in years, Pet Shop Boys sound thrillingly modern. The songs, too, are the finest in years.
  4. Yes sounds fresh, dynamic, and vital, while paying plenty of respect to Pet Shop Boys’ storied career.
  5. On the surface, this big-sounding album belongs with them, but the songs don’t stand up to scrutiny in the same way.
  6. Don’t expect any major changes to their 50-million-records-sold formula. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe keep things grandiose with paddy retro synths, discotheque drum machines and downtrodden lyrics.
  7. Tennant slaps his heart on his sleeve and gets on with things. The result isn't awful, although none of it is as spooky and playful as the cover of the Passions 'I'm In Love With a German Film Star' that the Boys produced for Sam Taylor-Wood last year.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Feb 2, 2020
    10
    The best PSB album, nocap. I am incredibly surprised that an album such as Electric indeed got a better score.
  2. Apr 4, 2016
    10
    .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................a beautiful masterpiece Expand
  3. DougD
    Apr 22, 2009
    10
    Truly brilliant - intelligent pop lives!
  4. Apr 8, 2016
    10
    2 bRAINLEss, The best Pet Shop Boys album SINCE VERY (1993)......

    Top Songs Of "Yes" (2009) 1-More Than A Dream 2-The Way It Used To Be
    2 bRAINLEss, The best Pet Shop Boys album SINCE VERY (1993)......

    Top Songs Of "Yes" (2009)

    1-More Than A Dream
    2-The Way It Used To Be

    3-Pandemonium
    4-Building A Wall

    5-Did You See Me Coming?
    6-Vulnerable
    5-All Over The World
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  5. markk
    Apr 29, 2009
    9
    It's a wonderful album and i just keep listening to it again and again and again. i should say i didn't expect it would be that It's a wonderful album and i just keep listening to it again and again and again. i should say i didn't expect it would be that good. really great. i gave it 9 cause i rarely give 10 to anything (10 is just a divine perfection. Expand
  6. ScottK
    May 2, 2009
    9
    A return to form!
  7. LarryH
    Apr 21, 2009
    5
    The only difference between this album and their previous albums is the cover. Each song sounds just like the rest, there is nothing new here The only difference between this album and their previous albums is the cover. Each song sounds just like the rest, there is nothing new here by them that we haven't heard over and over and over. Expand

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