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- Record Label: Rhino
- Release Date: Jun 16, 2023
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- Summary: The 55-track compilation of singles from synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys are newly remastered and a Blu-ray set adds 66 music videos.
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- Record Label: Rhino
- Genre(s): House, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Dance-Pop, Alternative Dance, Synth Pop, Dance-Rock
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MojoJun 22, 2023Re-contextualises them as an act who wrecked glorious havoc on their unchanging musical parameters for decades. [Aug 2023, p.95]
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Jun 22, 2023The pair has assembled this durable catalog almost without interruption, reliably delivering singles, albums, remixes, and EPs almost annually since their debut. Work ethic and quality don't always go hand in hand, but Pet Shop Boys have both in spades.
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UncutJun 22, 2023Demonstrates that PSB are without peer as exponents of the pop single. [Aug 2023, p.50]
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Jun 22, 2023Sometimes the single versions here are superior to the album edits, 12-inch mixes, and other edits, but not always. It is also possible to imagine a more nuanced and inventively sequenced gloss of Pet Shop Boys’ career than this chronological survey. But there is particular value to this nerdy historicism.
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Jun 22, 2023This collection is called Smash for a very good reason.
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Jun 24, 2023Excelente compilación. Contiene todos y cada uno de los sencillos lanzados por el dúo de música electrónica.
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