Name: Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 - 2000 (2017 Remaster) par Pet Shop Boys
Brand: Pet Shop Boys
SKU: 190295921101
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (245 reviews)

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Volume 2

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Nightlife is a loose concept album -- more of a song cycle, really -- about nightlife (naturally), a collection of moods and themes, from love to loneliness. In that sense, it's not that different from most Pet Shop Boys albums, and, musically, the album is very much of a piece with Very and Bilingual, which is to say that it relies more on craft than on innovation. Depending on your point of view, this may not be such a bad thing, since Pet Shop Boys specialize in subtle craft and masterful understatement. Such skills serve them well when they're essentially following familiar musical territory, which they are on Nightlife. At its core, the record is very much like Very -- a clever, skillful updating of classic disco, highlighted by small contemporary dance flourishes, and infused with a true sense of wit, sophistication, and intelligence. Pet Shop Boys do this music better than anyone else ever has, and they're at the top of their form here, but it's hard to shake the initial impression that they've done this before. Each individual song works beautifully, from the wistfully dejected "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" to the exhilarating Village People homage "New York City Boy," but as a whole, Nightlife seems less than the sum of its parts. Repeated listens reveal the songs' charms, yet Nightlife coasts on its craft a bit too much, which makes it feel like one of their second-tier albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 - 2000 (2017 Remaster)

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 1

1. For Your Own Good (2017 Remaster)

2. Closer to Heaven (2017 Remaster)

3. I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More (2017 Remaster)

4. Happiness Is an Option (2017 Remaster)

5. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk (2017 Remaster)

6. Vampires (2017 Remaster)

7. Radiophonic (2017 Remaster)

8. The Only One (2017 Remaster)

9. Boy Strange (2017 Remaster)

10. In Denial (2017 Remaster)

11. New York City Boy (2017 Remaster)

12. Footsteps (2017 Remaster)

Volume 2

1. Vampires (Demo)

2. For All of Us (Demo)

3. Call Me Old-Fashioned (Demo)

4. Friendly Fire (2017 Remaster)

5. Believe / Song for Guy (feat. Elton John)

6. Sail Away (2017 Remaster)

7. It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas (Fan Club Mix) [2017 Remaster]

8. Nightlife (2017 Remaster)

9. Playing in the Streets

10. Tall Thin Men

11. Radiophonic (Demo)

Volume 3

1. Somebody Else's Business (2017 Remaster)

2. Silver Age (2017 Remaster)

3. Screaming (2017 Remaster)

4. For All of Us (2017 Remaster)

5. The Ghost of Myself (2017 Remaster)

6. Casting a Shadow (2017 Remaster)

7. I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More (The PSB Extension) [2017 Remaster]

8. Was It Worth It? (Live) [2017 Remaster]

9. Lies (2017 Remaster)

10. Paris City Boy (Full French)

11. Positive Role Model (2017 Remaster)

12. Somebody Else's Business (Extended Mix) [2017 Remaster]

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