Pop und Glamour, 16. Januar 2008

Eine tolle Zusammenstellung sämtlicher großer Hits der Pet Shop Boys, deren Lieder mich schon fast mein ganzes Leben begleiten. Wie schaffen sie es nur, dass ihre Musik nach so langer Zeit immer noch so frisch klingt? ^^ Popart ist empfehlenswerter als Discography, weil auf Popart alle großen Hits der Pet Shop Boys seit Mitte der 80er Jahre versammelt sind. Zum mitsingen und mittanzen.

       Allumfassende Discographie, 8. September 2007

Ich weiss nicht wieviele 'Best Ofs' und 'Greatest Hits' es von den PPB gibt. Ich habe etwas gesucht, wo man eben die großen (Chart-platzierten) Hits drauf findet. Wer sowas sucht, ist mit dieser Doppel-CD sehr gut bedient. Alle songs sind digitally remastered.

Eine CD-Box, bei der das Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis einfach stimmt!

       All the best and then some..., 15. Februar 2006

The first of the discs of this 'Greatest Hits' for the Pet Shop Boys contains 17 tracks (Pop), and the second 18 tracks (Art). For those who are die-hard fans of the Pet Shop Boys, this is a must have, but, for the most part, those fans will find it is in many ways an already-have. The tracks are remastered, but given the high production qualities of most PSB discs generally, there isn't a great deal to be gained from this. There are two new songs, Miracles and Flamboyant (one on each disc), which are both wonderful (and, interestingly, the addition of two songs to the 'greatest hits' compilation matches their performance with Discography, which also had a 'best of' with two new tracks added).

There are the major songs and single releases from all previous albums, so this serves both as a retrospective but also as a handy all-in-one collection spanning the history of the Pet Shop Boys; from that perspective, if you were to have just one CD from them, this would the one. The songs are not in chronological release order (as Discography was), but rather seem almost randomly arranged; all songs but one from Discography are here, with an additional collection of tracks from the later album releases that reached the UK top 20. The division between 'Pop' and 'Art' is subtle, and any lifelong fan will have his or her own impressions as to which songs should fit into which category. The 'Pop' side is more disco/dance music, whereas the 'Art' side is a little more sombre, and the lyrics a little more complex. On the other hand, some songs, such as 'Love comes quickly' would easily qualify for either designation.

This collection represents more than 20 years work on the part of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. For the first several years of that career, they were famous world-wide, and quite a staple in the dance clubs and video programming in America and elsewhere. The first singles collection 'Discography' represented the beginning of the decline of 80s style dance music in America, but the music descended from this type remained strongly popular throughout the rest of the world, as the sold-out concert tours of the Pet Shop Boys everywhere except North America attests to. Many of the songs on this 'Pop-Art' collection will therefore be new to audiences whose interest in the Pet Shop Boys ended the hits from the 'Behaviour' era.

A must-have for anyone who likes dance music, disco, electronic music, 80s music, the Pet Shop Boys, or who wants to have a complete music collection.

       POPART- Die hohe Kunst des POP, 2. Oktober 2003

Was lässt sich sagen? Fast 20 Jahre Petshopboys auf einer (bzw. zwei) CD's...fast alles Riesenhits und ein grosser Genuss, alte und weniger alte Stücke wiederzuhören und wieder zu geniessen, eingängige, grossartige Melodien mit intelligenten Texten.
Die neue Single "Miracles" zeigt: Die Petshopboys sind noch lange nicht am Ende, auch nach Aktivitäten in drei Jahrzehnten!
Nicht einfach nur Popmusik, sondern: POP-Kunst, POPART also!!!