Day 2ās given us this cheeky little number.
Letās all have a listen and discuss it in here, yeah?
Iāve listened to 2 songs and Iām pretty sure this is Not For Me. Will keep going a bit longer.
A different point of view is pretty great actually
Upon further listening Iām not sure this is as good as Seasons in the Abyss
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Prefer their older stuff, but this is great as well. Except for Go West i pretty much like all the tracks.
Highlights: Different Point of View, One and One Make Five and The Theatre.
Yesterday When I was Mad is wonderful and Csn tou forgive her is one of their very best openers. Lots of it hasnāt aged very well tho.
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Have to say this also very much isnāt my sort of thing but Iāll stick it out then listen to Sepultura or something.
I do really like Itās a Sin. Is their older stuff more like that, or was that a one off?
Says this on Discogs: āVery is Pet Shop Boysā first album to reach number one in the UK albums chartā
Couldnāt believe it but checked on wikipedia and apparently it is their only number 1 (PSB seem to be very popular in Finland btw).
I guess the commercial success is why this has been chosen for 1001 albums rather than the earlier albums.
I Wouldnāt Normally Do This Kind Of Thing is I think my favourite PSB track but I just like it as a lovely standalone low key track. Album just isnāt interesting to me.
Oh no. I think Iāll struggle with this one. Going in
Yeah right? Fucking hell.
Iām currently at Young Offender, and really looking forward to Sepultura.
I remember listening to this when it first came out off the back of the Can You Forgive Her video, and being really underwhelmed by the rest of the album. But I was in high school and figured that I was just missing something.
Can now confirm I wasnāt missing anything at all. It all just kinda floats by in a mid-tempo bass-less haze, without any of the musical dynamics that make CYFH such a fantastic song. Thereās the occasional amusingly wry line like āYouāve both made such a little go a very long wayā in Yesterday When I Was Mad but I canāt ever see wanting to listen to this again.
If anything, Iām pretty surprised I kept listening after there was a song about the queen and Princess Di.
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Iāll give this a go - queuing it now.
I only ever heard the singles from this when they were out. Not my favourite PSB period, but weāll see.
Havenāt actually checked the website that this is todayās album. Could be an elaborate prank
I think from tomorrow Iāll add a score poll at the top of each of these. Then we can see a full list at the end, much like Funkyās HGWTR threads.
Today Iām going to have to add this here, awkwardly.
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Probably their 8th best album.
Has a few good tracks but I preferred the remix cd that came with with it - Relentless.
A few tracks have that synth sound that Blanck Mass now uses quite a bit.
Can You Forgive Her? is possibly in their top 10 tracks for me
Sorry I did not enjoy that very much. Skipped Go West too because I couldnāt face it
I also did not enjoy it very much. Go West is really bad, really. Itās just Pachelbelās canon with synths.
Gave the album a 3 
I donāt know whatās going on in here, but Very is a great album, Pet Shop Boysā best one. Singles are all fantastic, plus The Theatre, Dreaming of the Queen, Liberationā¦ all wonderful. And I like the nobbly CD case. And the cone hats, is this the album where they wore cone hats?
The synth sound thatās all over āCan you Forgive herā is very of its times, isnāt it?
I canāt work out if this is a good thing as itās distinctive, but it also sounds like 8-year-old me playing with the fun presets on my sisterās keyboardā¦
This is why the randomiser is good, I would never have thought about putting on a T Rex or a Pet Shop Boys record but here we are. Both in my mind more singles bands, and singles I am not that keen on. Canāt say I liked T.Rex much and this PSB album isnāt doing anything for me at all but worth a listen for sure even if just to rule it out.
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