Behavior [EXTRA TRACKS] [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Pet Shop Boys

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 2001)
• Original Release Date: June 19, 2001
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00005J9M3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,730 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the Other Side, September 22, 2005

By	J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Behavior. (Audio CD)

Behaviour perfectly captures the other side of Pet Shop Boys. Considered. Quiet. Very introspective. Adult. This is an incredible set of songs, one I have yet to tire of. And it hasn't aged a bit like some of their earlier material. I think it is the best the Boys have to offer. In terms of consistant songwriting, lush, rich, layered instumentation and production, and some of Neil Tennant's best vocal performances. Incredibly heartfelt and full of nuances. Every song on this disc is a winner. Nothing here that can be called "camp" or "ironic" ( things PSB have often catered to ). Behaviour is, along with "Very", the peak of the Tennant/Lowe partnership. They have since come very close at times to capturing what is in spades on Behaviour, but they have yet to better it, and I don't think they ever will. Highly recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless, January 26, 2006

By	Quincy Durant (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behavior. (Audio CD)

This is a truly outstanding album. Of the various Pet Shop Boys albums, all of which I consider excellent, this is by far my favorite. I still listen to this album regularly, fifteen years after I bought it. In some ways I appreciate it even more now than I did when I first bought, if only because songs like "Being Boring" or "October Symphony" have become easier to relate to as I have aged. Moreover, it doesn't date itself at all. You could listen to it and not really pin it down to a particular year or even decade.

The album, perhaps more so than any of the other PSB albums, has a very consistent voice and mood. I don't know if it was intended as a concept album, I doubt it was, but it certainly could have been one. The songs all hang together as if they are pieces from the life of a specific person looking back over their life filled with regret, loneliness, and a sense of loss.

Other PSB albums may have a consistent musical style, but they are more like collections of songs, whereas this hangs together as a unified and cohesive piece of work. It is the only PSB album that I feel obligated to listen to from start to finish, with the tracks in their original order.

This may sound bizarre, but I would compare it to Steely Dan's "Gaucho" in terms of its timelessness, cohesiveness, and sense of place.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten years after... and still their best album!, August 29, 2000

By	Paulo Leite (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behavior. (Audio CD)

Well... Ten years after this album was released... and I still listen to it like if I had just bought it yesterday. This is, I believe, the best PSB album ever. Something that came in a long process of maturing their art. This is one of those albums that we can listen to without changing tracks: we can go through it from start to finnish and every track seems like a beautifully crafted song, written with taste, heart and wit. Many albums came after this one and none of them came closer in quality to "Behaviour". "Being Boring" is a master song full of ideas and deep toughts (about the times, Aids, youth, etc.). "To Face the Truth" and "Only the Wind" have a warmth that is quite rare (and in fact, I can't recall having the same feeling about a song since). "My October Symphony" (my favourite) is a fantasticaly produced piece with a string quartet that, in a way, previews many things that other artists would do in the subsequent years. Actually, this one is the last of the three "white" albums (the others are "Please" and "Actually") and it marks the end of that journey. In fact, one of the most important things about this album is that it clearly marks the duos's passage from an 80's sound to the 90's sound. And they did it with this album. "Very" came 2 or 3 years after this album and is quite good (the ones who followed are a downhill...) but "Behaviour" is simply one of the best pop albums ever released. It stands proudly along the best albums pop music ever produced. Listen to it carefully and enjoy. Today I still catch myself singing some of those songs.