Nightlife

Pet Shop Boys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 2, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B000021XT8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (147 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,052 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #28 in Music > Pop > Dance Pop > Euro Dance

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like a vampire walking all night..., December 1, 1999

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Jean-Paul (Rochester, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightlife (Audio CD)

Melodic and relevant, the Pet Shop Boys have created a musical landscape of city living, including the greatest techno-country song ever, You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk. This cd has a definite night-time vibe to it: urban, lonely, and sometimes hopeless, and but with just the right comnbination of irony and hope to reassure us that it could all work out. Also included is a shockingly good duet with Kylie Minogue, which had me checking the liner notes to see who she was. It will never happen, but one hopes that this record will finally allow the Pet Shop Boys to be recognized for what they are: revolutionary, contemporary artsists who have been making masterful records for their subculture for almost fifteen years. But you know what, forget the recognition of the massess, we night walkers would rather keep them for ourselves...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars aka "Perfection.", December 29, 1999

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MCB "sound-and-vision" (West Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightlife (Audio CD)

The critics would never admit it, but this is hands-down one of the best CD experiences of the past year, a sublime journey through the night filled with intelligence, humor, sadness and beauty. Another masterpiece from possibly the most underrated pop outfit of the past twenty years. Bravo.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy the Nightlife - And Fun it is, January 28, 2000

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KCZorroDeFuego "KAC" (East Berne, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightlife (Audio CD)

With the relase of Nightlife, a question came into mind. Could the Pet Shop Boys ever come close to again having such a superb collection of songs AND having commercial success in the bag (As was present with "Go West", and the album VERY)? The resounding yes dances its way into your ears with Nightlife. The quick-set, get up and dance bass-and partly synth driven opener "For Your Own Good" grabs the listener and yells "We're Here To Stay". Every track therein presents each side of the Pet Shop Boys' seemingly limitless musical spectrum. The disco-esque feel yet surprisingly updated beat of "I don't know what you want but I can't give it anymore" shows that they still know how to keep beats from the past sounding fresh and perfectly listenable. And when it comes to haunting ballads, they again prove their excellence with "You only tell me you love me when you're drunk", "The Only One" and the daring, if perhaps a tad too centered around a specific subject "In denial" (too say more would spoil the surprise this song engendres within the listener. Surprise, because, until this album, such a subject has not been so specifically dealt with). "New York City Boy" is perhaps the ultimate party gem, even more explosively fast than "For your own good", this one deserves the recognition it has received (the worldwide success which the boys only had previously with "Go West"), if you can let yourself go enough, this song will transform you. And the heart-string-tugger "Footsteps" which brings to mind previous songs of the like (i.e. "It always comes as a surprise"), is a perfect closer for an album.....given how the album's context often mirros the title, this song feels like the silent aftermath of every party in every club in the world, when everyone retires to their homes, either with lovers hand in hand, or sorrowfully alone, yet somehow still hopeful. If you've never listened to the boys before, this would be a great place to start. If already a fan, get this album NOW! You won't be disappointed.