“astutely observed social commentary in the form of absolute mega bangers”
“Hotspot is another jewel in the Pet Shop Boys' perfect pop crown”
“On its release in late 1990, the sad, autumnal mood of Behaviour – the fourth album by Pet Shop Boys – felt curiously out of kilter with its time. This was the party at the end of history, and kids from Blackburn to Buckinghamshire were dancing in fields to throbbing electronic beats of the kind that had so thrilled Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe some seven or eight years previously, when they’d hear”
“The synth-pop duo ends their Stuart Price trilogy with mixed results”
“On their 14th studio album, the best-selling duo in UK pop dampen the euphoria; the result is a tuneful, wan album that lands somewhere in the middle of their rich catalogue.”
“Neil Tennant has never been one to shy away from the issues, but during his 35 years as a cerebral pop operator, he has usually held them at arm’s length, a Mona Lisa smile on his lips. This sangfroid cracked last year, when Pet Shop Boys released a political four-song EP about the breakdown of democracy. However satisfying it was to hear Tennant speaking more plainly, Hotspot – the band’s 14th al”
