Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's.", Ranked #14 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...a joy from end to end....", "...Though compelling in experimental mode, the Pet Shop Boys are hardly inventive; at a time when most dance music can't even form full sentences, speech is still the special ingredient that sets them apart....", Ranked #91 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Is there a more perfect marriage of pop sensibilities than the Pet Shop Boys covering a Village People hit?...there's more to these songs on VERY than sly wit and catchy choruses...the depth makes VERY worth hearing again and again...", "...they've shown that songs of lasting substance can be created by knob twiddlers no less than string pickers...VERY is another good piece of enriched popcraft Pet Shop Boys....", Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., Highly Recommended - "...Nothing compares to the carnage of a cold fish like the Pet Shop Boys succumbing to emotional abandon; on VERY, the fridge door is swinging off its hinges...", (9) - Excellent - "...VERY is brilliant from start to finish....Musically, things are `up' and the tunes are `soulful'....The Pet Shop Boys are simply one of the best bands the world has...", Ranked #37 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...VERY plumbed hitherto uncharted depths of pop savvy with clinical efficiency....", "...This is more like it...VERY is the purest, most intelligent and poppiest pop. The Pet Shop Boys write pop songs, play pop songs, are a godsend to those who love pop songs, from kids at school discos to middle-aged connoisseurs of a cracking tune...", "...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt..." - Rating: A-, 4 Stars - Excellent - "...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment..."
