Pet Shop Boys Very

Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
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..."
Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
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..."
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..."
"...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...."
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..."
"...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt..." - Rating: A-
"...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt..." - Rating: A-
Ranked #91 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"
4 Stars - Excellent - "...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment..."
Ranked #91 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"
4 Stars - Excellent - "...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment..."
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..."
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..."
Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Stereo Review (12/93, p.118) - "...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...."
Stereo Review (12/93, p.118) - "...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...."
(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 #14 in New Musical Express' list of 'The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...a joy from end to end...."
(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 #14 in New Musical Express' list of 'The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...a joy from end to end...."