Actually

Just as bad as the last Pet Shop Boys album I had to endure. I also hate the album art because it makes me feel like I need to yawn.

nope

As one lyric asked, "what have I done to deserve this?" Good lord, this was bad. Inane lyrics over synthetic rhythms drenched in semen. Ok, that last part was irrelevant. Did I mention this was bad?

Not for me

You should 100% listen to Shopping and imagine a spoof with Jimmy Fallon and Questlove haha that made my day. Otherwise I thought it was silly and not worth the listen. It felt like they made this record while they were high and thought this was deep or something. It didn’t even /sound/ good because 80’s Not a fan.

Not available on Apple Music in Canada

This album is indefensible garbage. It might be the worst music ever created. I don't mean the worst recorded music - I mean the worse music EVER in the history of the planet. Worse than a grunting Neanderthal banging an elephant bone against a rock. Utter wank, which is an insult to a wank. Most wanks are quite enjoyable. And don't make you feel crippling sadness afterwards. The whiny, nasally vocals. The embarrassing lyrics. The cheap sounding electronic trash instruments. It's fucking hell on the ears, brain, chest, stomach, and arsehole. Painful. I can't believe I listened to every track (in fairness, I spared my senses by skipping a few after a minute or two). Only an insufferable dork like Anthony Fantano - *the internet's biggest music turd* - could be pompous enough to praise these talentless hacks. 🤡 "We're S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G. We're shopping." 🤡 Oh fuck off, Pet Shop Boys. 👎👎

Extremely "meh" I feel like the album art cover with the dude yawning on the right. Just not at all sucked in to any of the songs. Tolerable background listening, but really not for me.

Not my album, not my music!

As Jake said, I've never really paid much attention to the Pet Shop Boys before. This duo was massive in England, but they never really found their way to my wheelhouse. Despite being born in the decade, 80s music is my least favorite - especially the techno/synth/garbage style. I might be in the minority here, but this blows.

weak

This band never did anything for me

The lyrics grated over an already boring beat though out the whole album really was not a fan of this one

Hated them - or more precisely his voice - since I was 12. Almost as bad as Erasure. Instant no

Pet Shop Boys AGAIN??? "What Have I Done To Deserve This" as well as the guy on the right sum up my feeling perfectly here. 🥱

0 🌟

I was interested in listening to this one because the Pet Shop Boys are a group I've heard talked about a number of times but have never really taken the time to listen to. Unfortunately, this music is not for me at all. It just feels like such shallow, 80s synth pop. The lyrics are pretty ridiculous based on my initial listen (ex. "Shopping"). I listened to the full album to give it a chance but didn't hear any tracks that really spoke to me or stood out. This is just not a genre of music I would ever choose to listen to again and if I was around more in the 80s, this wouldn't have been my go-to music. Standout Tracks: N/A

Absolute shite

I can't stand the Pet Shop Boys

1.5 I find 80s pop to be a really interesting spectrum, and overall very, very hit or miss. On one side you had flashy icons like Madonna, Michael Jackson, and George Michael with catchy, danceable hits, on the other side new wave artists like The Cure, Simple Minds, and Echo & The Bunnymen with broody, outsider anthems, and then somewhere in the middle is this. This album seems to mesh the broodiness of new wave and danceability from mainstream pop here into one proto-electronic package... and it doesn't work for me. I totally get the primary function of some albums is just to provide something to dance to, and I can only imagine how much fun this must have been at 80s clubs, but in many ways I can hear how this inspired modern electronica, and in turn, modern club music, or "Good luck if you're sober" music. Simply put, it just feels abrasive in a very cold and lifeless way. Of course, everyone enjoys music differently, but that isn't for me, and neither is this - This is an 80s album that's gonna fall under the "miss" column.

Not my cup of tea

Has some annoying 80s noises on it. This is kind of boring.

Pet Shop Boys. Not my thing

Makes me want to go shopping

awful

c'est nul

Definitely not me, even if it was background.

Woof I hated this

This was made and sounds exactly like it was made in 1987. Nothing stood out for me other than how strange it was at times.

super 80s

Meni jotenki oudosti ohi, mut en palannut. Tota ihan tarpeeks jo kuultu

no

not my style. at all.

I got through the first song, reminded me of some elements of early NIN. Complete garbage!

I tried to get it, I even gave an earlier (though not memorable) pet shop boys album 3 stars. But after hearing another of their albums, I don’t get it. It’s very simple, very generic 80s techno pop that hasn’t aged well. I don’t really understand why this band is so successful, I guess I have to hear more to get it, which I really don’t want to at this point. Virtually nothing musically interesting on this album

Nee. Niet voor mij.

cazz è sta roba? non mi pento di non averli mai approfonditi prima. Se cantassero in giapponese grandi sigle anime anni '80.

urgh, i despise this. the sound, the style, the sentiment

Sucks

Awful

1, couldn't listen to it.

¿Eres tú, Ross Geller? Defintivamente la musiquita de sintetizadores y la voz que usan de plano no son lo mío. Entiendo que en su momento fueron innovadores con algo de lo que trajeron, pero ni siquiera fueron los primeros. Me siento como el de la portada.

Boring 80s electric pop

Fattigt album där allt utom en låt flyter ihop till en dålig brittisk popsmörja som inte gör ens humör några tjänster. "S H O P P I N G shopping" är inte heller textrader som berör eller underhåller. Hade det inte varit för "Its a sin" som jag gärna hyllar som en bra låt hade repet varit nära.

Sounds like boring 80s music :P

owned it back in the day