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A Guardian profile of the group from 1993 noted that Lowe's image of "silent Chris walking two steps behind singing Neil" was an intentional choice, developed in discussion with photographer and music video director Eric Watson; Watson has said that "Chris didn't want to be seen playing keyboards or anything. We realised there was something ...
Tennant and Lowe both became well known for standing still throughout performances. In a 2016 interview, Chris Lowe said the duo's live performances were a response to the music scene in the 1980s: "Everyone was so active. It was a big party where everyone was having a great time and smiling at the camera. Thumbs aloft! We just didn't want to ...
The band's only condition for undertaking the project was that each member would be allotted his own disc — a first for the series. Each disc, consequently, reflects the most opposite extremes of members Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant's musical preferences. Tennant has suggested that the two discs, in combination, comprise the "Pet Shop Boys sound".
Smash: The Singles 1985–2020 received a score of 95 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [6] Uncut felt that the album "demonstrates that PSB are without peer as exponents of the pop single", while Mojo stated that it "re-contextualises them as an act who wrecked glorious havoc on their unchanging musical parameters for ...
Battleship Potemkin is a 2005 album of electronic and orchestral music written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys, to accompany the 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein. It is performed by Tennant, Lowe and the Dresdner Sinfoniker, conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer, with orchestrations by Torsten Rasch. [3]
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their debut studio album, Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
"Love Comes Quickly" was released on 24 February 1986 as the follow-up to the number one hit "West End Girls".The single only reached number 19 on the UK chart and fell out of the top 100 six weeks later, [3] prompting concerns that they might be a one-hit wonder. [8]
Work It is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from January 3 to January 10, 2012. [1] [2] Set in St. Louis, the series is about two men who must dress as women in order to keep a job in a bad economy. The series had received overwhelmingly negative reviews. [3] The series premiere was watched by an American audience of 6.16 million ...