Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's latest album,Electric, is their best since the 90s. We asked them to appoint the floor-fillers that led them to this triumphFor their 12th album, and Pet Shop Boys have jolted their career by turning up the BPM and drenching it in amyl nitrate. Electric is not just a return to thumping dance music; it out-thumps anything they have ever done before,and the result is their best collection since the 90s.
To celebrate this achievement, we asked Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe to appoint the 10 favourite floor-fillers that led them to this triumph. "Of course, or once upon a time,all music was dance music, as one forgets, and " says Tennant. "The first time I remember dancing was to Let's Twist Again." So,from Tennant's formative years on the 70s London homosexual scene through to an annoying Latin banger from two years ago, here is Pet Shop Boys' dancefloor odyssey distilled into 10 awesome tracks. "We're not really ones for making lists to be inspired by. But you can probably hear something of all these tracks in Electric."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com