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8.0
45823
8.0 |
BBC
This 11th studio album could be the pop pair’s warmest and wisest yet
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8.0
45902
8.0 |
Mojo
It's a return to their best. Print edition only
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8.0
45967
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
If Elysium has a weakness, it is the absolute absence of thumping disco-pop monsters
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7.0
45924
7.0 |
Uncut
The lush sound is mostly jacuzzi-warm and laidback sunny. Print edition only
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7.0
46997
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Tennant covers a range of issues and targets, from a wistful view of the aging process on “Invisible” to a sardonic swipe at the me-generation of modern pop stars on “Ego Music”
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6.5
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6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
On this 11th album the duo sounds defeated, resigned, a little exhausted
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6.0
45989
6.0 |
NME
A massive foamy middle-finger to retromania
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6.0
45961
6.0 |
The Observer
Just another solid Pet Shop Boys album
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6.0
45916
6.0 |
Q
Elysium is sonically vibrant, but suffers from patchy quaility control on the songs. Print edition only
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6.0
46915
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
The music that they once pioneered they now parody
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6.0
46237
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Fortunately, they prove they can still flex their satirical pop muscles on a couple of arch numbers, particularly the eminently quotable Ego Music
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6.0
46377
6.0 |
Prefix
The duo’s patented Euro-disco sound remains in tact, but softened with a chiller after-glow
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6.0
45822
6.0 |
musicOMH
The lasting impression remains one of an unruly middle child, difficult to love, but unmistakably bearing choice hallmarks of its older siblings
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5.4
46600
5.4 |
Pitchfork
They've settled into being elder statesmen of pop at a time when pop has little use for elder statesmen, and they're off-puttingly bitter about it
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5.0
46405
5.0 |
PopMatters
Tennant can still talk the talk, but the pre-Pet Shop Boys, 1980s version of him would probably listen to an album like Elysium and…yawn
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5.0
46143
5.0 |
Under The Radar
The problems largely lie with singer Neil Tennant, whose vocal lines often struggle to fit the songs
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4.0
46149
4.0 |
The Independent
Bookended by two of the best songs the Pet Shop Boys have written in years, but flags badly in between
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