SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

For general discussion of Pet Shop Boys topics.

In my favourate PSB studio albums of all time, SUPER is....

Number 1
0
No votes
Number 2
3
4%
Number 3
5
6%
Number 4
2
2%
Number 5
5
6%
Number 6
15
19%
Number 7
6
7%
Number 8
3
4%
Number 9
9
11%
Number 10, 11, 12, 13
33
41%
 
Total votes: 81

Message
Author
User avatar
East End Bhoy
Posts: 165
Joined: Fri 05 Sep 2014, 11:35 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#16 Post by East End Bhoy »

For me its :

1. Introspective
2. Actually
3. Fundamental
4. Electric
5. Behaviour
6. Super
1991-Glasgow, 1999-Glasgow, 2002-Edinburgh, 2006-Newcastle, 2007-Manchester, 2009-Manchester, 2009-Glasgow, 2014-Glasgow, 2016-London, 2017-Glasgow, 2022-Glasgow, 2023-Aberdeen

User avatar
Hamlet
Posts: 33
Joined: Sat 13 Feb 2016, 6:11 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#17 Post by Hamlet »

Stuart Price did a good Madonna Album but Electric and Super are bad as hell. Never will buy a third PSB/Price Collab.

User avatar
Pod
Posts: 2574
Joined: Wed 27 May 2015, 11:07 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#18 Post by Pod »

:shock:
Just for the sake of it, make sure you're always frowning. :|
It shows the world that you've got substance and depth.

User avatar
MikeyC
Posts: 1566
Joined: Sat 07 Oct 2006, 5:28 am
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#19 Post by MikeyC »

Hamlet wrote: Tue 15 May 2018, 10:38 pm Stuart Price did a good Madonna Album but Electric and Super are bad as hell. Never will buy a third PSB/Price Collab.

Oooh that's a little harsh!

He also did great work with Kylie and The Killers! 8)

User avatar
glennjridge
Posts: 8102
Joined: Sat 01 Nov 2003, 9:28 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#20 Post by glennjridge »

the only saving grace on that trite plastic sounding record is I happen to think that "Sad Robot world" and "the Dictator decides" are the PSB at their absolute best. I always hope Neil on each album delivers the goods and comes up with some lyrics I can really get into, and with those 2 tunes he totally did, especially Sad robot world.

as I always say, you never know where neil will go with a new set of album lyrics topic wise, and those lyrics for that tune are a perfect example. in fact the music is as engaging as the lyrics also.
the sort of retro 80's feel. and Dictator decides, especially that glorious intro, it makes me forgive the rest of the album is a hard left one note sounding affair. all I ask is, instead of going hard left total electronic...or hard right too orchestral, just do a standard PSB album. the proper even mix of electronic and orchestral.

Bulldog

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#21 Post by Bulldog »

1- Introspective
2- Electric
3- Behaviour
4- Fundamental
5- Elysium
6- Release
7- Yes
8- Actually
9- Please
10- Very
11- Bilingual
12- Super
13- Nightlife

Bulldog

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#22 Post by Bulldog »

Well, so far it doesn't seem terribly popular, does it?

Nickname
Posts: 7300
Joined: Thu 30 Oct 2003, 2:52 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#23 Post by Nickname »

One of the crowd wrote: Tue 15 May 2018, 9:23 pm
nickname wrote: Tue 15 May 2018, 7:14 pm
One of the crowd wrote: Tue 15 May 2018, 12:19 pm

Wheres "Please"?
Maybe, it's # 7.
Dropped 3 places then
It depends.

For me, their two best albums are Introspective and Actually. I'm not able to say which one is better. Sometime I put Actually like the first one and sometimes I put Introspective but I'm not sure about it. I'm sure the #3 is Very. Fundamental could be the #4 but Yes wins because Fundamental is too slow but the production in amazing and it has good songs.

I don't know why but Super sounds so fresh to me, so happy, so uplifting. It's like PSB were young again and I love that feeling. As a whole, I think is a good album.

I love Please but I have to put things on perspective and I try to avoid the nostalgia, trying to be fair with the quality of the album.
Last edited by Nickname on Wed 16 May 2018, 10:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
York Minster
Posts: 5412
Joined: Thu 21 May 2009, 2:47 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#24 Post by York Minster »

This poll is pretty damning against Super. It's at the bottom of the pile for me. As glenn says, "trite, plastic" doesn't hold up against other flawed albums like Nightlife where there were all kinds of emotions to feel. The last couple times I put this album on I took it right back out. It's not a bad album, and nothing as inglorious as Winner, but it's not PSB at their best.
And tryin' to figure out what happened to 'Germaine Propaine'
"He couldn't have fell off that hard" Ain't no way
"What happened to the way you was rappin' when you was scandalous
That Canibus turned into a television evangelist"
Plus he raps with his regular voice [BOOSH! BOOSH!]
[BOOSH! BOOSH!] (What was that?) Pet Shop Boys

One of the crowd
Posts: 4710
Joined: Tue 28 Oct 2003, 3:42 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#25 Post by One of the crowd »

nickname wrote: Wed 16 May 2018, 9:58 pm
One of the crowd wrote: Tue 15 May 2018, 9:23 pm
nickname wrote: Tue 15 May 2018, 7:14 pm

Maybe, it's # 7.
Dropped 3 places then
It depends.

For me, their two best albums are Introspective and Actually. I'm not able to say which one is better. Sometime I put Actually like the first one and sometimes I put Introspective but I'm not sure about it. I'm sure the #3 is Very. Fundamental could be the #4 but Yes wins because Fundamental is too slow but the production in amazing and it has good songs.

I don't know why but Super sounds so fresh to me, so happy, so uplifting. It's like PSB were young again and I love that feeling. As a whole, I think is a good album.

I love Please but I have to put things on perspective and I try to avoid the nostalgia, trying to be fair with the quality of the album.
Unless they come up with another masterpiece, I’ll always have Behaviour at 1 and Introspective at 2.

Never really been a fan of Actually as an album but selective songs are up there with their best.

Likewise, I agree with you in regards to the freshness of Super and along with Electric. They are “play loud” records.

My 13 are...

Behaviour
Introspective
Please
Fundamental
Electric
Very
Yes
Super
Actually
Release
Elysium
Nightlife
Bilingual
Did Zoe Ball let something slip today? (31:01:24)

Scottydog
Posts: 135
Joined: Tue 03 Apr 2018, 11:22 am
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#26 Post by Scottydog »

I’ve placed it at six but that’s not to say it would stay there next week. It depends on the type of music I am listening too at the time. Super will never be at the top but nor will it ever be bottom. All I can say is Electric, Behaviour, Elysium, Bilingual and my own version of Nightlife will always be ahead of Super whatever my music mood.
If I thought what you’d think I wouldn’t even be here.

spacewalker
Posts: 264
Joined: Sun 08 Nov 2009, 10:11 am
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#27 Post by spacewalker »

1. Behaviour
2. Please
3. Introspective
4. Fundamental
5. Very
6. Bilingual
7. Actually

After that it's getting a bit harder to choose. "Super" would be around #10, I guess. Might not be the great album overall but certainly has its moments. "Into thin air" is still awesome and I just love "The dictator decides"/"Pazzo!" sequence.

RMC
Posts: 332
Joined: Tue 23 Nov 2010, 9:52 am
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#28 Post by RMC »

Last time I played behaviour was about 20 years ago, really don’t like it..but give me electric and Super and I’m interested again.

I have never been as delighted and surprised as the last few years as a lifetime fan.

User avatar
onzio
Posts: 310
Joined: Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:54 pm
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#29 Post by onzio »

MikeyC wrote: Wed 16 May 2018, 12:36 am He also did great work with Kylie and The Killers! 8)
And Take That too.
The Onzio on Spotify
The Onzio on YouTube
Expressing passion, explaining pain
This is my kind of music

User avatar
StevePSB
Site Admin
Posts: 4900
Joined: Wed 08 Jan 2003, 2:01 am
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Re: SUPER (2 years later, we'll see its popularity)

#30 Post by StevePSB »

Electric was great. Super was poor. Definitely in the lower reaches of my own personal PSB album chart.


StevePSB

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Neilatrone, Semrush [Bot], Wish and 73 guests