Pet Shop Boys Missteps

[Dog]

No matter from which side I look at Elysium, I cannot find anything redeeming about it bar the superb Invisible, lol.

Leaving? Arguably as good as anything they released in the imperial era.

A face like that and Breathing space are also five-star songs for me.

[S-sense]

What devalues the song for me, is that Invisible sounds heavily 'inspired' by Moments of Love by The Art of Noise

[NOBODY75]

I think all of Very's marketing, including costume videos, turned a lot of people off Pet Shop Boys.
For me, Before is their worst debut single by far. In fact, I like Hit and Miss much better, although I also think things wouldn't have changed much if they'd opted for a different song.
Leaving out "Hotspot, An Open Mind" and "Decide" and including "The Unnamable" is like calling out Mulder and Scully

[PSBForTheMasses]

No matter from which side I look at Elysium, I cannot find anything redeeming about it bar the superb Invisible, lol.

Leaving? Arguably as good as anything they released in the imperial era.

No, but it is probably just me because I am not that "romantic chap" who could enjoy its merits . I love the Boys when they are mean and sarcastic (After the Event, anyone?) Leaving, and in general, Elysium sounds too tame and too conservative for me. Musically, it is easily overshadowed by, say, Jack The Lad, A New Life, Hit and Miss , Last to Die or After the Event,and they are all b-sides.

But after all, my favourite track from Nightlife is Boy Strange next to Radiophonic so who am I to criticize :=)

[Aevion93]

I feel like I'm in an extreme minority in that I actually love Elysium. Of all their albums, it's probably Super that really doesn't do it for me, even though I do like some of the songs.

I think I've come to terms with An open mind and Decide being left off Hotspot, however I still wish Wedding in Berlin was a B-Side as well and the album ended at Burning the heather.

In regards to what I think may be missteps, I was never keen on Did you see me coming? as a single. I was personally hoping for All over the world (without knowing that was their preference at the time) followed by Pandemonium or The way it used to be.

I'm also a bit disappointed about Disco 5, and it seems I'm not the only one. I was really hoping for the unreleased Noel Gallagher remix and perhaps at least one new item. I reckon Sense of time would've worked perfectly on this album, and a small part of me was hoping they'd surprise me with an extended mix of that song. Alas.

I can't really judge their decisions pre-Fundamental as I wasn't aware of them until that era.

[MikeyC]

No matter from which side I look at Elysium, I cannot find anything redeeming about it bar the superb Invisible, lol.

A face like that
Breathing space
Leaving

Gorgeous tracks! x

[MikeyC]

For me, I think side two of Super is particularly strong. Undertow, Sad robot world, Say it to me and Burn is an amazing run of tracks.

Agreed!