- house, synth-pop, trance, electronic
- 54 min
- 12 tracks
- Parlophone
Bilingual is the sixth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released in the United Kingdom on 2 September 1996 by Parlophone and in the United States on 10 September 1996 by Atlantic Records.
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Character
Spare, character-led, cool and grave.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork5.9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Discoteca4:38
- 2Single3:48
- 3Metamorphosis4:04
- 4Electricity4:58
- 5Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)4:01
- 6It Always Comes as a Surprise6:07
- 7A Red Letter Day5:10
- 8Up Against It4:17
- 9The Survivors4:31
- 10Before4:32
- 11To Step Aside3:49
- 12Saturday Night Forever3:59
12 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pet Shop Boys
- Label
- Parlophone
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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