- pop, trance, electronic, synth-pop
- 55 min
- 12 tracks
- Parlophone
Release is the eighth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 1 April 2002 by Parlophone/EMI. It was recorded between 2000 and 2001, primarily written and produced by the duo, with the exception of the song "London", which was co-written and produced by Chris Zippel.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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Metacritic 77/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Robert ChristgauB+
- Drowned in Sound6/10
- Hour3.5/5
- NME4/10
- Now2/5 ★
- Playlouder4/5
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Home and Dry4:21
- 2I Get Along5:49
- 3Birthday Boy6:26
- 4London3:46
- 5E-Mail3:55
- 6The Samurai in Autumn4:17
- 7Love Is a Catastrophe4:50
- 8Here3:15
- 9The Night I Fell in Love5:04
- 10You Choose3:13
- 1Closer to Heaven (slow version)6:31
- 2Break 4 Love (UK radio edit)3:28
12 tracks, 55 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pet Shop Boys
- Label
- Parlophone
- Released
- 2002
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FR
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