Nightlife

Nightlife is a loose concept album -- more of a song cycle, really -- about nightlife (naturally), a collection of moods and themes, from love to loneliness. In that sense, it's not that different from most Pet Shop Boys albums, and, musically, the album is very much of a piece with Very and Bilingual, which is to say that it relies more on craft than on innovation.  Such skills serve them well when they're essentially following familiar musical territory, which they are on Nightlife. At its core, the record is very much like Very -- a clever, skillful updating of classic disco, highlighted by small contemporary dance flourishes, and infused with a true sense of wit, sophistication, and intelligence.

For Your Own Good    5:13
Closer To Heaven    4:06
I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More    5:09
Happiness Is An Option    3:48
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk    3:11
Vampires    4:43
Radiophonic    3:31
The Only One    4:21
Boy Strange    5:09
In Denial    3:20
New York City Boy    5:15
Footsteps    4:16