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  • Summary: The 15th full-length studio release from British synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys was produced by James Ford.
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  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Apr 25, 2024
    80
    Taken as a whole, this is an utterly brilliant, dependably polished listen, and one that is unquestionably up there with the best moments in this duo’s storied career.
  2. Apr 25, 2024
    80
    One of the best Pet Shop Boys albums in years.
  3. Record Collector
    Jun 10, 2024
    80
    On their 15th attempt, producer James Ford rides the faders and filters to shape Chris Lowe's synths into the perfect balance of modernity and timelessness. [May 2024, p.103]
  4. 80
    Nonetheless feels airy and welcoming, qualities that have sometimes eluded its more recent predecessors, it resonates emotionally in ways that befit elder statesmen who can look to the future while comfortably acknowledging the past.
  5. Apr 26, 2024
    80
    Like every previous Pet Shop Boys album, Nonetheless is clever, fun, and at times very touching.
  6. May 3, 2024
    80
    There's no fat, no excess, so the craft that services the emotion is difficult to deny.
  7. Apr 25, 2024
    70
    Their fifteenth album Nonetheless doesn’t measure up to the friskier mid-’10 releases Electric and Super – the melodies are often wan and Neil Tennant’s delivery is uncharacteristically stilted – but the Boys are old friends. They amuse and move us. Their foibles are familiar.

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