Super
by Pet Shop Boys
  • Record Label: X2
  • Release Date: Apr 1, 2016
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 51
  3. Negative: 5 out of 51
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this album

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. LeeBear67
    Apr 1, 2016
    9
    Petheads hoping for many heart wrenching ballads about love and loss are playing the wrong album, this is mostly all UP and BOUNCING! Only "Sad Robot World" and "The Dictater Decides" are slower tracks the rest are aimed at the dance floor. This is not a particularly lyrically dense album at all compared to many of their releases but it is completely infectious dance music. I listened toPetheads hoping for many heart wrenching ballads about love and loss are playing the wrong album, this is mostly all UP and BOUNCING! Only "Sad Robot World" and "The Dictater Decides" are slower tracks the rest are aimed at the dance floor. This is not a particularly lyrically dense album at all compared to many of their releases but it is completely infectious dance music. I listened to it as background music the first couple of times to get used to the tunes then played it listening more carefully to the vocals once the tunes were under my skin, perhaps a good way to get used to such a dance music based album. Favorite track right now is "Happiness".… Expand
  2. HKBryce
    Apr 7, 2016
    9
    Great second part to the PSB | Stuart Price trilogy of albums. Nice progression from Electric. Far from being impressed that their careers have lasted this long, these last two albums reconfirm much of what fans have always enjoyed about their output, and they sound cracking musically and lyrically.
  3. MarcusVinick
    Apr 8, 2016
    8
    As already the name says: it is SUPER. Not the album expected for the thirty years of one of the largest (if not the most) pop duo of all time, but it is an exquisite work.

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Magnet
    Apr 21, 2016
    70
    Musically, long-time fans will appreciate that very little variation has been mad on their theme. [No. 130, p.61]
  2. The Telegraph (UK)
    Apr 8, 2016
    60
    At times, though, the bleepy, burbling “fun” gets too wacky and cheesy for even PSB’s long-standing irony to uphold.
    Read full review
  3. Mixmag
    Apr 8, 2016
    90
    With everything lathered in exquisite, 90s-sounding euphoria, the duo prove to be irresistible, once again.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »