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2020 studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Hotspot Released 24 January 2020 (2020-01-24 ) Studio
Genre Electropop [1] Length 42 03 Label x2 Producer Stuart Price
"Dreamland "
"Burning the Heather"
"Monkey Business"
"I Don't Wanna"
Hotspot synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys , released on 24 January 2020 by the band's own label x2 , through Kobalt Label Services .[2] Dreamland " featuring Years & Years , which was released on 25 October 2019, and "Burning the Heather", which was released alongside the album announcement on 13 December 2019.[3] [2]
Background and recording [ edit ]
The album was primarily recorded at Hansa Studios in Berlin where the duo have written "most of [their] music over the last ten years",[4] RAK Studios in London , where Bernard Butler contributed guitar to the track. The duo's website dubbed it the last of a trilogy of albums produced by Stuart Price , beginning with Electric Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe .[5]
Critical reception [ edit ]
Hotspot was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 out of 100, based on 18 reviews.[6]
In his Substack -published "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau highlighted "I Don't Wanna", "Wedding in Berlin", and "Will-o-the-Wisp", and wrote in summary of the album: "'Happy people/Living in a sad world,' they celebrate their good fortune by setting it to music both stirring and contained – music that never conceals its limitations".[8]
Track listing [ edit ]
Standard edition Title 1. "Will-o-the-Wisp" 4:28 2. "You Are the One" 3:35 3. "Happy People" 3:51 4. "Dreamland " (featuring Years & Years ) 3:26 5. "Hoping for a Miracle" 5:00 6. "I Don't Wanna" 4:02 7. "Monkey Business" 4:08 8. "Only the Dark" 3:38 9. "Burning the Heather" 5:27 10. "Wedding in Berlin" 4:42 Total length: 42:16
Japan bonus tracks[16] Title 11. "Dreamland" (TWD vocal remix) 5:06 12. "Monkey Business" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) 8:45 Total length: 56:13
Special edition disc 2 Title 1. "Will-o-the-Wisp" (instrumental) 4:28 2. "You Are the One" (instrumental) 3:35 3. "Happy People" (instrumental) 3:51 4. "Dreamland " (featuring Years & Years ) (instrumental) 3:26 5. "Hoping for a Miracle" (instrumental) 5:00 6. "I Don't Wanna" (instrumental) 4:02 7. "Monkey Business" (instrumental) 4:08 8. "Only the Dark" (instrumental) 3:38 9. "Burning the Heather" (instrumental) 5:27 10. "Wedding in Berlin" (instrumental) 4:42 Total length: 42:16
Personnel [ edit ]
Additional musicians
Years & Years – featured artist ("Dreamland")
Stuart Price – bass guitar, additional programming
Bernard Butler – guitar ("Burning the Heather")
Keely Hawkes – additional vocals ("Monkey Business")
Technical
Stuart Price – production, mixing
Pete Gleadall – additional engineering
Nanni Johansson – engineer (Hansa)
Max Wittig – assistant engineer (Hansa)
Frida Claeson Johansson – assistant engineer (Hansa)
Andrew Keller – assistant engineer (Record Plant)
Isabel Gracefield – engineer (RAK)
Dan Ewins – assistant engineer (RAK)
Tim Young – mastering
Farrow – design, art direction
Pet Shop Boys – design, art direction, photography
References [ edit ]
^ Monroe, Jazz (14 November 2019). "Pet Shop Boys Announce New Album Hotspot , Share New Song: Listen" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 15 November 2019 .
^ Reilly, Nick (14 November 2019). "Pet Shop Boys announce new album 'Hotspot' . NME . Retrieved 15 November 2019 .
^ "New album "Hotspot" . petshopboys.co.uk . 14 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019 .
^ a b "Hotspot by Pet Shop Boys Reviews" . Metacritic . Retrieved 24 January 2020 .
^ Monger, Timothy. "Hotspot – Pet Shop Boys" . AllMusic . Retrieved 27 January 2020 .
^ a b Christgau, Robert (11 March 2020). "Consumer Guide: March, 2020" . And It Don't Stop . Substack . Retrieved 16 July 2020 .
^ Young, Martin (24 January 2020). "Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot " . Clash . Retrieved 24 January 2020 .
^ McCormick, Neil (23 January 2020). "Pet Shop Boys, Hotspot , review: irresistible dancefloor belters" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 27 January 2020 .
^ O'Connor, Roisin (24 January 2020). "Album reviews: Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot , and Gengahr – Sanctuary " . The Independent . Retrieved 27 January 2020 .
^ Ryan, Gary (24 January 2020). "Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot review: astutely observed social commentary in the form of absolute mega bangers" . NME . Retrieved 27 January 2020 .
^ Ham, Robert (23 January 2020). "Pet Shop Boys Hit Career Highs and Lows on Hotspot " . Paste the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020 .
^ Soto, Alfred (30 January 2020). "Pet Shop Boys: Hotspot Album Review" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 31 January 2020 .
^ Choate, Canada (23 January 2020). "One More Time Without Feeling: The Pet Shop Boys' Hotspot " . The Quietus . Retrieved 11 February 2024 .
^ "「ホットスポット」- ペット・ショップ・ボーイズ" . Sony Music Japan. Retrieved 5 September 2020 .
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^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Canadian Albums)" . Billboard
^ "Czech Albums – Top 100" . ČNS IFPI . Note : On the chart page, select 05.Týden 2020 on the field besides the words『CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100 』to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Pet Shop Boys: Hotspot" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland . Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2020. 7. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ . Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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^ "ペット・ショップ・ボーイズ" . Oricon . Retrieved 29 January 2020 .
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart" . OLiS . Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard
^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)" . Billboard
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