Hotspot

AlbumJan 01 / 202010 songs, 42m 19s98%
Synthpop
Popular

The 14th album of adventurous dance pop from Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. The album is the third instalment in the series of PSB albums produced by Stuart Price, following “Electric” in 2013 and “Super” in 2016. Yesterday the duo also revealed the video for their latest single “Monkey business”, directed by Vaughan Arnell.

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6.1 / 10

On their 14th studio album, the best-selling duo in UK pop dampen the euphoria; the result is a tuneful, wan album that lands somewhere in the middle of their rich catalogue.

8 / 10

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe cement their status as Britain's all-time great pop band

Even pop kids grow up eventually — this is Pet Shop Boys’ 14th album, but they’re still finding new ways of keeping things fresh.

6.8 / 10

The new album from synth-pop pioneers Pet Shop Boys is a well-timed expression of hope, while Gengahr's third record is full of longing

7 / 10

Hotspot

Pet Shop Boys propelled themselves into 2020 with an updated, more modern sound, full of an eclectic mix of floor-fillers on their latest record Hotspot.

8 / 10

Entering a remarkable fifth decade in pop, ‘Hotspot’ is Pet Shop Boys’ 14th studio record and is the final part of a trilogy of records

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7 / 10

The many futures that could have been – Pet Shop Boys get pensive on Hotspot, their 14th studio album, recorded in Berlin with Stuart Price.

If the world is burning, the album asserts, you might as well enjoy the bonfire.

8 / 10

"The sense of so much missing when the world gets in the way," laments the ever-observant Neil Tennant, whose reporting skills clearly never left him...

Album Reviews: Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot

3.5 / 5

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I don’t wanna go out/ I don’t wanna go dancing,” Neil Tennant protests on I Don’t Wanna.

There’s an invigorating club energy while allowing room for stark and reflective moments

PSB find nostalgic reveries in the dancefloor's shadows. Album review by Nick Hasted

8 / 10