Very

I found this kinda fun. Several songs I’d probably listen to again, but probably not as a whole. 4/5

Cool but I prefer their album “Actually.” Go West rocks though!

Shit slaps

This one was a mixed bag for me. Started off really strong then my interest started to fade with The Theatre onwards. Fortunately it ended great with probably my two favourite tracks on the album.

Overall there’s tracks I will definitely go back to but it’s pretty much a certainty that I won’t ever listen to the album as a whole after today.

Top Track - Go West

I genuinely don't get why this is on the list. As far as I know, the Pet Shop Boys had fallen out of relevance by the time this came out. It doesn't have any of their hits on it, either. Despite coming out in 1993, it's a very 80s sounding synthpop album. Lyrics are mostly standard love lyrics, albeit with a queer bent to them. The vocals are OK, but difficult to make out over the loud synth sounds that were dated even when the album was new. It's also too long for what it is, as it all kind of sounds the same. By 1993, the music world was past this kind of album. It bored me to tears and showed nothing of musical merit to keep me invested. I think it might legitimately be a 1, as much as I hate to say it.

3 Pet Shop Boys albums is a bit much, bit I get why this was included. This blends the Pet Shop Boys with all the contemporary 90's House and Pop sounds. This album sounds really goofy to me, in a fun way. The lyrics feel kind of nonsense and the album has this air of just wanting to make dumb fun goofy songs with synth's and samples. There is not that much substance to it though, Go West is the big song here but that's still a somewhat wacky cover of an already goofy goober song.

Tactile for the 90s.

Better than coldplay

Very is definitely one of the more bizarre albums on this list. It does the 80s synth-pop thing that was very popular around that era but this time it's in 1993 so it does feel a bit dated even for the time. That's not to say that it's bad though, in fact it is very good. There are quite a bit of bangers on this album, especially a lot of the B-sides are some really great songs. I still think that this album would have done much better if it came out in the 80s though since it has the sound that would have thrived there, some of that electronic sound still works in the 90s but still feels rather dated. I still enjoyed this album quite a lot for it's many quirks.
Best Song: Dreaming of the Queen
Worst Song: To Speak Is a Sin
Side note: What was i on when i was watching these music videos? They were absolutely trippy.

go WEEEESSSTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!

Dude that took me OUT

The Pet Shop Boys' album “Very” is probably the pinnacle of late 20th century musical bankruptcy: 90s dance pop. Unlike other almost forgotten “greats” of this scene, such as Snap or Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys and this album were never really bad. It's just that, in my opinion, this whole style is totally boring. At least “Go West” had a permanent place in the repertoire of European stadium chants for many years.

On the surface level this is a nice poppy synthwave album. The lyrics are a little more serious than the music sounds for much of the album though. I still don't really like this kind of thing. I mean it's fine, there's nothing to really hate or love about it. It's super commercial sounding though. Kind of like they tried to make it as friendly and accessible as possible. And damn, the 90s 'secret song' fad strikes again. I'm happy humanity chose to move on from that nonsense. 2.5/5

How are there three Pet Shop Boys albums on this list? I have liked each album I’ve heard less than the last and this is no exception. I can’t stand this.

This was a very nice, fun listen. I really like Neil Tennant's voice, and a lot of the songs are just a good time. I ended up leaving random Pet Shop Boys songs on for a good hour or so afterwards as it was such an easy listen.

I'm going to surprise myself and rate this 80s pop album high - I thoroughly enjoyed it, it didn't sound like a casio keyboard demo and I liked it lots! :)

this is somebody’s shit. like when they hear it, they scream like ET and scamper to the dance floor. not my shit, but someone’s. probably a lot of folks. respect. go west was my fave. it’s funny sometimes. the song about the queen.

Just play this entire album over that video of those two black guys dancing on roller skates. This album has not aged well. Yet, of the three albums by this group I have been subjected to it is somehow my favorite. Being more positive and poppy still couldn’t save this from being boring. Favorite song was Yesterday When I Was Mad.

Quite boring pop form the 90s

I enjoyed this a lot. Well constructed, powerfully personal and emotive pop songs.

Soulless, tedious. Somehow has so little energy for what supposedly is dance music. Just not good.