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時代の音を作る、ポップの錬金術師のすべての技がここに… PET SHOP BOYSがParlophoneレーベルに残した作品を再探訪するリイシュー・プロジェクト《CATALOGUE: 1985-2012》ここに完結!
マルチ・ディスクCDと共に、彼らのカタログ作品が新リマスター音源を使用したアナログ盤でも登場! シリーズ第四弾にして完結編となる今回は、全英1位などを記録し人気絶頂期とも言える『BEHAVIOUR』(1990年)、『VERY』(1993年)、そして『BILINGUAL』(1996年)の3作品!

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.79) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Rolling Stone (11/25/93, p.112) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...[Is] there a more perfect marriage of pop sensibilities than the Pet Shop Boys covering a Village People hit?...there's more to these songs [on VERY] than sly wit and catchy choruses...the depth makes VERY worth hearing again and again..." Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.79) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Rolling Stone (11/25/93, p.112) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...[Is] there a more perfect marriage of pop sensibilities than the Pet Shop Boys covering a Village People hit?...there's more to these songs [on VERY] than sly wit and catchy choruses...the depth makes VERY worth hearing again and again..." Spin (11/93, p.130) - Highly Recommended - "...Nothing compares to the carnage of a cold fish [like the Pet Shop Boys] succumbing to emotional abandon; on VERY, the fridge door is swinging off its hinges..." Spin (4/94, p.91) - "...Though compelling in experimental mode, the Pet Shop Boys are hardly inventive; at a time when most dance music can't even form full sentences, speech is still the special ingredient that sets them apart...." Spin (11/93, p.130) - Highly Recommended - "...Nothing compares to the carnage of a cold fish [like the Pet Shop Boys] succumbing to emotional abandon; on VERY, the fridge door is swinging off its hinges..." Entertainment Weekly (10/8/93, p.52) - "...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt..." - Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (10/8/93, p.52) - "...very understated musically, with happy and sad love songs dryly set to the same propulsive beat. It's also very deeply felt..." - Rating: A- Q (6/00, p.61) - Ranked #91 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" Q (11/93, p.131) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment..." Q (6/00, p.61) - Ranked #91 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" Q (11/93, p.131) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...VERY is the album that confirmed a group so tightly focused on its strengths to the exclusion of any meaningful experiment..." Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77) - Ranked #37 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...VERY plumbed hitherto uncharted depths of pop savvy with clinical efficiency...." Melody Maker (9/25/93, p.33) - "...This is more like it...[VERY is] the purest, most intelligent and poppiest pop. [The Pet Shop Boys] write pop songs, play pop songs, are a godsend to those who love pop songs, from kids at school discos to middle-aged connoisseurs of a cracking tune..." Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77) - Ranked #37 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...VERY plumbed hitherto uncharted depths of pop savvy with clinical efficiency...." Melody Maker (9/25/93, p.33) - "...This is more like it...[VERY is] the purest, most intelligent and poppiest pop. [The Pet Shop Boys] write pop songs, play pop songs, are a godsend to those who love pop songs, from kids at school discos to middle-aged connoisseurs of a cracking tune..." Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Stereo Review (12/93, p.118) - "...they've shown that songs of lasting substance can be created by knob twiddlers no less than string pickers...VERY is another good piece of enriched popcraft Pet Shop Boys...." Stereo Review (12/93, p.118) - "...they've shown that songs of lasting substance can be created by knob twiddlers no less than string pickers...VERY is another good piece of enriched popcraft Pet Shop Boys...." NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.36) - (9) - Excellent - "...[VERY] is brilliant from start to finish....Musically, things are `up' a