Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Can you forgive her?
2. I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
3. Liberation
4. A different point of view
5. Dreaming of the Queen
6. Yesterday, when I was mad
7. The theatre
8. One and one make five
9. To speak is a sin
10. Young offender
11. One in a million
12. Go West

Disc 2:

1. Go West (1992 twelve-inch mix)
2. Forever in love
3. Confidential (Demo for Tina)
4. Hey, headmaster
5. Shameless
6. Too many people
7. I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing (Seven-inch version)
8. Violence (Ha�ienda version)
9. Falling (Demo for Kylie)
10. Decadence
11. If love were all
12. Absolutely fabulous (Single version)
13. Euroboy
14. Some speculation
15. Yesterday, when I was mad (Single version)
16. Girls and boys (Live in Rio)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93134 in Music
• Released on: 2001-06-04
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Enhanced, Limited Edition, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Pet Shop Boys' fifth "proper" studio album sees a return to more club-oriented production styles; Very is produced by Neil and Chris themselves (with a little help from Stephen Hague and Brothers In Rhythm) and it shows in the now slightly dated-sounding bleeps and bloops that pepper most every track here. Nevertheless, the songs are as good as always, from the disco stomp of "Can You Forgive Her" to the rollicking "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing", the affecting "The Theatre" and the brilliant but bonkers "Yesterday, When I Was Mad".

There are sad, slow songs here, too; the regretful "Young Offender", "To Speak Is A Sin", which details the sordid chat-up processes of certain nightclubs and the poignant "Dreaming Of The Queen", with its strangely prescient lyrics ("And Di replied/That there were no more lovers left alive)".

The album's closed by the PSB's anthemic ni-NRG reworking of the Village People's "Go West" and a secret hidden track featuring the vocal talents of one Chris Lowe; another perfect pop package is topped off by a 16-track CD of B-sides, remixes, demos and live tracks, including such gems as the Pets' version of Blur's "Girls And Boys". --Rikki Price

CD Description
BEHAVIOUR was the Pet Shop Boys' first truly mature album, but its follow-up, 1993's VERY, proved to be their masterpiece. On the surface, VERY is the duo's most carefree album, amodern dance-floor update of the kitchen-sink production and swelling melodies of a classic ABBA album. Just barely underneath, Neil Tennant's lyrics keep their layers of mordant wit, but drop the self-protective irony in favour of writingtruthfully about the lives of gay men in the early '90s, regrouping in the face of AIDS.
To that end, the album starts with "Can You Forgive Her?", a drop-dead-gorgeous song directed to a closeted young man whose "girlfriend" wants to call off her part in the charade, and it wraps up with a completely heartfelt and unironic version of the Village People's "Go West" that views the unfettered hedonism of the original with a palpable sense of regret. In between, "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" and "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" are among the duo's finest singles.

Customer Reviews

I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing.....
But it's worth it for this album.
This was the PSB's definitive album. At once futuristic dance, evocative melancholy and wonderful composition, this work has everything for the discerning PSB fan.
The moment that Neil bursts forth with the line "remember when we were so easily led, behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed" during the stomping opener "Can You Forgive Her?" you know that you are in for something truly special. There isn't really a weak track, but the real outstanding moments come with the dramatic and thought provoking "The Theatre" and the smash hit dance extravaganza "Go West".
If you love elctropop, high camp and impossible drama then this is one for the collection. On the other hand, if you have any Dire Straits albums in your collection then you should probably give it a miss.
Enjoy

The best just got very much better
Very is by far the greatest pop moment of the Pet Shop Boys career and now it is coupled with a second CD of fantastic rare and previously unavailable tracks making this CD highly collectable for the fanatic or casual listener alike. Highlights of the bonus disc include a previously unreleased 12" mix of the number 2 hit Go West and a demo of "Falling" which the duo wrote for Kylie Minogue. Go on treat yourself its worth every penny for CD1 but CD2 should throw you right over the edge.

The best just got better!
This is one of the best PSB albums but it wasn't until I got all 6 of their rereleased albums that I realised how excellent they all are! This new packaging and new CD with plenty of unreleased or unreleased on CD tracks takes the biscuit. For all those people out there who reckon the PSB have been off the scene for many a year, you'd do well to revisit all their old material, and bring yourself bang up to date. They are one of the most successful bands in the UK even now. They may not make a song and dance about it, but then, they never did!