Because they work in a field that isn't usually taken seriously,
the Pet Shop Boys
are often ignored in the rock world. But make no mistake -- they are one of the most talented pop outfits working today, witty and melodic with a fine sense of flair.
Very
is one of their very best records, expertly weaving between the tongue-in-cheek humor of
"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing,"
the quietly shocking
"Can You Forgive Her?,"
and the bizarrely moving cover of
the Village People
's
"Go West."
Alternately happy and melancholy,
is
at their finest. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine