My 4 least favorite PSB albums
This is not to say that I actually dislike these albums. But something has to be among my least favorites, right?
1. Disco 2
There are some fans for whom this isn't their least favorite PSB album. Just not very many of them. When remixes bear only a passing resemblance to the songs that they're supposed to be remixes of, something's terribly wrong.
2. Disco 5
Taken strictly on its own merits, I quite like this album. But, with tracks by other artists, most simply remixed or "re-produced" by Chris and Neil (with their occasional support vocals added), is it really a "Pet Shop Boys album"? The very fact that you can ask such a question without sounding like an idiot explains its appearance in this list.
3. Disco 4
Ditto what I just said about Disco 5. I rank it lower simply because I like it a little more.
4. Essential
The title is a misnomer. This limited-edition release from 1998 isn't a bad album by any means—taken in a vacuum, it's actually quite good—but it's hardly "essential." In fact, it's pretty much only for completists like me. I think I've listened to it twice all the way through since I bought it.
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