PET SHOP BOYS Vinyl & CDs

Review: The Pet Shop Boys latest album Nonetheless will hit stands in late April, four years after their last release. Their 15th album in total, the band has been releasing music for 40 years now with no sign of let up. You can expect to get more excellent dance anthems, sublime pop music and terrific introspective pieces with this latest effort. The first single 'Loneliness' is making the rounds currently on the internet to great response - no doubt the rest is of a simialrly superlative quality.

Review: Apparently inspired by a request for a reissue of their first 'greatest hits' comp Discography on vinyl, Smash is a career-spanning retrospective that rounds up all of the Pet Shop Boys singles to date - and there have been rather a lot over the years - in freshly remastered form. Naturally, it's a beautifully presented box set, featuring six slabs of wax (each in bespoke inner sleeves) and a booklet containing track-by-track liner notes by the iconic duo and journalist pal Chris Heath. It contains some of the greatest pop music made over the last four decades, with familiar hits being joined by fan favourites and occasionally overlooked later cuts. Basically, if you love the Pet Shop Boys you need this in your life.