Elysium (studio album)
by Pet Shop Boys

Elysium by Pet Shop Boys
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-09-05
Overall rank: 32,967th   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 29 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (822nd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (7,953rd)
Award Best albums of all time (32,967th)

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Pet Shop Boys bestography

Elysium is ranked 18th best out of 31 albums by Pet Shop Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pet Shop Boys is Actually which is ranked number 1354 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,259.

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Elysium track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Elysium rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 32,967th | 2010s rank: 7,953rd | 2012 rank: 822nd

Elysium collection

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Elysium ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 29 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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From 10/24/2018 15:05 | #223250
Possibly their weakest outing, nonetheless it's still a good record (which says an awful lot about the quality of releases from the Pet Shop Boys) if a little preachy.
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From 07/23/2018 18:54 | #218696
Their weakest, but still worth a listen. Unfortunately there's nothing about this, not the bitter lyrics nor the uninvolving production, that manages to fully immerse the listener. Thank god they return to form the year after with the excellent "Electric".
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