Very
by Pet Shop Boys

Very by Pet Shop Boys
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 3,385th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 153 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (58th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (563rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,385th)

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Pet Shop Boys bestography

Very is ranked 5th 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 1365 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,244.

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Very track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,385th | 1990s rank: 563rd | 1993 rank: 58th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 153 votes)
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80/100
 
02/09/2026 05:39 saltysurprise  Ratings distribution  2,94283/100
 
70/100
 
02/01/2026 14:50 Timooosterink  Ratings distribution  81572/100
 
70/100
 
01/28/2026 14:23 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
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12/07/2025 06:53 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
70/100
 
08/25/2025 05:53 ScottJones  Ratings distribution  9284/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.

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70/100
From 08/25/2025 05:54 | #310664
Not as musically intricate or interesting as their previous album Behaviour, but I still like it. Here they are going for a grander sound with strings, choir, female backing vocals. They add enough guitar, percussion and brass to give the music some substance, and there are some nice tunes, e.g. "One In a Million". It's an enjoyable album in a radio friendly and dancey sort of way. Bringing in a producer might have helped make their sound a bit more cohesive and more compelling instrumentally.
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80/100
From 02/29/2024 16:36 | #302306
This isn't the Boys' best known album but it has some gems, not least a great version of "Go West".
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100/100
From 03/31/2023 17:29 | #295647
This album makes me want to "Feel like taking all my clothes off and dancing to the rite of Spring!" Such a great album. The physical version which I possess is a re-release in 2001 that augments the original album with a second disc titled "Further Listening 1992-1994" which features re-mixes of certain main album tracks, demos they worked on for other artists like Tina Turner and Kylie Minogue and a live version of "Girls And Boys" originally performed by Blur. These additional tracks really accentuate the original release and demonstrate the universality of the synth pop genre which Pet Shop Boys regale in. Highly recommend searching this one out!
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85/100
From 03/09/2022 12:22 | #282556
Stylish, fun and danceable.
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From 07/20/2019 17:43 | #240007
Favorite Tracks:Liberation
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Rating:  
75/100
From 01/05/2018 16:58 | #204643
A good album but certainly not up there with, Please, or, Actually. Go west, is a fun way end to the album but the record lacks that killer track that previous albums had. Good, but not great.
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70/100
From 04/05/2014 20:53 | #108594
I always felt that Go West was a lazy end to a decent album.
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From 05/21/2013 01:25 | #76765
Weirdest physical copy award goes to...
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80/100
From 02/16/2013 08:54 | #65224
Damn catchy pop music, but nothing really remarkable... Except "Go West" that is.
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From 09/20/2012 10:33 | #50809
Go West :)
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