Very
by Pet Shop Boys
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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 1360 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,251.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 3 days ago | Jakor | 5,006 | 68/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 06:53 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2025 05:53 | ScottJones | 92 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 17:42 | daCritic | 4,399 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2025 05:45 | Proto | 3,965 | 33/100 |
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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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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.
This isn't the Boys' best known album but it has some gems, not least a great version of "Go West".
TheDude85 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!
Jboy56 03/09/2022 12:22 | #282556
Stylish, fun and danceable.
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.
junodog4 04/05/2014 20:53 | #108594
I always felt that Go West was a lazy end to a decent album.
Damn catchy pop music, but nothing really remarkable... Except "Go West" that is.
paladisiac 01/04/2012 19:17 | #34439
Not that they had a ton of albums, but this one is the most underrated. They're at the top of their synth-pop game, with danceable beats and snarks on love all-around. Pretty dark in mood and lyrics but all songs are still up-tempo
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