Bilingual
by Pet Shop Boys
- Type: Album
- Released: 2 September 1996
- Label: Parlophone
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 53:54
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Pet Shop Boys' sixth album, 'Bilingual', merges their signature synth-pop and house foundations with a pronounced Latin American influence, a direct result of their 1994 tour of the continent. The album's international scope is reflected in its multilingual lyrics and a diverse sonic palette incorporating Brazilian percussion, Spanish samples, and a Russian choir. Continuing the instrumentally dense style of its predecessor 'Very', 'Bilingual' was a commercial success that yielded three UK top-ten singles and also featured a distinct suite of New York-influenced dance tracks.
Genres
Descriptors: male vocalist, lgbtq, party, rhythmic, atmospheric, melodic, hedonism, conceptual
Tracklist
- Discoteca (4:38)
- Single (3:48)
- Metamorphosis (4:03)
- Electricity (4:58)
- Se a vida é (that’s the way life is) (4:01)
- It Always Comes as a Surprise (6:07)
- A Red Letter Day (5:11)
- Up Against It (4:16)
- The Survivors (4:30)
- Before (4:32)
- To Step Aside (3:48)
- Saturday Night Forever (3:56)
Credits
- Pet Shop Boys - primary artist, producer, sleeve, performer
- SheBoom - drums, percussion
- Bob Kraushaar - engineer, mixed by, recorded by [drums, percussion]
- Gabrielle Webb - management [assisted by]
- Jill Carrington - management [managed by]
- Pet Shop Boys Partnership - management [managed by]
- Chris Porter - mixed by, producer, recorded by
- Chris Heath - photography by
- José Cea - photography by
- Pete Gleadall - programmed by [fairlight]
- Andrew Green - recorded by [assistant - bunk junk & genius]
- Claire Tonkinson - recorded by [assistant - bunk junk & genius]
- Tom Elmhirst - recorded by [assistant - sarm west & sarm hook end]
- Farrow Design - sleeve
- Robin Jones - percussion [additional]
- Davide Giovannini - vocals [additional]
- Joseph De Jesus - vocals [additional]
- Lino Rocha - vocals [additional]
- Weston Foster - vocals [additional]
- Tennant / Lowe - written-by, music by
- Bud Beadle - brass
- Fayyaz Virji - brass
- Kevin Robinson - brass
- Simon Cotsworth - engineer, programmed by
- Richie Birkett - keyboards
- Sylvia Mason-James - performer
- Andrew Williams - producer [for k-klass productions]
- Paul Roberts - producer [for k-klass productions]
- Trevor Henry - scratches, keyboards [additional]
- Andy Hamilton - brass, saxophone
- Mike Innes - brass
- Noel Langley - brass
- Richard Sidwell - brass
- J.J. Belle - guitar
- Ademario - music by
- Nego Do Barbalho - music by
- Wellington Epiderme Negra - music by
- Neil Tennant - words by
- Hugh Burns - guitar
- Chris Cameron - keyboards [additional], keyboards [additional], arranged by [strings]
- Katie Kissoon - vocals [additional]
- Stan Getz - written-by [sample of astrud gilberto from ' corcovado ' ( quiet nights of quiet stars ) by]
- Alyosha Zolotukhin - arranged by [choir]
- The Choral Academy Of Moscow - choir
- Graeme Perkins - choir [co-ordinator]
- Victor Popov - choir [director]
- Tatyana Vinnitskaya - recorded by [choir]
- Barbara Tucker - vocals [additional]
- Carole Sylvan - vocals [additional]
- Karen Bernod - vocals [additional]
- Johnny Marr - guitar, vocals [additional]
- Andy Duncan - drums, percussion
- Greg Bone - guitar
- Danny Tenaglia - drum programming, producer
- Louie "Balo" Guzman - drum programming
- Rob Rives - engineer [assistant]
- Dana Vlcek - engineer [recording, mix]
- Peter Daou - keyboards
- Phil Pagano - programmed by
- Richard Lowe - engineer