Fundamental
by Pet Shop Boys
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 May 2006
- Label: Parlophone
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 48:28
- Community rating: 3.1/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Tennant
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Teaming up with producer Trevor Horn, 'Fundamental' is a politically charged return to the dramatic, orchestral synthpop of the Pet Shop Boys' early career. The album contrasts slick, grandiose electronic arrangements with sharp lyrical critiques of early-2000s global politics and surveillance culture. It is a mature, cohesive work that seamlessly balances club energy with intellectual depth.
Genres
Descriptors: political, orchestral, slick
Tracklist
- Psychological (04:10)
- The Sodom and Gomorrah Show (05:19)
- I Made My Excuses and Left (04:53)
- Minimal (04:20)
- Numb (04:43)
- God Willing (01:17)
- Luna Park (05:31)
- I'm with Stupid (03:24)
- Casanova in Hell (03:14)
- Twentieth Century (04:39)
- Indefinite Leave to Remain (03:08)
- Integral (03:50)
Credits
- Neil Tennant - Member
- Chris Lowe - Member
- Isobel Griffiths Ltd. - contractor [orchestra contractor]
- A1 Designs - design [cold cathode lighting]
- Farrow Design - design, art direction
- Pet Shop Boys - design, art direction, performer [performed by]
- Chris Waugh - engineer [additional]
- Delaina Sepko - engineer [additional]
- Jay Buju Blatch - engineer [additional]
- Robert Orton - engineer [recording]
- Tim Weidner - engineer [recording]
- Dorrell Management - management
- Tim Young - mastered by
- Tony Cousins - mastered by
- John Ross - photography by
- Trevor Horn - producer
- Pete Gleadall - programmed by [original programming], recorded by [lead vocals]
- Rob Smith - recorded by [additional recording]
- Taz Mattar - recorded by [additional recording]
- Tennant / Lowe - written-by