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Pet Shop Boys

* Fundamental * Rhino

After 20-plus years, being the Pet Shop Boys isn't hard (e.g., My Robot Friend's 'We're the Pet Shop Boys"), but doing so in compelling fashion is. And Nell Tennant and Chris Lowe rarely meet the challenge on their ninth album. Despite reuniting with bombastic producer Trevor Horn, small gestures provide the fleeting highlights: the meticulous "Psychological" or the bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries.  resignation of "I Made Excuses and Left." The U.K. single "I'm With Stupid I'm with Stupid may refer to:
  • A popular novelty T-shirt slogan, that says "I'm with stupid" with an arrow pointing in either direction in order to humorously insult a person who stands next to the wearer.
" is a grower, not a shower, and exponentially funnier once you decipher its Blair-loves-Bush subtext sub·text  
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1. The implicit meaning or theme of a literary text.

2. The underlying personality of a dramatic character as implied or indicated by a script or text and interpreted by an actor in performance.
. The limited-edition bonus disc, Fundamentalism, rates marginally higher. Both remixes of "The Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah

Legendary cities of ancient Palestine. According to the Old Testament book of Genesis, the notorious cities were destroyed by “brimstone and fire” because of their wickedness.
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a. Consisting of or resembling sinews.

b. Having many sinews; stringy and tough: a sinewy cut of beef.

2. Lean and muscular. See Synonyms at muscular.
 new wave, one glitch-pop) surpass the overblown LP incarnation, while Michael Mayer's techno take on 2004 single "Flamboyant" wisely preserves its hilarious lyric. (What rhymes with Issey Miyake?) But even with extras, fans will be hard-pressed to scrape together a worthwhile full-length disc. Fundamental? Try rudimentary.
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Title Annotation:The Pet Shop Boys
Author:Reighley, Kurt B.
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:Jul 4, 2006
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