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Pet Shop Boys announce Johnny Marr-featuring album

'Yes' will be released in March

The Pet Shop Boys have announced details of their forthcoming album, 'Yes', set for release on March 23.

Johnny Marr - currently a member of The Cribs - plays guitar on several songs on the album. He has collaborated with Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant before, as part of Electronic.

String arranger Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy, who has previously worked with The Last Shadow Puppets and Arcade Fire, also appears.

The release will be preceded by a single, 'Love Etc', released on March 16.

The album features three co-written tracks - 'Love Etc', 'More Than A Dream' and 'The Way It Used To Be' - with pop production team Xenomania, who have worked with acts including Girls Aloud.

The tracklisting of 'Yes' will be:

'Love Etc.'
'All Over The World'
'Beautiful People'
'Did You See Me Coming?'
'Vulnerable'
'More Than A Dream'
'Building A Wall'
'King Of Rome'
'Pandemonium'
'The Way It Used To Be'
'Legacy'


The Pet Shop Boys are set to receive the Outstanding Contribution To Music award at the BRIT Awards on February 18.

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jaygill 

Jan 12, 2009

modest mouse, the cribs, the pet shop boys he's sure putting himself about the jangley guitar playing musical slut

jorges 

Jan 12, 2009

I want to announce that Johnny Marr is playing on my record as well. He agreed to do it for round-trip airfare and a steady diet of my mom's Cuban cooking. When we break on the weekends from making the album, he likes to go down to our local discotheque (Coconuts) and play Salsa with the house band for a little extra cash. The other day he wanted to swing by the Stefan Studios and I insisted it was against his best interests. But he couldn't be dissuaded, and I thought, "what's the harm really?" So I sat through a horrific version of "Conga" with Johnny, Gloria and some members of the Miami Sound Machine. That Johnny, he just likes to play with everybody I tell ya...Anyway I'll send NME a reference CD of our project so everyone can get a taste. Hopefully it will be done soon, 'cuz my mum's complaining that he's drinking all the Jupiña...

ed2005 

Jan 12, 2009

Excellent, especially if it's as good as when the Pet Shop Boys teamed up with Marr when he was in Electronic. And a new PSBs album is always something to investigate.

onetakerog 

Jan 13, 2009

Marr has worked with them on other recent albums also, he plays guitar on Home And Dry from "Release".

ed2005 

Jan 13, 2009

Thinking of Johnny Marr collaorating with the Pet Shop Boys, just how good would it be if Morrissey collaborated with them? Think on it, people!

Psycho_Mafia 

Jan 13, 2009

Disappointed, once more / Disillusioned, encore

steuph1976 

Feb 20, 2009

He actually did quite a lot of work with the Pet Shop Boys : he played on the whole Release album, and also did a few tracks on Behaviour, Bilingual and a couple of B sides (especially on a fantastic track called Decadence)

steuph1976 

Feb 20, 2009

He actually did quite a lot of work with the Pet Shop Boys : he played on the whole Release album, and also did a few tracks on Behaviour, Bilingual and a couple of B sides (especially on a fantastic track called Decadence)

steuph1976 

Feb 20, 2009

He actually did quite a lot of work with the Pet Shop Boys : he played on the whole Release album, and also did a few tracks on Behaviour, Bilingual and a couple of B sides (especially on a fantastic track called Decadence)

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