Bilingual

Bilingual is the tenth album, the sixth of entirely new music, by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It has sold 1.5 million copies globally. Bilingual continues the heavily instrumented arrangements and backing vocals Pet Shop Boys began making to their music with the album Very. As suggested by the title, the songs on the album have worldwide influences, particularly from Latin America. After the release of their Very album, Pet Shop ... more

Bilingual is the tenth album, the sixth of entirely new music, by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It has sold 1.5 million copies globally. Bilingual continues the heavily instrumented arrangements and backing vocals Pet Shop Boys began making to their music with the album Very. As suggested by the title, the songs on the album have worldwide influences, particularly from Latin America. After the release of their Very album, Pet Shop Boys toured South America and were influenced by the beats and rhythms associated with Latin American music. Three of the songs have bilingual lyrics, mixing the English language with Spanish and Portuguese. In late 1995, the band had ended their contract with the American branch of EMI, and signed with Atlantic Records. A renewed marketing campaign was launched to promote the band in the U.S. via both radio airplay and club play. The singles lifted from the album were all successful, with three of them - "Before", "Se a vida é (That’s the way... less