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Pandemonium: Live at the O2 Arena, London, 21st December 2009 (CD+DVD) |  | Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
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Seller: encorerecords
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 183
Format: CD
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5099962782524
ASIN: B0033ZF90U
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Disc 1
| • | More than a dream/Heart (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Did you see me coming? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Pandemonium/Can you forgive her? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Love etc. (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Go West (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Two divided by zero (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Why don't we live together? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | New York City boy (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Always on my mind (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Closer to heaven/Left to my own devices (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Do I have to? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | King's Cross (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Suburbia (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Se a vida é/Discoteca/Domino dancing/Viva la vida (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | It's a sin (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Being boring (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | West End girls (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) |
Disc 2
| • | More than a dream/Heart (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Did you see me coming? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Pandemonium/Can you forgive her? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Love etc. (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Building a wall (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Go west (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Two divided by zero (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Why don't we live together? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | New York City boy (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Always on my mind (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Closer to heaven/Left to my own devices (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Do I have to? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | King's Cross (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | The way it used to be (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Jealousy (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Suburbia (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | What have I done to deserve this? (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | All over the world (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Se a vida é/Discoteca/Domino dancing/Viva la vida (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | It's a sin (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Being boring (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | West End girls (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | My girl (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | It doesn't often snow at Christmas (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009) | | • | Love etc. (Music video) | | • | Did you see me coming? (Music video) | | • | All over the world (Music video) | | • | 2009 BRIT Awards Performance (feat. Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers) | | • | Audio Commentaryby Pet Shop Boys and Es Devlin |
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 The magic of PSB is back ! March 14, 2010
astros (Loiret)
Another Live album, another atmosphere : Some will say 'Oh no, again and again the same things !
But thy're wrong, because it's a new excitment ! Definitly a must have.
Pure class March 1, 2010
Barney McGrew (UK)
Having been in the audience for the Manchester leg of this tour, it was thrilling to hear/see the set again - albeit on CD and DVD rather than in the flesh. This gig was the third time I had been to see PSB live, and if anything they seem to get better as the years go on. For a bloke past fifty, Neil Tennant bounds across the stage like someone half his age, while Chris Lowe escapes from his synthesizer pod at one point to do a little jig - getting the biggest roar of the night! With the surprising but welcome inclusion of mid-80s album tracks such as 'Why Don't We Live Together' and 'Two Divided by Zero', a rousing mash-up of Colplay's 'Viva La Vida' and the boys' own 'Domino Dancing' on the CD, as well as the 2009 Brit Awards performance with Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers on the DVD, this is a great package and an essential purchase for all fans.
 certainly not their finest hour February 27, 2010
R. Storer (blackpool. england)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
having seen the concert in June and being underwhelmed, i bought this with a bit of uncertainty. But, I am pleasantly surprised. I thought the June concert was psb by numbers, no atmosphere, terrible staging, 2 of the dancers were terrible. so far i have only listened to the cd, i thought at the time it was all pre record, but you can hear quality differences on the cd which may suggest a mix of pre record and live singing, id doubt if auto tune was in play as there are some iffy notes, particularly from one of the backing singers on se e vida, its as laughably bad as the laughing version of elvis' are you lonesome tonight.
it gets me through my hour on the cross trainer,i guess its a sign of the time, i used to rush for the latest psb offering, now im a bit indifferent and in no rush to see the dvd as wasnt impressed with the june staging not sure what the idea was behind it, thought the two blond "dancers" were awful. Bring back Sylvia Mason James on backing.
Excellent, but no DTS February 26, 2010
TastyParmo (The Boro, UK)
Just a quick review.
An excellent gig from an excellent band.
Buyer beware though: the case displays the DTS logo but sound is DD2.0 or DD5.1 Surround with no sign of DTS on the DVD.
Still sounds great though.
It's PAL which is a relief as a lot of hybrid CD/DVD releases these days seem to be in NTSC.
How very British excellence can be February 26, 2010
Mr. M. A. Reed (Somewhere, GB)
Hot on the heels of 2006's "Concrete", the Pet Shop Boys follow it with a full on live release of their recent `Pandemonium' tour : the traditional concert DVD of the full show is backed by a CD, and well, as ever, it's another fine moment from the finest songwriting duo of all time. (Lennon/McCartney? Pah!)
25 years is an age in life. The Pet Shop Boys have, in all this time, remained static, permanent, and yet also, permanently evolving, transforming, morphing. With one man on keyboards and one man on a microphone, the element of 'live' performance, and the spectacle thereof, is, by definition, dry, limited. The Pet Shop Boys don't even try to put on a traditional show, instead taking the idea of a rock show, and turning it inside out.
I keep saying it, and it keeps being true, the Pet Shop Boys are the Gilbert & George of Pop, projecting onto their somewhat anonymous visages a variety of masks and images, playing with identity, vision, and reality to create a cohesive and charming worldview that you can sing and dance to. In this world, the staging - based upon boxes, pixels, and image, is another interpretation of them : always different, always the same, a modern age Bowie.
By utilising moving and expanding walls, video screens, cannons, and other odd props, they manage to remain constantly interesting, with an ever evolving set of visuals, ideas, and thematic links. Not only that, but the show itself is well.. a rampage is one word. Songs meld, mix, morph, and move into each other, in and out, over and over. In many ways, it reminds me of Underworld's highly improvised shows of a decade ago where there was, in effect, one long song of 20 parts. "Can You Forgive Her?", which would occupy the same live space as 'Heroes' or 'Personal Jesus' or 'Comfortably Numb' in the canon, is, here, chucked off in a medley with a new album track. It's not exactly disrespectful, but then again, if anyone can ascertain the amount of respect due, it's often the self, and here the Pet Shop Boys are trying, as ever, trying something new, even with something old.
The set is determindedly nostalgic, yet utterly contemporary. With 40 hit singles under their belt, the question is always 'what not to play'. Unlike some bands, for who you always know where certain songs will appear the Pet Shop Boys have never been so obvious. This somewhat odd staging gives the evening a distinctly retrospective feel that isn't entirely deserving, and fails to reflect that the Pet Shop Boys have never truly had a duff era - despite falling from commercial grace at the turn of the century, they were always at least, trying something new and interesting.
Old songs - and my, what old songs there are with "Do I Have To?", "Kings Cross", "Two Divided By Zero" and "Why Don't We Live Together" - all both utterly faithful, and revitalised for the modern age, present and correct ensure this isn't just a lazy greatest hits set. Not only that, but each song has been rethought. Not rebooted like a bad, lazy movie franchise, but reshaped with a new lick of paint. It's not all perfect, or even flawless.
Sure, there's some daft, and prepostrous interpretative dance which scuppers "Jealousy" with art-school moves, there's some illadvised chunky bass runs in some songs, and a truly bizarre, silly cover of Coldplay''s "Viva La Vida" that morphs into the homo-erotic career-suicide brilliance of "Domino Dancing". There's an erratic pacing that sees big hits thrown away twenty minutes in, followed by mogadon pacing of obscure-ish, slow album tracks (albeit, crafted, relevant, and still brilliant songs), and occasional mis-steps where the audience are hoping for something slightly more Hit-focused ; being that this is the biggest single show they have played in London, that's not too surprising.
That said, the new material effortlessly slots into the main hits and oldies as if they have always been there, the songs themselves all are meticulously crafted and combined to complement each other with no shortage of musical or thematic precision and passion, and the staging is certainly far more intelligent, and less dunderheaded than Madonna's idiotic crucifix poses or Britney dryhumping some plastic horse. The show is designed to be thought about, felt, experienced, and if you want to dance to it at the same time, then that's an extra dimension : interpreting your emotions through rhythm.25 years of a life in Pop is a long time, and if you must live in this world, you may as well make it something worth living.
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