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Disco 4
Disco 4 (also known as Disco Four: Remixed by Pet Shop Boys) is the fourth remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 8 October 2007 by Parlophone on CD and vinyl. It was not made available as a digital download, due to licensing difficulties for each track.
The album is mainly a compilation of Pet Shop Boys remixes of songs by other artists, a first among any of their releases to date. It also includes a previously unreleased mix of "Integral" and the maxi-mix of "I'm with Stupid", previously released on the Japanese edition of Fundamental.
Since the album consists mostly of songs by other artists, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart. Instead, the album reached number 15 on the UK Compilation Chart and number three on the UK Dance Albums Chart.
To promote Disco Four, the PSB Perfect Immaculate mix of "Integral" had a limited service to club and selected radio DJs with a music video released on the duo's official website and YouTube.
The album cover art, designed by Mark Farrow, features the numeral 4 made with four white fluorescent tubes, in the style of artist Dan Flavin. The neon art was a continuation of a theme that had begun with Fundamental (2006). On the four inner sleeves of the LP, lights on the fixture were turned off sequentially, so the number of darkened bulbs corresponded to the album side number. A limited-edition CD had a cardboard slipcase showing the lights disassembled.
In a four-star review for Virgin Media, Matt O'Leary remarked on the duo's continuing success and observed: "Disco 4's highlights – David Bowie's excellent Hallo Spaceboy, Yoko Ono's superb Walking On Thin Ice, their own I'm With Stupid – succeed best because of the lack of gimmickry, proving that while the formula is undeniably a bit clichéd, it's their own, and one which works. Simply put, this is good, addictive pop music for fans and new listeners alike".
David Jeffries of AllMusic described some of the remixes: "Here they turn the Killers' "Read My Mind" into a dance anthem and Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice" into a Euro-trash track that would mix well with any given Fischerspooner song, while Madonna's "Sorry" turns into something that could have fallen off PSB's 1987 album, Actually ... and the cuts are all mixed together to create a nonstop journey". Rating the album three stars, he concluded, "at the very least Disco 4 offers hardcore fans more new experiences than previous volume".
Rebecca Nicholson of NME rated Disco 4 six out of ten, commending the duo's staying power and ability to attract big-name artists but noting, "their ubiquitous synth-drenched sound can't pull this motley crew together, and what's left is a nauseating concoction of the good (Madonna's 'Sorry' gets a thudding rave injection, and Bowie's 'Hello Spaceboy' sounds like a meeting of minds), the bad (have we mentioned Rammstein?) and the pointless (a Maxi Mix of their own 'I'm With Stupid'?)".
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Disco 4
Disco 4 (also known as Disco Four: Remixed by Pet Shop Boys) is the fourth remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 8 October 2007 by Parlophone on CD and vinyl. It was not made available as a digital download, due to licensing difficulties for each track.
The album is mainly a compilation of Pet Shop Boys remixes of songs by other artists, a first among any of their releases to date. It also includes a previously unreleased mix of "Integral" and the maxi-mix of "I'm with Stupid", previously released on the Japanese edition of Fundamental.
Since the album consists mostly of songs by other artists, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart. Instead, the album reached number 15 on the UK Compilation Chart and number three on the UK Dance Albums Chart.
To promote Disco Four, the PSB Perfect Immaculate mix of "Integral" had a limited service to club and selected radio DJs with a music video released on the duo's official website and YouTube.
The album cover art, designed by Mark Farrow, features the numeral 4 made with four white fluorescent tubes, in the style of artist Dan Flavin. The neon art was a continuation of a theme that had begun with Fundamental (2006). On the four inner sleeves of the LP, lights on the fixture were turned off sequentially, so the number of darkened bulbs corresponded to the album side number. A limited-edition CD had a cardboard slipcase showing the lights disassembled.
In a four-star review for Virgin Media, Matt O'Leary remarked on the duo's continuing success and observed: "Disco 4's highlights – David Bowie's excellent Hallo Spaceboy, Yoko Ono's superb Walking On Thin Ice, their own I'm With Stupid – succeed best because of the lack of gimmickry, proving that while the formula is undeniably a bit clichéd, it's their own, and one which works. Simply put, this is good, addictive pop music for fans and new listeners alike".
David Jeffries of AllMusic described some of the remixes: "Here they turn the Killers' "Read My Mind" into a dance anthem and Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice" into a Euro-trash track that would mix well with any given Fischerspooner song, while Madonna's "Sorry" turns into something that could have fallen off PSB's 1987 album, Actually ... and the cuts are all mixed together to create a nonstop journey". Rating the album three stars, he concluded, "at the very least Disco 4 offers hardcore fans more new experiences than previous volume".
Rebecca Nicholson of NME rated Disco 4 six out of ten, commending the duo's staying power and ability to attract big-name artists but noting, "their ubiquitous synth-drenched sound can't pull this motley crew together, and what's left is a nauseating concoction of the good (Madonna's 'Sorry' gets a thudding rave injection, and Bowie's 'Hello Spaceboy' sounds like a meeting of minds), the bad (have we mentioned Rammstein?) and the pointless (a Maxi Mix of their own 'I'm With Stupid'?)".