Bilingual (album)

Bilingual is the sixth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released in the United Kingdom on 2 September 1996 by Parlophone and in the United States on 10 September 1996 by Atlantic Records. The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, lower than their previous five studio albums which had all reached the top three. It yielded five successful singles, with three of them—"Before", "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" and "A Red Letter Day"—reaching the UK top 10; the fourth one, the English/Spanish-language composition "Single-Bilingual", peaked within the top 20.

Bilingual
Studio album by
Pet Shop Boys
Released2 September 1996 (1996-09-02)
Recorded1995–1996
Studio
  • Bunk Junk & Genius, Sarm West and Sarm Hook End (London)
  • Axis and Bass Hit (New York City)
  • The State House of Broadcasting and Sound Recording (Moscow)
Genre
Length53:56
LabelParlophone
Producer
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Alternative
(1995)
Bilingual
(1996)
Essential
(1998)
Singles from Bilingual
  1. "Before"
    Released: 22 April 1996
  2. "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"
    Released: 12 August 1996
  3. "Single-Bilingual"
    Released: 11 November 1996
  4. "A Red Letter Day"
    Released: 17 March 1997
  5. "Somewhere"
    Released: 23 June 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Billboard(favorable)
Entertainment WeeklyB+
The Guardian
NME8/10
Pitchfork5.9/10
Q
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin8/10
The Village VoiceA−
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