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Fundamental (Pet Shop Boys album)

Fundamental
Studio album by
Pet Shop Boys
Released22 May 2006
Recorded2005
StudioSarm West (London)
Genre
Length48:39
50:26 (Fundamentalism)
LabelParlophone
Producer
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Battleship Potemkin
(2005) 		Fundamental
(2006) 		Concrete
(2006)
Singles from Fundamental
  1. "I'm with Stupid"
    Released: 8 May 2006
  2. "Minimal"
    Released: 24 July 2006
  3. "Numb"
    Released: 16 October 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
NME6/10[7]
Pitchfork Media6.5/10[8]
Q[9]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[10]
Slant Magazine[11]

Fundamental is the ninth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released in May 2006 in the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and Canada. It was released in late June 2006 in the United States. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number five on 28 May 2006. In the US the album peaked at number 150 selling 7,500 copies in its first week.[citation needed] As of April 2009 it had sold 46,000 copies in the US and 66,000 copies in the UK.[12] Fundamental earned two Grammy nominations at the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance Recording with "I'm with Stupid".[13]

The album was produced by the Pet Shop Boys and Trevor Horn and it features eleven new Pet Shop Boys compositions, and "Numb", written by Diane Warren (Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe originally planned to have "Numb" be one of two new tracks on PopArt, but opted instead for "Miracles" and "Flamboyant").

The liner notes show that the album is dedicated to two executed Iranian gay teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, who were hanged on 19 July 2005. Some reports have suggested the two may have been executed for engaging in homosexual behaviour, though the official Iranian report was that they were hanged for raping a 13-year-old boy. The album was very well received by critics, some considering it to be their best album since Very, but its sales failed to improve much on the sales of their last two albums.

The album re-entered the UK Album Chart at number thirty-two in 2017 following the album's Further Listening 2005-2007 reissue.

  1. ^ "Fundamental by Pet Shop Boys". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. ^ Blender, p.113, Aug 2006
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly, p.161, 30 June 2006
  5. ^ Petridis, Alexis (19 May 2006). "Pet Shop Boys, Fundamental". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. ^ Gill, Andy (19 May 2006). "Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental". The Independent. London. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Archived from the original on 27 May 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2006.
  7. ^ NME, p.33, 20 May 2006
  8. ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (30 May 2006). "Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  9. ^ Q, p.118, Jun 2006
  10. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Pet Shop Boys". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Pet Shop Boys Fundamental - Album Review". Slant Magazine. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  12. ^ Paine, Andre (11 April 2009). "'Yes' We Can". Billboard. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Pet Shop Boys". GRAMMY.com. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

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