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}} ''Very'' is the fifth studio album by English electronic duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released in September 1993, nearly two and a half years after the duo's previous studio album, ''Behaviour'', and the compilation album ''Discography: The Complete Singles Collection''. ''Very'' has sold more than five million copies worldwide, and contains five UK singles. ==History== After the Performance Tour of 1991, Pet Shop Boys elected to take a break, releasing their compilation ''Discography'' in November of that year. With that compilation many fans thought they were splitting because 1992 saw no new original works. However, in 1993, Pet Shop Boys came back together and reinvented their image. This therefore, by many critics, is considered their "Upper" album as many thought "Behaviour" was a "downer album." ''Very'' exhibits one of many turning points the Pet Shop Boys would make to their music, shifting from the subdued electronic pop of ''Behaviour'' to richly-instrumented dance arrangements. The content and lyrics led to ''Very'' being called their "coming-out" album, since it was during this time that Neil Tennant had publicly discussed his long-rumoured homosexuality. A limited edition of ''Very'' was also released as a double album titled ''Very Relentless''. The second disc, ''Relentless'', was a six-track dance album containing tracks that are more experimental and instrumental. There were plans to expand upon ''Relentless'' in 1994 by releasing the six tracks along with others, making a full dance album, but this evolved into ''Disco 2''. The six tracks on ''Relentless'' have not been released elsewhere since (though "Forever in Love" is found on ''Very/Further Listening 1992–1994'' in a remixed edited form as track 2). The original release of ''Very'' was packaged in a unique orange jewel case with raised bumps (sometimes unofficially described as the Lego case), designed by Daniel Weil of Pentagram in London. ''Very Relentless'' was similarly unique, with the two CDs housed in card sleeves (''Very'' in orange and ''Relentless'' in pink) with both of these housed in a translucent rubber case with raised bumps. The album was reissued in 1996 as a mid-price release, this time in a standard jewel case with a new sleeve showing an image of the original case. ''Very'' was re-released on 3 July 2001 (as were most of the group's studio albums up to that point) titled ''Very: Further Listening 1992–1994''. The re-released version was digitally remastered and came with a second disc featuring B-sides and previously unreleased material. The unreleased songs were recorded during the ''Very'' recording sessions, but Tennant and Lowe decided not to include them on the album originally. On 9 February 2009, the album was re-released yet again, still remastered, under the title "Very: Remastered" but this time containing only the 12 original tracks. Following the 2009 re-release, the 2001 2-disc remastered version was deleted and remains out-of-print to date. It can only be purchased second-hand or MP3 digital download. Some of the B-sides are also on ''Alternative'', their 1995 album of B-sides. In June 2000, ''Q'' magazine placed ''Very'' at number ninety-one on its list of The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever )〕 It is also included in the book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Very (Pet Shop Boys album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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