Pet Shop Boys - Yes (2017 Remastered Version)

Pet Shop Boys' Yes is a sparkling burst of grown-up pop, freshly remastered for this 2017 vinyl edition.

Released in 2009, their tenth studio album saw Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe team up with the hit-making production team Xenomania, best known for their work with Girls Aloud. The pairing could have been a gimmick. Instead, it sharpened everything the duo did best, bright synths and big choruses wrapped around lyrics full of wit, doubt and quiet melancholy. Johnny Marr drops in on guitar, renewing a friendship that dates back to Tennant's guest spot with Electronic.

Did You See Me Coming? is a giddy rush of romance, its chiming hooks impossible to shake. Pandemonium crashes in with joyful, wall-of-sound energy, while Beautiful People tips its hat to sixties pop with lush, wistful charm. King of Rome provides the emotional centre, a gorgeous, slow-burning ballad that shows how much feeling Tennant can pack into a whisper.

It is a reminder that the duo were still capable of surprising people, and themselves, more than two decades into their remarkable career.

Yes deserves its place alongside Actually and Very in any collection, and the remastered sound gives those richly layered productions a welcome extra polish.