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      • Hotspot is the fourteenth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 24 January 2020 by the band's own label x2, through Kobalt Label Services. It was supported by the singles "Dreamland" featuring Years & Years, which was released on 25 October 2019, and "Burning the Heather", which was released alongside the album announcement on 13 December 2019. The duo planned a tour of the UK and Europe in support of the album in mid-2020, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album charted in numerous countries, reaching number three on the album charts in the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.


      Background and recording


      The album was primarily recorded at Hansa Studios in Berlin where the duo have written "most of [their] music over the last ten years", with the exception of "Burning the Heather", which was recorded at RAK Studios in London. Bernard Butler played guitar on the track. The duo's website dubbed it the last of a trilogy of albums produced by Stuart Price, beginning with Electric in 2013.


      Critical reception



      Hotspot was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 out of 100, based on 18 reviews.
      In his Substack-published "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau highlighted "I Don't Wanna", "Wedding in Berlin", and "Will-o-the-Wisp", and wrote in summary of the album: "'Happy people/Living in a sad world,' they celebrate their good fortune by setting it to music both stirring and contained – music that never conceals its limitations".


      Track listing




      Personnel


      Pet Shop Boys – performers, programming
      Additional musicians

      Years & Years – featured artist ("Dreamland")
      Stuart Price – bass guitar, additional programming
      Bernard Butler – guitar ("Burning the Heather")
      Keely Hawkes – additional vocals ("Monkey Business")
      Technical

      Stuart Price – production, mixing
      Pete Gleadall – additional engineering
      Nanni Johansson – engineer (Hansa)
      Max Wittig – assistant engineer (Hansa)
      Frida Claeson Johansson – assistant engineer (Hansa)
      Andrew Keller – assistant engineer (Record Plant)
      Isabel Gracefield – engineer (RAK)
      Dan Ewins – assistant engineer (RAK)
      Tim Young – mastering
      Farrow – design, art direction
      Pet Shop Boys – design, art direction, photography


      Charts




      References

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