Smile If You Dare

Politics and Pointy Hats With The Pet Shop Boys

Ramzy Alwakeel

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Repeater Books
01 November 2018

Rock & Pop music; Electronic music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

A creative analysis of the The Pet Shop Boys' fifth album ""Very,"" Smile If You Dare examines topics as diverse as technological paradise, sexual paranoia and representations of class in British pop music. As well as a keen critical edge, itis equipped with an undisguised mad love for the source material, a sense of passionate abandon induced by the tragic/ecstatic synth-pop that pours out of the speakers.

By: Ramzy Alwakeel
Imprint: Repeater Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 124mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 142g
ISBN: 9781910924228
ISBN 10: 1910924229
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 01 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ramzy Alwakeel is a British newspaper journalist. Hewas born in 1988 and encountered the Pet Shop Boys somewhat prematurely on Top of the Pops as a small child. His work has appeared in the Evening Standard and the electronic music journal Dancecult. He lives in London with his boyfriend and a large collection of twelve-inch records from the 1990s.