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Super is the thirteenth studio album by English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 1 April 2016, on the band's own label, x2, through Kobalt Label Services. It is available on vinyl and compact disc along with a digital download. It debuted at No. 3 on the UK album chart, lead single "The Pop Kids" was played on BBC Radio 2 & Radio 6, Absolute Radio and several smaller stations, reaching No. 1 on the Physical Singles Chart & narrowly missing out on the Top 100 in the main chart.

Promotion

The album's release was announced on the band's website and social media pages on 21 January 2016. It was made available for pre-order via the iTunes Store on the same day. Those who pre-ordered Super received an instant download of the album's first track, "Inner Sanctum". Additionally, the band announced a four-performance residency at the Royal Opera House, scheduled for July 2016. The album's opening track. "Happiness", was released as a second teaser track on 23 March 2016. The video for "Twenty-something" was released on 10 May 2016.

As well as this, a pop-up shop was opened in London between the 1st and 3rd of April 2016 to promote the release of the album.

Singles

Both "Inner sanctum" and "Happiness" were released as 1-track downloads in January and March respectively. "The Pop Kids" was released as the album's lead single on 16 February 2016. A CD single and a digital extended play was released on 18 March 2016, and features two remixes of "The Pop Kids" and two new tracks, "In Bits" and "One-hit Wonder". A white vinyl 12" of "The Pop Kids" was released on May 27. It features five remixes of the song. On June 24th "Twenty-something" was released as the album's second single on CD and download, featuring the single edit, two new tracks "The white dress" and "Wiedersehen" and 2 remixes. On July 22nd "Inner sanctum" was released as a 12-inch vinyl single. It features the new Carl Craig C2 Juiced RMX, which is also getting a separate digital release, two original demos of the track and the album version. On 16th September "Say it to me" will be released digitally and on CD and on 12" vinyl a week later.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Attitude	8/10
Consequence of Sound	C+
The Guardian
PopMatters
Rolling Stone Russia
Evening Standard

Super received generally favorable reviews from music critics.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, selling 16,953 copies in its first week, becoming their 13th consecutive top 10 studio album. In the United States, Super debuted at number 58 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 10,000 copies. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart, becoming Pet Shop Boys' first number-one album on the chart since Disco 3 (2003).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except "Say It to Me" written by Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, and Stuart Price

Personnel

• Pet Shop Boys - performers and programming
• Stuart Price - production, mixing and additional programming
• Jessica Freedman - additional vocals on "Undertow"
• Nayana Holley - additional vocals on "Burn"

Charts

References

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