Album · 2020
Hotspot
Hotspot is a 2020 electronic album by Pet Shop Boys. It runs 10 tracks across 42 minutes on x2 Recordings Limited. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.7/5 from 3 ratings.
Electronic · Synthpop · Dance-Pop
Your rating
- 3.7 /5
- 3 ratings
- 74 /100
- 8 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 42 min
- Runtime
- 124 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
Ratings
3 ratings · avg 3.7
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Critics
8 publications
- The Daily Telegraph4/5
- Clash8/10
- NME4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- The Independent4/5
- Paste6.8/10
- Pitchfork6.1/10
- The Quietus3/5
- Metacriticaggregate75/100
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Hotspot album cover
The Hotspot cover was designed by Farrow Design and Pet Shop Boys, photographed by Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant and Tennant/Lowe, and art-directed by Farrow, Farrow Design, PSB and Pet Shop Boys.
- Design
- Farrow Design, Pet Shop Boys
- Photography
- Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant, Tennant/Lowe
- Art direction
- Farrow, Farrow Design, PSB, Pet Shop Boys
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Tracklist
10 tracks · 42 min
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About
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 is supported by the singles "Dreamland" featuring Years & Years, which was released on 11 September 2019, and "Burning the Heather", which was released alongside the album announcement on 14 November 2019. The duo planned to tour the UK and Europe in support of the album in mid-2020. The album charted in numerous countries, reaching No. 3 on the album charts in the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.
In brief
- Is Hotspot good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Hotspot 3.7/5 from 3 ratings.
- When was Hotspot released?
- Hotspot was released in 2020 on x2 Recordings Limited.
- How many tracks are on Hotspot?
- Hotspot has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 42 minutes.
- What genre is Hotspot?
- Hotspot is catalogued under Electronic, Synthpop, Dance-Pop.
- What BPM is Hotspot?
- Hotspot runs at a median tempo of 124 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Hotspot?
- Listeners of Hotspot also rate The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 (Deluxe) by Depeche Mode, The Innocents by Erasure, Always: The Very Best of Erasure by Erasure.
- Who produced Hotspot?
- Stuart Price produced all 10 tracks on Hotspot.
- Who wrote the songs on Hotspot?
- Hotspot was written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant.
Credits
- Produced by
- Written by
- Chris LoweNeil Tennant
- Mixed by
- Engineered by
- Dan EwinsIsabel Gracefield-Grundy
- Played by
- Vocals by
- Keely Hawkes
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