12RX033 Electric

12RX033 Electric

From In Depth Pet Shop Boys Podcast by InDepth

December 12, 2025 · 1h 27m · Season 5 · Episode 6

About this episode

Graham and Chris explore the Pet Shop Boys' album Electric, discussing its influences and the joy it brings.

For their season finale, Graham and Chris go full‑throttle at Electric, the album that jolted Pet Shop Boys back into ‘banging and lasers’ mode — and inspired the Pod Cast Boys to embrace the same rule‑breaking, high‑voltage fun. Following Neil, Chris and Stuart Price’s alphabetical recording method, they present the full A–Z of Electric, diving into its wild mix of influences from Italo disco and Madonna to William Blake and Lionel Richie; duty disco doctors witnessing the birth of Elysium’s unruly twin. There’s the story of how Axis recharged lapsed fans, a headspin into the politics of dancing, and how freedom, faffing and freewheeling joy shaped both the record and this episode. Plus: listener memories, the x2 origin story, and Escape to the Country — a celebration of Pet Shop Boys at their most liberated.” Want to show your love for the Pet Shop Boys In Depth podcast? Visit our new Crowdfunder - anything appreciated! Get your name mentioned in a future episode: https://gofund.me/cf16f4bc3 Check out our T-shirt store - all profits from our exclusive designs go towards supporting the podcast: https://in-depth.teemill.com And there’s additional In Depth content on our social…

People in this episode

Hosts: Graham, Chris

Topics covered

  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Electric album
  • music influences
  • listener memories
  • high-voltage fun
  • recording methods
  • politics of dancing

Keywords

  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Electric
  • music
  • Italo disco
  • Madonna
  • Stuart Price
  • listener memories
  • politics of dancing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pet Shop Boys, Elysium

Books & works: Electric, Italo disco, Madonna, William Blake, Lionel Richie, Axis, Escape to the Country

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