Bilingual (album)

Bilingual
Bilingual
Studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Released	2 September 1996
Recorded	1995–1996
Studio	Bunk Junk & Genius (London); Sarm West (London); Sarm Hook End (Checkendon, England); Axis (New York City); Bass Hit (New York City); The State House of Broadcasting and Sound Recording (Moscow);
Genre	Dance-pop; synth-pop; Latin;
Length	53:56
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Pet Shop Boys; Chris Porter; Paul Roberts; Danny Tenaglia; Andy Williams;
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Singles from Bilingual
	"Before"; Released: 22 April 1996; "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"; Released: 12 August 1996; "Single-Bilingual"; Released: 11 November 1996; "A Red Letter Day"; Released: 17 March 1997;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Billboard	(favorable)
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	5.9/10
Q
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin	8/10
The Village Voice	A−

Bilingual is the sixth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released in the United Kingdom on 2 September 1996 by Parlophone and in the United States on 10 September 1996 by Atlantic Records. The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, lower than their previous five studio albums which had all reached the top three. It yielded four successful singles, with three of them—"Before", "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" and "A Red Letter Day"—reaching the UK top 10; the fourth one, the English/Spanish-language composition "Single-Bilingual", peaked within the top 20.