One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem by Neil Tennant

Publishes 26 March 
 
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
 
Over a career that spans four decades and fourteen studio albums with Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant has consistently proved himself to be one of the most elegant and stylish of contemporary lyricists. Arranged alphabetically, One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem presents an overview of his considerable achievement as a chronicler of modern life: the romance, the break-ups, the aspirations, the changing attitudes, the history, the politics, the pain. The landscape of Tennant's lyrics is recognisably British in character - restrained and preoccupied with the mundane, occasionally satirical, yet also yearning for escape and theatrical release.

Often surprisingly revealing, this volume is contextualised by a personal commentary on each lyric and an introduction by the author which gives a fascinating insight into the process and genesis of writing. Flamboyant, understated, celebratory and elegiac, Neil Tennant's lyrics are a document of our times.
 
Featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage
 
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'A lyricist every bit as distinctive as Brett Anderson, the Pet Shop Boys singer's nearly-memoir is both absorbing and tantalising. Beneath each of the 100 song lyrics he selects, Tennant offers nuggets of observation, commentary and context that, together with his waspish, affectionate, sharply drawn preface, leave you tickled but wanting more, and searching for further clues. Which is Tennant to a T: cautiously candid, fleet of foot, wielding his pen like a rapier.'- Dans Cairns, Sunday Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR