release stars release stars fifth studio album canadian american singer songwriter released pet shop boys executive producer album mixed producers commercially successful album date release stars charted countries reaching positions denmark norway united_kingdom certified gold canada album generated singles going town peaked number singles chart rules regulations originally planned create simple piano voice album began leaning lush sounds recording process started guests release stars include longtime friend fellow singer songwriter family members actress world tour supporting album lasted february included tour stops north_america europe asia australia release stars received nominations including adult alternative album year songwriter year won outstanding music artist award 19th media awards conception development initially simply going album piano voice stated interview independent visited berlin influenced album lush sound declared basically huge wave german descended recording process drowned cited reasons change direction heightened dramatic cancer diagnosis received mother folk musician album genesis found fueled creative intensity kind displaced attempt commissioning write opera making release stars way training large project revealing overall theme january declared album opening following environment politics religious warfare stated interview time solution incredible popular music means today world recruited advise act executive producer album assist editing process parts album recorded second story legacy new_york_city brooklyn recording brooklyn berlin london sister half sister mother appear album father son musicians produced previous albums want want worked album longtime band members singles going town released single digital format april united_states track later released digital distribution including low grade happiness itunes going town entered singles chart number following week track reached highest position number going town lasted chart weeks total failed chart countries music video song directed video premiered april logo aired minute feature making video april making video going town album second single rules regulations released digitally july song failed chart directed music video rules regulations features group men performing choreographed dance long john wearing inside london mansion released october single release stars limited edition copies inch single containing lost released october track containing remix released itunes october album version remix failed chart songs themes album opener sees present defense human orchestral battalion mount attacks martha summons chaos destruction like fury going town album lead single considered uncut lyrics written indictment country birth refrain tired america political track claimed wrote minutes eve departure berlin confronts bush administration perceived damage form love song discontent america time lead spend time recording album berlin named large park berlin song german boyfriend recording parts berlin couple visited park hook written singer songwriter longtime friend influences stated string arrangements attempt writing chamber music legs wrote boy named fantasy able save object desire apocalypse comes bring sort hidden paradise seconds song contains opening notes title song musical phantom opera dramatic spoken word according rules regulations originally written slow ballad perspective looks athletes athlete ready love surrender idea loved able maintain relationship friend took australia tribute concert failed include computer slide wrote meeting killers frontman bar oklahoma reuniting flowers festival england said encounter flowers somewhat leaving paris previously released leaving paris bonus want france differs version addition second verse added instrumental effects april interview scotland sunday revealed inspiration leaving paris actually written musical thinking writing person essentially extremely beautiful individual man woman attractive basically tells know fact love physical attributes kind sin fact lot like truth looking physically don soul written period obsessed good looking people people liked later stated musical leaving paris old song wrote years ago sung long time initially piece wrote movie thought great sing kind walk away little village end prostitute paris slowly didn use movie kept inspired 18th century prussian monarch summer palace outside berlin said song expectations success reality release stars title track album closer broadway song lyrical inspiration comes daughter missing new_york referring tribute concerts performed june hall cover art liner notes images cover cover liner notes album berlin photos taken insert photographs altar bushes long path taken liner notes gives special thanks family friends world tour promote album embarked tour lasted nearly months starting london ending new_york_city february tour visited united_states canada june august october europe november december japan australia new_zealand january february tour fans audition join stage perform rendition spoken word legs candidates posted audition videos youtube winning act chosen concert photos legs contest winners performing stage posted official myspace site stop tour february valentine day critical reception overall reception album positive review guardian alexis_petridis wrote release stars standards wonderful album packed stunning melodies brilliant lyrics billboard magazine described album flamboyant record larger life melodies wrapped swelling strings horns singer typical inducing covered tenor observer called album complex melodramatic ambitious vain beautiful frequently magnificent wrote release stars yield chart hits claimed feels like album endure music journalist robert_christgau complimented album observing prove sets career topping melodies electric guitars damn ears liking best times declared stars released review referring summer palace frederick great inspiration song uncut contributor wrote keeps making albums good wall forever album receive criticism pertaining overly lavish style attempt creating radio friendly music claimed doesn trying employing musician known executive producer album including extravagant wrote time verge making straightforward appeal mainstream throws works noted exotic instruments song decorated strings brass questions way proposes win pick albums year review nme wrote needs tell huge difference epic entertainment_weekly stated release stars adorned strings horns flute melodies melodies drowned citing hook example stated beautifully track listing songs written going town hook legs rules regulations ready love leaving paris release stars track listing adapted allmusic personnel credits adapted allmusic album liner notes chart positions certifications release stars debuted number billboard highest debut chart position selling copies week album achieved highest chart position albums_chart debuting number sales approaching week overall release stars charted countries reaching positions denmark norway united_kingdom album certified gold canada awards release stars received nominations including adult alternative album year songwriter year going town release stars won outstanding music artist award 19th media awards awards ceremony created recognize honor lgbt representation mainstream media ceremony presented honor given openly gay member entertainment media community work eliminating following table displays end year list publications
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