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Yay! The Pet Shop Boys' latest album Fundamental is now available for purchase from the iTunes Music Store in the US. It's been available in the UK for a little bit now.

I adore the Pet Shop Boys. I love their music in the same way that Corey is really into Tool. I have all of their albums and an extensive collection of singles too.

I'll admit I wasn't always a fan. Living through the 80s I certainly was familiar with their music but didn't actively collect it. Then I met Bonnie, who was very into PSB, and she got *me* very into PSB partly by osmosis, partly because after listening to it, I realized just how great it was.

Fundamental, from what I've heard of it, is fantastic -- their first single, I'm With Stupid, is classic PSB -- top notch electronic pop with a really sarcastic twist. The song is about Bush and Blair. You can fill in the blanks.

Anyway, believe it or not, despite this effusive enthusiasm, I'm not plunking down money to buy it just this second. See, their US distributor in the States, Rhino, will release a two CD set that bundles Fundamental with a remix CD, Fundamentalism. That's worth waiting for. Besides, this way I won't have to deal with low bit rates or DRM, either.