Neil Tennant
One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem
26 March 2026, Paperback, £10.99
Marking the fortieth anniversary of Please, Pet Shop Boys’ debut album, and featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage, Faber presents a beautiful paperback edition of One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem by Neil Tennant
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 fifteen 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. For this new paperback edition, author and critic Jon Savage has provided an introduction exploring the themes of Tennant’s lyrics.
Flamboyant, understated, celebratory and elegiac, Neil Tennant’s lyrics are a document of our times.
Limited signed copies of One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem will be available from select retail outlets and petshopboys.co.uk.
Neil Tennant is one half of the electronic pop music duo, Pet Shop Boys, who have had four number one singles, released fifteen studio albums, written a musical and a ballet and toured the world several times. In the early ’80s Neil was assistant editor of Smash Hits magazine.
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