Pet Shop Boys / A Man From The Future (Black Vinyl)

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM AND WILL BE SHIPPED WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS PURCHASED ALONGSIDE IT FROM THE RELEASE DATE OF OCTOBER 10TH*

Pet Shop Boys have collaborated with Alan Turing biographer, Andrew Hodges, on a musical composition including songs, spoken word and electronic and orchestral music. Called A man from the future, the work explores eight significant chapters in the life and death of Alan Turing and will be released as an album on 9th October via Parlophone Records.
Alongside music and lyrics by Pet Shop Boys is a narration, spoken by actress Juliet Stevenson, taken from Andrew Hodges’ book Alan Turing: the Enigma, which has been edited and extended by Neil Tennant and Andrew Hodges. The music is a combination of electronics and strings with string arrangements by Sven Helbig performed by the Manchester Camerata Octet. Boys from Manchester Grammar School choir also sing on four tracks. The album was produced by Pet Shop Boys and Sven Helbig.

Tracklist

1. Natural wonders every child should know
2. He dreamed of machines
3. The Enigma
4. Other ranks
5. The memory and the control
6. The trial
7. Only in his death
8. A man from the future