Flamboyant

Okay Placebo, pay attention – this is how you fashion a graceful, plaintive electro-ballad with a side order of singalong-friendly chorus. The evergreen combo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe here teach today’s pop pretenders an erudite thing or two about stylish production and sheer songwriting craftsmanship. Okay, so the moody synth-pop grooves and characteristically deadpan vocals of ‘Flamboyant’ are hardly the equal of ‘West End Girls’ or ‘What Have I Done To Deserve This?’, but then again, what are?