5 star, but for the extra songs !!

The Pet Shop Boys have only published a weak song as the first single of the new album twice.
Before 1996 and 2002 Home And Dry.
By Song Winner, who is not a Winner, the PSB issued in very shallow waters with Pop to banality hardly übertreffendem text. Winner will probably be an Olympic song for London 2012, well, that would be acceptable to have the song at least well-produced. But honestly, Winner sounds like a demo version.
Not PSB worthy sorry.

Now to the reason why here anyway 5 star attached.
3 additional songs that will not be on the album is nothing new in the PSB, also such songs are often better than the actual music is not new for PSB fans.

Here I must say that A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi the first single should have been but times. An absolute Mega Song in the usual manner PSB. Simply drop horny.
The other two, quieter songs are first-class, and I Started A Joke, a Bee Gees cover, simply fit perfectly to the PSB, both melodically and lyrically, and you'd think it was a PSB original.
The other song is actually quite different. The Way Through The Woods is a small mini-musical, very varied and complex, you have to listen to it several times.

Conclusion: As always, you can not go wrong with EPs at the PSB. Even if the actual Single, as here, is underground.

PS: Winner seems to me to be even shallower than Home And Dry or Before. Which reminds me Before had a few years then fell quite well.