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: A collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys that remains one of the album's most critically acclaimed tracks.

In recent years, some fans and critics have reappraised the album as an undervalued "hidden gem" and a bold creative risk that anticipated the electronic trend in mainstream pop. Rudebox

Its release coincided with the comeback of his former band, Take That , whose album Beautiful World eventually outsold Rudebox in the UK. Critical Reception : A collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys

A famous (though frequently debated) report claims that due to poor long-term sales, nearly one million unsold copies of the album were shipped to China to be destroyed and recycled for use in road resurfacing projects. Rudebox