Several reviewers compared
PopArt to its predecessor,
Discography. David Jeffries of
AllMusic called
PopArt, "an excellent, hang-together listen and a better representation of the duo's career than
Discography". Nitsuh Abebe of
Pitchfork wrote: "The collection certainly doesn't make the Pet Shop Boys look as good as
Discography did... At the same time, that makes this collection much more than an update of
Discography: It's no longer just a string of pop hits to throw on when people are around, but something you can spend time digging your way through and coming to grips with — less a greatest-hits package, and more a Portable Pet Shop Boys, in something approaching their totality". Adam Sweeting of
The Guardian commented that dividing the album into
Pop and
Art sections "appears to be purely arbitrary". Likewise, Stephen Dalton of
The Times observed in a review of the DVD, "It’s a moot point where the "pop" on
PopArt ends and the "art" begins — Tennant and Lowe certainly seem unclear on their audio commentary". He called the music video compilation, "a feast of brainy disco, sly social commentary and homoerotic subtext. Two decades of obliquely mapping trends in fashion, media, music and politics through bittersweet lyrics and opulent electro-pop". Both Dalton and Prasad Bidaye of
Exclaim! found the DVD audio commentary by the duo to be primarily focused on their fashions. Bidaye concluded, "It is more fun watching these clips with Tennant playing pop culture critic, but it's unlikely that
PopArt will convert first-time viewers. This one's really for the die-hard fans". ==Track listing==