Pet Shop Boys

 

Artist:  Pet Shop Boys
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Pop, Synthpop, Art Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, House, Alternative Dance

Original line-up: 

Neil Tennant:  Lead  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Violin, Trumpet
Chris Lowe:  Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizers, Programming, Samples, Computer, Piano, Electronic Piano, Electric Piano, Drums, Electronic Drums, Organ, Panpipes, Tuba, Didgeridoo, Sequencers

Pet Shop Boys are an English Synthpop Duo from London, formed in 1981, consisting of Neil Tennant (lead Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass), and Chris Lowe (Keyboards, Synthesizer, Programming, Piano, Organ, Vocals).  They have sold more 50 million records worldwide and are listed as the most successful Duo in UK Music History by The Guinness Book Of Records.  Three-time Brit Award Winners and Six-time Grammy nominees.  Since 1985, they have achieved 42 Top 3 Singles, 22 of them Top 10 Hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK No. 1:  "West End Girls" (also No. 1on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's A Sin", "Always On My Mind", "Heart", "Go West" and more!.  In 2009 Brit Awards in London, they received an Award for Outstanding Contribution To Music.   In 2016, Billboard Magazine name Pet Shop Boys the No. 1 Dance Duo/Group over the 40 years since 1976.  In 2017 they received NME's Godlike Genius Award.

Title:  SMASH - The Singles 1965-2020 (Box Set) (2023)

Genre:  Pop, Synthpop, Art Pop, New Wave, Dance Pop, House, Alternative Dance

Label:  Parlophone

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:  The Singles 1985-1991:

 1.  West End Girls (4:28)

 2.  Love Comes Quickly (3:35)

 3.  Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (3:38)

 4.  Suburbia (4:04)

 5.  It's A Sin (5:01)

 6.  What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) (4:20)

 7.  Rent (3:33)

 8.  Always On My Mind (3:54)

 9.  Heart (4:17)

10. Domino Dancing (4:18)

11. Left To My Own Devices (4:47)

12. It's Alright (4:20)

13. So Hard (4:00)

14. Being Boring (4:51)

15. Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) (4:32)

16. Jealousy (4:15)

17. DJ Culture (4:14)

18. Was It WorthIt (7" Version) (4:23)

Disc 2:  The Singles 1993-2004:

 1.  Can You Forgive Her? (3:56)

 2.  Go West (5:04)

 3.  I Wouldn't Normally Do The Kind Of Thing (7" Version) (4:46)

 4.  Liberation (4:06)

 5.  Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version) (4:00)

 6.  Paninaro '95 (4:10)

 7.  Before (4:05)

 8.  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is) (4:01)

 9.  Single-Bilingual (3:30)

10. A Red Letter Day (4:33)

11. Somewhere (4:43)

12. I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More (4:29)

13. New York City boy (US Radio Edit) (3:20)

14. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk (3:16)

15. Home And Dry (3:56)

16. I Get Along (Radio Edit) (4:11)

17. Miracles (Radio Edit) (3:57)

18. Flamboyuant (7" Mix) (3:40)

Disc 3:  The Singles 2006-2020:

 1.  I'm With Stupid (3:27)

 2.  Minimal (Radio Edit) (3:38)

 3.   Numb (Single Edit) (3:30)

 4.  Love Etc (3:32)

 5.  Di You See Me Coming (3:44)

 6.  It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (New Version) (3:52)

 7.  Together (Ultimate Mix) (3:30)

 8.  Winner (3:49)

 9.  Leaving (3:51)

10. Memory Of The Future (New Single Mix) (3:36)

11. Vocal (Radio Edit) (3:25)

12. Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (Nighttime Radio Edit) (4:12)

13. Thursday (feat. Example:  Radio Edit) (3:56)

14. The Pop Kids (Radio Edit) (3:43)

15. Twenty-Something (Radio Edit) (3:41)

16. Say It To Me (New Radio Mix) (3:11)

17. Dreamland (feat. Years & Years) (3:28)

18. Monkey Business (Radio Edit) (3:11)

19. I Don't Wanna (Radio Edit) (3:21)

SMASH - The Singles 1965-2020 is a compilation album by Pet Shop Boys, released on June 16, 2023 by Parlophone, includes 55 Tracks, comprising most of the Duo's singles from 1995-2020 in Box Set 3 CD.