Pet Shop Boys
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[Edit]Post-modern ironists cloaked behind a veil of buoyantly melodic and lushly romantic synth pop confections, Pet Shop Boys established themselves among the most commercially and critically successful groups of their era with cheeky, smart, and utterly danceable music. Always remaining one step ahead of their contemporaries, the British duo navigated the constantly shifting landscape of modern dance-pop with rare grace and intelligence, moving easily from disco to house to techno with their own distinctive image remaining completely intact. Satiric and irreverent — yet somehow strangely affecting — they also transcended the seeming disposability of their craft, offering wry and thoughtful cultural commentary communicated by the Morse code of au courant synth washes and drum-machine rhythms.
Pet Shop Boys formed in London in August 1981, when vocalist Neil Tennant (a former editor at Marvel Comics who later gained some recognition as a journalist for Smash Hits magazine) first met keyboardist Chris Lowe (a onetime architecture student) at an electronics shop. Discovering a shared passion for dance music and synthesizers, they immediately decided to start a band. After dubbing themselves Pet Shop Boys in honor of friends who worked in such an establishment — while also obliquely nodding to the sort of names prevalent among the New York City hip-hop culture of the early '80s — the duo's career first took flight in 1983, when Tennant met producer Bobby "O" Orlando while on a writing assignment. Orlando produced their first single, 1984's "West End Girls." The song was a minor hit in the U.S. but went nowhere in Britain, and its follow-up, "One More Chance," was also unsuccessful.
Upon signing to EMI, Pet Shop Boys issued 1985's biting "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)." When it too failed to attract attention, the duo's future appeared grim, but Tennant and Lowe then released an evocative new Stephen Hague production of "West End Girls," which became an international chart-topper. Its massive success propelled Pet Shop Boys' 1986 debut LP, Please, into the Top Ten, and when "Opportunities" was subsequently reissued, it too became a hit. Disco, a collection of dance remixes, was quickly rushed into stores, and in 1987 the duo resurfaced with the superb Actually, which launched two more Top Ten smashes — "It's a Sin" and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?," a duet between Tennant and the great Dusty Springfield. Later that year, "Always on My Mind," a lovely cover of the perennial Elvis Presley standard, reached number one in several countries and the Top Ten in the U.S. A documentary film titled It Couldn't Happen Here was released one year later.
In October 1988, Pet Shop Boys issued their third studio LP, the eclectic Introspective. "Domino Dancing" and "Left to My Own Devices" both reached the Top Ten in Great Britain. The following year, Pet Shop Boys collaborated with a variety of performers, most notably Liza Minnelli, for whom they produced the 1989 LP Results. They also produced material for Springfield, and Tennant joined New Order frontman Bernard Sumner and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr in the group Electronic, scoring a hit with the single "Getting Away with It." Tennant and Lowe reconvened in 1990 for the muted, downcast Behavior, produced by Harold Faltermeyer. Their hit medley of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" and Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" was released in 1991, and was followed in 1993 by Very, lauded as among the duo's finest efforts to date.
After a three-year absence, Pet Shop Boys resurfaced with Bilingual, a fluid expansion into Latin rhythms. Nightlife followed in 1999 and sparked the dance club hit "New York City Boy," whose success allowed the group to tour the U.S. for the first time in eight years. While on tour, the duo also collaborated with playwright Jonathan Harvey on a musical surrounding gay life and societal criticisms, which the three had been planning since 1997. Closer to Heaven made its West End debut in 2001 and had a successful run for most of the year; Pet Shop Boys' score of the original cast recording was also a hit in the U.K. They still had time to make a record for themselves, too — in April 2002, Tennant and Lowe issued Release, and Disco 3 was compiled for release the following year.
Pet Shop Boys continued releasing material throughout the decade's latter half. In 2005, they put together a volume of the Back to Mine series and released their soundtrack designed to accompany the 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin, a soundtrack they'd performed a year earlier at a free concert/screening in Trafalgar Square. A year later, they issued Fundamental, a mature, sometimes political album produced by Trevor Horn. The live album Concrete: In Concert at the Mermaid Theatre appeared at the end of the year, and Yes — a collaborative effort with the production crew Xenomania — marked the band's tenth studio effort in March 2009. While playing shows in support of that album, Pet Shop Boys also released a hits compilation, Party, to coincide with the Brazilian leg of their tour. In 2010, the tour was documented on the CD/DVD release Pandemonium, and another greatest-hits compilation, Ultimate, arrived.
Their 2011 effort, The Most Incredible Thing, was a two-disc ballet score composed for the Sadler's Wells Theater in London, while 2012's Format rounded up the duo's B-sides and bonus tracks from the years 1996-2009. Also in 2012, the duo released the sports-themed single "Winner" and performed the track at the 2012 Olympics Summer Games, held that year in their hometown of London. The track landed on that year's album Elysium, which was produced by Kanye West affiliate Andrew Dawson. Stuart Price (Madonna, Seal, Kylie Minogue) was the producer of 2013's Electric, an album that featured no ballads, just dance tracks. In May of 2014, the duo announced more original music, this a concert piece scheduled for a July date at Royal Albert Hall, commemorating British codebreaker Alan Turing and including the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Title: Introspective: Further Listening 1988-1989
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, House, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Disco 2
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Title: UltraTraxx Remixes Side (CD1)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Title: I'm In Love With a German Filmstar (Radio Edit) - Single
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: What I Have Done To Deserve This... MEGAMIX (Long Single Mix)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Pop
Title: Happiness (Single)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, New Wave, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Insanely Alive (Remixes)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys, Wolfgang Tillmans
Genre: Electronica, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Love is a Bourgeois Construct
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, House, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: I'm In Love With a German Film Star (The Mixes)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Yes, Etc. (Bonus Disc: Etc.)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Party Dancing: The Greatest Hits
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Title: Pandemonium (Live at the O2 Arena, London - 21 December 2009)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: PopArt: The Hits (Remastered)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, House, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Bilingual
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Rock, New Wave, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Collections
Title: Hits of the 80'S
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits 80s, Dance
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Kompakt: Total 10
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Five Point One (The Mark Reeder 2.0 Versions)
Genre: Pop, Alternative
Title: Star 69 Presents: Cafeteria Hear
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Defected Presents the Closing Party Ibiza 2013
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Electrospective: Electronic Music Since 1958
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: SO8OS (SOEIGHTIES) CD 3
Genre: Electronica, Club/Dance
Title: The No. 1 Hits - 1986
Title: The 80'S Collection CD 7
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: The 80'S Collection CD 12
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: The 80'S Collection CD 13
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Los Mejores Exitos Del Año
Genre: Latin
Title: Golden Hits 90s CD 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Four Decades Of Dance CD 6
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: Now! That'S What I Call Music 15
Genre: Breakbeat , Downtempo, Electronica, House, Deep House, Euro House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Acid Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Darkwave, Gothic Rock, New Wave, Punk, Reggae, Club/Dance, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Alternative, Funk, Acoustic
Title: Now! That'S What I Call Music 18
Genre: Breakbeat , Downtempo, Electronica, Eurodance, House, Deep House, Euro House, Trance, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, Gothic Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave, Punk, Post Punk, Reggae, Dub, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap, Synth Pop, Alternative, Acoustic, Indie
Title: Now! That'S What I Call Music 11
Genre: Breakbeat , Downtempo, Electronica, House, Deep House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Punk, Reggae, Club/Dance, World Music, Latin, Country, Disco, Italo Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap, Synth Pop, Ska, Alternative, Funk, Hardcore, Art/Entehno, Classical
Title: Now! That'S What I Call Music 10
Genre: Ambient, Breakbeat , Downtempo, New Age, Electronica, House, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock, New Wave, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, Punk, Club/Dance, World Music, Country, Disco, Italo Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap, Synth Pop, Ska, Funk, Acoustic, Hardcore, Classical
Title: All Stars Disco (Disc 2)
Genre: Disco
Title: All Stars Disco CD6
Genre: Disco
Title: All Stars Disco [Disc 16]
Genre: Disco
Title: All Stars Disco [Disc 19]
Genre: Disco
Title: The Best World Ballads - 10 (CD 2)
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Absolute Hits 2010 CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: Now Christmas 2010 (Disc 1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Mastermix - Issue 302 (CD 1)
Genre: Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Now Hits 2010!
Genre: Electronica, Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, World Music, Pop
Title: Exitos Internacionales CD05
Title: Vol. 10 - Without You
Genre: Pop
Title: Vol. 16 - Now And Forever
Genre: Pop
Title: Diamonds Hits 2007 - 2011
Genre: Italo Disco
Title: BSO I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
Genre: New Wave, Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: DMC Commercial Collection 354 (CD 2)
Genre: Pop
Title: DMC - Dance Mixes 70
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: Bravo Hits - Best Of '96
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1986 CD1
Title: Top Of The Pops 1988 CD3
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1988 CD4
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, World Music, Latin, Disco, Pop
Title: Play 2009 CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: DMC - DJ Promo 163 OverDrive-RG
Genre: Pop
Title: Dance Mixes 70
Genre: Club/Dance, DJ/Remixes
Title: Now Christmas 2012 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: German TOP 100 Single Charts: 1 November 2012
Genre: Pop
Title: M Factor Remixes
Genre: Electronica
Title: The Best From The West Vol. 1
Genre: Electronica, Euro House, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: The Best From The West Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: The Best From The West Vol. 3
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap
Title: Now Xmas (CD1)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Now Christmas 2012
Genre: Dancefloor, World Music, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Best Hits Of 90s CD3
Genre: Electronica, Eurodance, Euro House, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Greatest Hits From The Movies (CD4)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Best Of 2011 Die Erste
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: In and Out of Consciousness - Greatest Hits 1990 - 2010
Artist: Robbie Williams
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990 - 2010
Artist: Robbie Williams
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Star 69 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Artist: Star 69 Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Gold: Dusty Springfield
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: Star 69 Presents: Let's Go Chumbo! (Mixed By Superchumbo)
Artist: Superchumbo
Genre: Electronica, House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Electrospective: Electronic Music Since 1958
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Defected Presents House Masters - Frankie Knuckles
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Five Point One (The Mark Reeder 2.0 Versions)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Defected Presents The Closing Party Ibiza 2013
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Bronson (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: Defected Presents House Masters - Frankie Knuckles
Artist: Frankie Knuckles
Genre: Electronica, House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Psycho (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Greatest Hits & Remixes (CD2)
Artist: Lady Gaga
Genre: Electronica, Progressive House, Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, DJ/Remixes, Pop
Title: The Power Of Classic Rock (CD2)
Artist: London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
Genre: Symphonic Rock
Title: DjPaulT's Maniacal 80's Halloween Party Vol. 2
Artist: At The Gates
Genre: Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Title: Fetenhits - The Rare Maxi Classics (CD1)
Artist: Fetenhits
Genre: Electro, Disco, Italo Disco, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Top Radio Songs (CD1)
Artist: Best Of Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Synth Pop
Title: "O" Records Classics (Volume One: Passion)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: In and Out of Consciousness - Greatest Hits 1990-2010 (Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Robbie Williams
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles (CD09)
Artist: David Bowie
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: I Love Lady Gaga Volume 1
Artist: Lady Gaga
Genre: Eurodance, Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Reggae, Disco, Dance Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Its The 90s
Artist: Woo-Hoo
Genre: Rock, Punk, Reggae Fusion, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Blinded by the Light (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The 80s
Genre: Freestyle Music, Hard NRG, Electro, New Wave, Latin, Italo Disco, Synth Pop