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: Actually: Further Listening 1987 - 1988 (2018 Remastered Version) (CD2)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Pop
Title: BBC 6 Music Artist Collection / Pet Shop Boys At The BBC (Long Single Mix)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Synth Pop
Title: UltraTraxx Remixes Side (CD2)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Title: Thursday (Remixes) [feat. Example] - Single
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Please: Further Listening 1984-1986 (2018 Remastered Version)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Introspective: Further Listening 1988-1989 (2001 Remastered Version)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica
Title: SMASH – The Singles 1985 – 2020 (2023 Remaster) (CD1)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, House, Pop
Title: Hits Friendly Dancing
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Actually: Further Listening 1987-1988 (2018 Remastered Version)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Actually: Further Listening 1987-1988 (Remastered)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, Pop
Title: Release: Further Listening 2001 - 2004 (2017 Remastered Version)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Pop
Title: The Maxi-CDCollection Of The Pet Shop Boys (CD1)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Collections
Title: Los Mejores Duetos De La Historia (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Music Legends Vol. 1
Title: New Year Disco Remix (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, DJ/Remixes, Disco
Title: Golden Romance Collection Vol 1 (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Garage Rock, Punk, Disco, Pop Rock
Title: The Best Of 1980 - 1990 Volume 01 (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Club/Dance, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop, New Romantic
Title: The Best Of 1980 - 1990 Volume 05 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Club/Dance, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop, New Romantic
Title: The Best Of 1980 - 1990 Volume 06 (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Club/Dance, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop, New Romantic
Title: The Best Of 1980 - 1990 Volume 13 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Club/Dance, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop, New Romantic
Title: Street Parade 2009 (Official Compilation)
Genre: House, Tech House, Electro
Title: 350 Famous Hits Of 90th (CD 14)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance, Pop
Title: Top 30 Dance Club Play 2013
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Discazo Deluxe 2013 (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Hitzone 40
Genre: Electronica, Trance, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Pop Rap
Title: Twentieth - Century Blues: The Songs Of Noel Coward
Genre: Pop
Title: Now That'S What I Call Music! 4 (Israeli Series) (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Rap, Rock, Dance Rock, Club/Dance, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop
Title: Top 30 Dance Club Play 9. 3. 2013
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: Retail Limited Music Outside (CD1)
Genre: House, Glam Rock, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: 80s Tears Love
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative
Title: Baú Do Dj Vol. 02 / Bau Do Dj Vol. 02
Genre: Latin
Title: DMC Essential Hits 93 (CD1)
Genre: Dance Pop
Title: Disco Fox Volume 2
Genre: Italo Disco, Synth Pop
Title: Element Abri B 2013 - B INTER 2013 - 04 B
Genre: Pop
Title: Discazo Primavera 2013 (CD4)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: A State Of Trance 615 (2013-05-30)
Genre: Trance, Progressive Trance
Title: The Final Eurodance Remixes (CD4)
Genre: Eurodance
Title: Synthpopulation Vol. 4
Genre: Electronica, Industrial, Synth Pop, EBM
Title: 100 Hits One Way Ticket
Genre: Electronica, Pop Punk
Title: Final Eurodance Remixes 4
Genre: Electronica
Title: 80'S Revolution - Disco Fox Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Disco, Italo Disco, Eurodisco
Title: Phantastic (Fantastic) Disco (Atom Records) Vol. 3
Genre: Disco, Italo Disco, Eurodisco, Pop
Title: 101 90s Hits (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Pop
Title: Disco Fox Vol. 2
Genre: Disco
Title: Flor Do Caribe Internacional 2013
Genre: Pop
Title: Simply … Dusty (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Best Hits Of 90s (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Power D-Instinct Gamer (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: Top Club Music World Hits 10813
Genre: House, Trance, Club/Dance, Progressive
Title: Europa Plus - Summer Edition (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Club Of Fans Dance Vol. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance
Title: Club Of Fans Dance Vol. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance
Title: GTA5 (Non Stop Pop FM) (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Dance Hits Vol. 303
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: BOOM Legacy Chart (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance
Title: Top 30 Dance Club Play 7. 9
Title: Options Remake Of Tracks 2013 SEPT. 05 (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, House, Techno, Club/Dance, Progressive
Title: Super Dance Party 29-30 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Mega Disco (CD2)
Title: Favoritos Disco 80s (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 30 Dance Club Play 25-09
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Disco
Title: Top 30 Dance Club Play 7. 9. 2013
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: Construct Edition Way (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, House, Techno, Club/Dance, Funk
Title: Foreign Collection Gold Disco (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Need For Speed. Club Music (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: Hits Cocktail Vol. 22 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, 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