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Discography: The Complete Singles Collection Greatest hits album by Pet Shop Boys Released November 4, 1991 Recorded 1984–1991 Genre Synthpop Length 76:54 Label Parlophone – PMTV 3 Producer Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys chronology Behaviour
(1990)Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
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(1993)Singles from Discography: The Complete Singles Collection - "DJ Culture"
Released: October 14, 1991 - "Was It Worth It?"
Released: December 9, 1991
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Robert Christgau (A)[2] Discography: The Complete Singles Collection is an 18-track compilation by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1991. The album charted at No 3 in the UK album charts.
As the name suggests, Discography is a collection of all of the hit singles by Pet Shop Boys up to that point (1991), alongside two new tracks "DJ Culture" and "Was It Worth It?". Although all other songs on this album had appeared in some form on their previous albums, only six of the songs previously appeared on an album in their single versions.
The album contains the Pet Shop Boys cover version of U2's hit "Where the Streets Have No Name", which later in the song breaks into the chorus of Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You".
Around the time of the release of Discography, Pet Shop Boys also released a video collection, Videography, consisting of the music videos for each of the songs on this album in a slightly different order and with the song "Was It Worth It?" being replaced with "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?", which itself was not on the audio versions of the album, despite being part of a double A-side with "Where the streets have no name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)" (the exclusion due to the constrictions of the CD's running time).
In 2003, Pet Shop Boys released an updated single collection called PopArt, which featured the video version of "Suburbia" and the album mix of "Heart" by mistake but excluding "Was It Worth It?". In addition, it featured all the Pet Shop Boys singles released after 1991 with the exception of "Absolutely Fabulous" (which the duo do not consider a Pet Shop Boys release as the artist was credited as "Absolutely Fabulous") and "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?".
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "West End Girls" (from Please, 1986) Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant 3:59 2. "Love Comes Quickly" (from Please, 1986) Stephen Hague, Lowe, Tennant 4:17 3. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (from Please, 1986) Lowe, Tennant 3:36 4. "Suburbia" (from Please, 1986) Lowe, Tennant 4:03 5. "It's a Sin" (from Actually, 1987) Lowe, Tennant 4:59 6. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (from Actually, 1987) Lowe, Tennant, Allee Willis 4:19 7. "Rent" (from Actually, 1987) Lowe, Tennant 3:32 8. "Always on My Mind" (from Introspective, 1988) Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson Thompson 3:53 9. "Heart" (from Actually, 1987) Lowe, Tennant 4:16 10. "Domino Dancing" (from Introspective, 1988) Lowe, Tennant 4:17 11. "Left to My Own Devices" (from Introspective, 1988) Lowe, Tennant 4:46 12. "It's Alright" (from Introspective, 1988) Sterling Void 4:19 13. "So Hard" (from Behaviour, 1990) Lowe, Tennant 3:58 14. "Being Boring" (from Behaviour, 1990) Lowe, Tennant 4:50 15. "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio 4:30 16. "Jealousy" (from Behaviour, 1990) Lowe, Tennant 4:15 17. "DJ Culture" (Debut) Lowe, Tennant 4:13 18. "Was It Worth It?" (Debut) Lowe, Tennant 4:22 Notes
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pet Shop Boys: Discography: The Complete Singles Collection" at Allmusic. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Pet Shop Boys". RobertChristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Pet+Shop+Boys. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
References
- "Pet Shop Boys discography". http://www.psb-discography.com/. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- Discography: The Complete Singles Collection at Allmusic
- Discography: The Complete Singles Collection at Discogs (list of releases)
Studio albums - Please
- Actually
- Introspective
- Behaviour
- Very
- Bilingual
- Nightlife
- Release
- Fundamental
- Yes
Compilation albums - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
- Alternative
- Essential
- PopArt: The Hits
- Story: 25 Years of Hits
- Party
- Ultimate
- Format
Remix albums Live albums - Concrete
- Pandemonium
Extended plays Soundtracks and scores - Closer to Heaven
- Battleship Potemkin
- The Most Incredible Thing
Singles - "West End Girls"
- "One More Chance"
- "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
- "Love Comes Quickly"
- "Suburbia"
- "Paninaro"
- "It's a Sin"
- "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
- "Rent"
- "Always on My Mind"
- "Heart"
- "Domino Dancing"
- "Left to My Own Devices"
- "It's Alright"
- "So Hard"
- "Being Boring"
- "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"
- "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)"
- "Jealousy"
- "DJ Culture"
- "Was It Worth It?"
- "Can You Forgive Her?"
- "Go West"
- "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
- "Absolutely Fabulous"
- "Liberation"
- "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
- "Paninaro '95"
- "Before"
- "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"/"To Step Aside"
- "Single-Bilingual"
- "A Red Letter Day"
- "Somewhere"
- "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More"
- "New York City Boy"
- "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"
- "Break 4 Love"
- "Home and Dry"
- "I Get Along"
- "London"
- "Miracles"
- "Flamboyant"
- "I'm with Stupid"
- "Minimal"
- "Numb"
- "She's Madonna"
- "Integral"
- "Love etc."
- "Did You See Me Coming?"
- "Beautiful People"
- "Love Life"
- "Together"
Other songs - "King's Cross"
- "The Loving Kind"
- "The Night I Fell in Love"
- "I'm Not Scared"
- "In Private"
- "Nothing Has Been Proved"
- "So Sorry, I Said"
- "Don't Drop Bombs"
- "Euroboy"
Film, stage and television - It Couldn't Happen Here
- Closer to Heaven
- Pet Shop Boys: A Life In Pop
- The Most Incredible Thing
Notable tours and concerts - MCMLXXXIX Tour
- Performance Tour
- Discovery Tour
- Somewhere Shows
- Nightlife Tour
- Summer Tour
- Uni/Release Tour
- Summer Tour/Fall '04 Tour
- Fundamental Tour
- Pandemonium Tour
- Progress Live (as special guests)
Related articles - Discography
- Spaghetti Records
- Reputation
- Results
- Electronic
- Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys
- West End Girls
Categories:- 1991 greatest hits albums
- Pet Shop Boys compilation albums
- Parlophone compilation albums
- "DJ Culture"
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