Alternative (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Alternative
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Pet Shop Boys


Released = August 7, 1995
Recorded = 1986-1994
Genre = Technopop
Length = 134:12
Label = Parlophone
Producer = Pet Shop Boys
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Chart position = #2 (UK)
Last album = "Disco 2"
(1994)
This album = "Alternative"
(1995)
Next album = "Bilingual"
(1996)

"Alternative" is the ninth album by UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1995.

"Alternative" is a 2-disc set, consisting of 30 B-sides in chronological order. The title "Alternative" was a last minute change from the title that had been long saved for such an album, "Besides", but that title was taken by rock band Sugar, who released their own B-sides compilation two months prior.

"Alternative" only really gained popularity among devoted fans of Pet Shop Boys with the exception of the UK where it entered the charts at #2. A remake of the original 7-inch Paninaro entitled "Paninaro '95" was released as a single (which was featured in the later "" set) in order to promote the 2-disc compilation.

The cover of "Alternative" features photographs of Tenant and Lowe in fencing masks. The first copies of the CD have a lenticular image on the cover which shifts between the two photographs.

Track listing

Disc one

# "In the night" – 4:50
# "A man could get arrested" (12" mix) – 4:19
# "That's my impression" (Disco mix) – 5:15
# "Was that what it was?" – 5:15
# "Paninaro" – 4:40
# "Jack the lad" – 4:32
# "You know where you went wrong" – 5:52
# "A new life" – 4:56
# "I want a dog" – 4:59
# "Do I have to?" – 5:14
# "I get excited (You get excited too)" – 4:55
# "Don Juan" – 3:55
# "The sound of the atom splitting" (extended version) – 5:13
# "One of the crowd" – 3:57
# "Your funny uncle" – 2:15

Disc two

# "It must be obvious" – 4:34
# "We all feel better in the dark" – 4:00
# "Bet she's not your girlfriend" – 4:29
# "Losing my mind" – 4:34
# "Music for boys" – 3:36
# "Miserablism" – 4:11
# "Hey, headmaster" – 3:07
# "What keeps mankind alive?" – 3:24
# "Shameless" – 5:03
# "Too many people" – 4:17
# "Violence" (Hacienda version) – 4:59
# "Decadence" – 3:57
# "If love were all" – 2:59
# "Euroboy" – 4:28
# "Some speculation" – 6:35cite web |url=http://www.psb-discography.com/ |title=Pet Shop Boys discography |accessdate=2007-10-01 ]

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