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Pet Shop Boys - Alternative (CD 1995)

Track Listing
1. In The Night
2. Man Could Get Arrested
3. That's My Impression
4. Was That What It Was
5. Paninaro
6. Jack The Lad
7. You Know Where You Went Wrong
8. New Life
9. I Want A Dog
10. Do I Have To
11. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
12. Don Juan
13. Sound Of The Atom Splitting
14. One Of The Crowd
15. Your Funny Uncle

1. It Must Be Obvious
2. We All Feel Better In The Dark
3. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
4. Losing My Mind
5. Music For Boys
6. Miserabilsm
7. Hey Headmaster
8. What Keeps Mankind Alive
9. Shameless
10. Too Many People
11. Violence
12. Decadence
13. If Love Were All
14. Euroboy
15. Some Speculation

Details
Number of CDs:2
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:EMI
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
Pet Shop Boys: Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe.Additional personnel: Richard Niles (conductor); Stephen Lipson, J.J. Belle, Johnny Marr (guitar); Gerard Prescencer (trumpet); Gary Maughan, Richard Coles (keyboards); Blue Weaver (organ, programming); Frank Ricotti (vibraphone, percussion); Adrien Cook, Dominic Clarke, Chris Newman, Scott Davidson, Harold Faltermeyer, Pete Gleadall (programming); Carol Kenyan, Katie Kissoon, Tessa Niles, Helena Springs, Shirley Lewis, Dee Lewis, Juliet Roberts, Bruce Woolley, Sylvia Mason-James, Tony Walthers, Daniel Gaha, Lance Ellington (background vocals).Producers: Pet Shop Boys, Phil Harding (disc 1, track 1); Pet Shop Boys, Bobby "O" (disc 1, track 2); Pet Shop Boys (disc 1, tracks 3-6, 9-12, 14-15, disc 2, tracks 1-5, 7, 9-12, 14-15); Pet Shop Boys, Shep Pettibone (disc 1, track 7); Pet Shop Boys, David Jacob (disc 1, track 8); Trevor Horn, Stephen Lipson (disc 1, track 13); Pet Shop Boys, Harold Faltermeyer (disc 2, track 6); Pet Shop Boys, Jonathan Ruffle (disc 2, track 8); Richard Niles, Pet Shop Boys (disc 2, track 13).Engineers: Phil Harding (disc 1, track 1); John Etchells (disc 1, track 3); David Jacob (disc 1, tracks 5-6, 8-9, 12, disc 2, track 2); Dave Meegan (disc 1, track 7); David Jacob, Mike Nielson (disc 1, track 9); Bob Kraushaar (disc 1, track 10, disc 2, tracks 11, 14-15); Mark Stent (disc 1, track 11); Stephen Lipson (disc 1, track 13); Paul Wright, Pete Schwier (disc 1, track 14); Danton Supple (disc 1, track 15); Pete Schwier (disc 2, tracks 1, 12); Pete Schwier, Bob Kraushaar (disc 2, track 3); Roy Spong (disc 2, track 4); Ren Swan (disc 2, track 5); Brian Reeves, Bob Kraushaar (disc 2, track 6); Bob Kraushaar, Pete Gleadall (disc 2, tracks 7, 9-10); Mike Bigwood (disc 2, track 13).Recorded between 1983 and 1994. Includes liner notes by Jon Savage.All songs written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

Editorial Reviews
5 Stars - Indispensable - ...the Pet Shop Boys are, of course, one of the best things British pop has ever given us. At well over two hours, ALTERNATIVE is getting on for the length of an Oliver Stone movie and is much more entertainingly informative about the beast that is pop culture...
Q Magazine (09/01/1995)

...The duo have always understood the importance of what, in pre-CD days, we used to call B-sides. And they gather 30 of them here to show the wit and the finesse that they bring to what so many of their peers are content to treat as throwaway....plenty of songs here...could have been hits in their own right...
Melody Maker (08/12/1995)

6 (out of 10) - ...Be prepared for outbreaks of esoterica that could test the patience of a saint....in the midst of it all there is the odd outbreak of gleaming majesty...
New Musical Express (08/05/1995)

...The duo have always understood the importance of what, in pre-CD days, we used to call B-sides. And they gather 30 of them here to show the wit and the finesse that they bring to what so many of their peers are content to treat as throwaway....plenty of songs here...could have been hits in their own right...
Melody Maker (08/12/1995)

5 Stars - Indispensable - ...the Pet Shop Boys are, of course, one of the best things British pop has ever given us. At well over two hours, ALTERNATIVE is getting on for the length of an Oliver Stone movie and is much more entertainingly informative about the beast that is pop culture...
Q (09/01/1995)

5 Stars - Indispensable - ...the Pet Shop Boys are, of course, one of the best things British pop has ever given us. At well over two hours, ALTERNATIVE is getting on for the length of an Oliver Stone movie and is much more entertainingly informative about the beast that is pop culture...Melody Maker (8/12/95, p.33) - ...The duo have always understood the importance of what, in pre-CD days, we used to call B-sides. And they gather 30 of them here to show the wit and the finesse that they bring to what so many of their peers are content to treat as throwaway....plenty of songs here...could have been hits in their own right...NME (8/5/95, p.44) - 6 (out of 10) - ...Be prepared for outbreaks of esoterica that could test the patience of a saint....in the midst of it all there is the odd outbreak of gleaming majesty...
Q (09/01/1995)

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  Pet Shop Boys - Alternative (CD 1995)
Review created: 04/08/07

I bought this CD for my dad & he is very pleased with it.He is a big listner of the Pet shop boys & said it was one of the best CD's they had done.


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  pet shop boys alternative
Review created: 22/03/07
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ive always liked the pet shop boys and i bought this cd because it was avery good price and in fantastic condition thankyou


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  Excellent for catching up with some b sides
Review created: 06/01/07
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This is a fabulous album full of b sides The petshop boys seem to know that not all of us fans buy all the singles but we enjoy all the music they produce

with songs like my funny uncle "do i have to?" miserblism is a fantastic song

buy this if you like the pet shop boys in every form,


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