PET SHOP BOYS ANNOUNCE FOURTH AND FINAL SET OF RELEASES IN
CATALOGUE: 1985-2012, THE LANDMARK SERIES OF REISSUES OF THEIR
PARLOPHONE STUDIO ALBUMS
The Albums Behaviour, Very And Bilingual Will Be Remastered And Reissued With 'Further
Listening' Albums Of Additional Bonus Material
Reissues Out August 31 From Rhino
LOS ANGELES - Pet Shop Boys will release the final set of albums in their definitive CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 series of reissues of all their Parlophone studio albums. This fourth batch of releases will see the PSB albums Behaviour from 1990, the 1993 album Very and the 1996 album Bilingual reissued on August 31. The albums have been remastered and repackaged, and will be accompanied by 'further listening' albums of master quality bonus tracks - including demos, extended mixes and remixes of tracks from the albums and others created in the same period as each record.
Behaviour was Pet Shop Boys' fourth studio album, recorded mostly in Munich, Germany at co-producer Harold Faltermeyer's studio. The album was then completed at London's Sarm West Studios, and was released in October 1990 - hitting number 2 on the UK Album Chart and going on to earn platinum certification in the UK.
The LP is seen by some as one of Pet Shop Boys' most contemplative and moving records, and features the singles "So Hard," 'How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?' and their classic track "Being Boring." This catalogue release of Behaviour features 'further listening' bonus tracks such as an extended mix of "Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)" and an ambient mix of "Music For Boys" - both of which are previously unreleased on CD.
The 1993 album Very was a number one record for Pet Shop Boys in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, and has to date sold in excess of five million copies worldwide. It contains 5 singles, including their cover of "Go West" - a number 2 hit for PSB - and lead single "Can You Forgive Her?"
Stylistically, Very could be said to serve as an antithesis to Behaviour, insofar as the production and lyrical themes are generally more upbeat and positive than those of the previous album. PSB also reinvented their image to incorporate more vivid colors and brightness, including Very's now-iconic "Lego" album cover. The album is also the first to be produced almost entirely by Pet Shop Boys themselves - with additional programming and production courtesy of Pete Gleadall and Stephen Hague. This CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 issue of Very includes a 'further listening' disc of bonus material, such as the previously-unreleased tracks "Falling" (a demo for Kylie Minogue), and a 1992 twelve-inch mix of "Go West."
Released in September 1996, Bilingual was the sixth studio album to be released by Pet Shop Boys. It was a UK top 5 record upon release and included 5 singles, all of which were UK Top 20 singles. As is often the case with PSB records, Bilingual comprises many influences, including those of the music of Latin America, due partly to the Spanish and Latin music Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe had been listening to prior to recording the album.
The album was recorded by PSB with Danny Tenaglia and Chris Porter, and has since gained platinum certification in Spain, and Gold in the UK. This CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 release of Bilingual includes a 'further listening' CD of bonus tracks, with previously-unreleased new versions of "Discoteca" and "A Red Letter Day."
The CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 reissues of Behaviour, Very and Bilingual will go on sale August 31. The three albums will be packaged with an extensive booklet in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss each song, illustrated with many archive photographs. The entire project is designed by Farrow. To pre-order the albums, please follow the links below:
Behaviour/Further Listening: 1990-1991
Very/Further Listening: 1992-1994
Bilingual/Further Listening: 1995-1997
The CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 reissue series began last year with the release of Nightlife, Release, and Fundamental, followed by re-issues of Yes and Elysium and later Please, Actually, and Introspective.
The reissues of Please, Actually, Introspective, Behaviour, Very, and Bilingual were originally released with bonus 'further listening' albums in 2001 and are being newly remastered with their original track-listings for this project.
Behaviour/Further Listening 1990-1991:
CD 1
1. Being Boring
2. This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
3. To Face The Truth
4. How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
5. Only The Wind
6. My October Symphony
7. So Hard
8. Nervously
9. The End Of The World
10. Jealousy
CD 2
1. It Must Be Obvious
2. So Hard (Extended Dance Mix)
3. Miserablism
4. Being Boring (Extended Mix)
5. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
6. We All Feel Better In The Dark (Extended Mix)
7. Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) (Extended Mix) **
8. Jealousy (Extended Version)
9. Generic Jingle *
10. Dj Culture (Extended Mix)
11. Was It Worth It? (Twelve-Inch Mix)
12. Music For Boys (Ambient Mix) **
13. DJ Culture (Seven-Inch Mix)
* Previously unreleased
** Previously unreleased on CD
Very/Further Listening 1992-1994:
CD 1
1. Can You Forgive Her?
2. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
3. Liberation
4. A Different Point Of View
5. Dreaming Of The Queen
6. Yesterday, When I Was Mad
7. The Theatre
8. One And One Make Five
9. To Speak Is A Sin
10. Young Offender
11. One In A Million
12. Go West
CD 2
1. Go West (1992 Twelve-Inch Mix) *
2. Forever In Love *
3. Confidential (Demo For Tina)
4. Hey, Headmaster
5. Shameless
6. Too Many People
7. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (Seven-Inch Version)
8. Violence (Haçienda version)
9. Falling (Demo For Kylie) *
10. Decadence
11. If Love Were All
12. Absolutely Fabulous (Single Version)
13. Euroboy
14. Some Speculation
15. Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version)
16. Girls And Boys (Live In Rio)
* Previously unreleased
Bilingual/Further Listening: 1995-1997:
CD 1
1. Discoteca
2. Single
3. Metamorphosis
4. Electricity
5. Se a Vida é (That's The Way Life Is)
6. It Always Comes As A Surprise
7. A Red Letter Day
8. Up Against It
9. The Survivors
10. Before
11. To Step Aside
12. Saturday Night Forever
CD 2
1. Paninaro '95
2. In The Night (1995)
3. The Truck-Driver And His Mate
4. Hit And Miss
5. How I Learned To Hate Rock 'N' Roll
6. Betrayed
7. Delusions Of Grandeur
8. Discoteca (Single Version) *
9. The Calm Before The Storm
10. Discoteca (New Version)
11. The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On
12. A Red Letter Day (Expanded Single Version) *
13. The View From Your Balcony
14. Disco Potential
15. Somewhere (Extended Mix)
* Previously unreleased
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