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Pop Art: Pet Shop Boys - The Hits
Pop Art: Pet Shop Boys - The Hits cover
Compilation album by Pet Shop Boys
Released November 24, 2003
Recorded 1985-2003
Genre Dance pop
Length 147:17
Label Parlophone
Producer(s) Pet Shop Boys
Professional reviews
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Disco 3
(2003)		 Pop Art: Pet Shop Boys - The Hits
(2003)		 Back to Mine
(2005)


PopArt: Pet Shop Boys - The Hits is the fourteenth album by the UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released in 2003. PopArt is a compilation of Pet Shop Boys' top-20 UK singles along with two new tracks, "Miracles" and "Flamboyant" which have subsequently also been singles.

The most notable exclusion was "Was it worth it?" (which was included as a brand new song on Discography) because it only peaked at #24, while "How can you expect to be taken seriously?" (part of a double a-side with the U2 cover) was again omitted (it was not on Discography either).

Chartwise the album was not successful however the Pet Shop Boys stated on their website they were happy with sales.

Contrary to most "best of" compilations (including the earlier Discography), the tracks on the CDs are not arranged chronologically, but split into two categories. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe split the tracks into ones they thought were pure pop music ("Pop") and the ones that they thought were more creative/experimental ("Art").

A special limited edition was released with a third CD, "Mix", appropriately featuring Tennant and Lowe's favourite remixes from their career.

The Actually version, opposed to the single mix, of "Heart" was used on PopArt. Whether this was by design or by accident remains unclear.

After three years of its release in the rest of the world, PopArt was finally released in the USA in October 2006. The delay was due to legal problems caused by the fact that since Pet Shop Boys began, they have been with four different record labels in the USA: EMI (1985-1995), Atlantic (1996-1998), Sire (1999-2001) and Sanctuary (2002-2003).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Pop (disc 1)

  1. "Go West"
  2. "Suburbia (video edit)"
  3. "Se a vida e (That's the way life is)"
  4. "What have I done to deserve this?" (with Dusty Springfield)
  5. "Always on my mind" (7" mix)
  6. "I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing" (Beatmasters 7" version)
  7. "Home and dry" (radio edit)
  8. "Heart"
  9. "Miracles"
  10. "Love comes quickly"
  11. "It's a sin"
  12. "Domino dancing" (7" mix)
  13. "Before" (radio edit)
  14. "New York City boy" (U.S. radio edit re-edit)
  15. "It's alright" (7" mix)
  16. "Where the streets have no name (I can't take my eyes off you)" (7" mix)
  17. "A red letter day" (7" mix)

[edit] Art (disc 2)

  1. "Left to my own devices" (7" mix)
  2. "I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more" (radio edit)
  3. "Flamboyant"
  4. "Being boring" (7" mix)
  5. "Can you forgive her?"
  6. "West End girls" (7" mix)
  7. "I get along" (radio edit)
  8. "So hard"
  9. "Rent" (7" mix)
  10. "Jealousy" (7" mix)
  11. "DJ culture" (7" mix)
  12. "You only tell me you love me when you're drunk"
  13. "Liberation"
  14. "Paninaro '95" (single version)
  15. "Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)"
  16. "Yesterday, when I was mad" (single version)
  17. "Single-Bilingual" (7" mix)
  18. "Somewhere" (single version)

[edit] Mix (limited edition disc 3)

  1. "Can you forgive her? (Rollo remix)"
  2. "So hard (David Morales Red Zone mix)"
  3. "What have I done to deserve this? (Shep Pettibone mix)"
  4. "West End girls (Sasha mix)"
  5. "Miserablism (Moby Electro mix)"
  6. "Before (Love to Infinity Classic Paradise mix)"
  7. "I don't know what you want but I can't give it anymore (Peter Rauhofer New York mix)"
  8. "New York City boy (Lange mix)"
  9. "Young offender (Jam and Spoon Trip-o-matic Fairy tale mix)"
  10. "Love comes quickly (Blank and Jones mix)"

All songs not indicated otherwise are album versions.

Apart from the aforementioned exception of "Heart", all songs released as singles in mixes or edits distinct from their album versions were included in their single versions.

The vinyl version of the album (released as a three-records box set) as well as the french CD version contains "Paris City boy", one of the several international versions of "New York City boy" recorded by Tennant and Lowe.

[edit] DVD

A DVD was released at the same time as the CD editions. The sleeve artwork is the same, but the tracklisting is chronological.

There are bonus videos including both videos for "Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)", "Paninaro" which was released as a single in Italy, "Was it worth it?" which doesn't appear on the CD, "London" which was only released in Germany and extended videos to "Domino dancing", "So hard" and "Go West". The only other video that is missing is the 1994 Comic Relief single "Absolutely Fabulous", which remains unavailable on DVD.

The videos to "Miracles" and "Flamboyant" were not ready when the DVD went to press, so are not included. They were both released along with the videos for "I'm With Stupid", "Minimal" and "Numb" on the A Life In Pop documentary DVD, but "Flamboyant" is not listed on the sleeve or the accompanying booklet.

The DVD also features a commentary by Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe and Chris Heath.

  1. "Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)" (1985 release)
  2. "West End girls"
  3. "Love comes quickly"
  4. "Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)" (1986 release)
  5. "Suburbia"
  6. "Paninaro" (1986 Italy release)
  7. "It's a sin"
  8. "What have I done to deserve this?"
  9. "Rent"
  10. "Always on my mind"
  11. "Heart"
  12. "Domino dancing"
  13. "Left to my own devices"
  14. "It's alright"
  15. "So hard"
  16. "Being boring"
  17. "How can you expect to be taken seriously?"
  18. "Where the streets have no name (I can't take my eyes off you)"
  19. "Jealousy"
  20. "DJ Culture"
  21. "Was it worth it?"
  22. "Can you forgive her?"
  23. "Go West"
  24. "I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
  25. "Liberation"
  26. "Yesterday, when I was mad
  27. "Paninaro '95"
  28. "Before"
  29. "Se a vida e (That's the way life is)"
  30. "Single-Bilingual"
  31. "A red letter day"
  32. "Somewhere"
  33. "I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more"
  34. "New York City boy"
  35. "You only tell me you love me when you're drunk"
  36. "Home and dry"
  37. "I get along/E-mail"
  38. "London" (2002 German release)
  39. "Domino dancing" (Extended version)
  40. "So hard" (Extended version)
  41. "Go West" (Extended version)
Pet Shop Boys
Neil Tennant | Chris Lowe
Discography
Albums: Please | Actually | Introspective | Behaviour | Very | Bilingual | Nightlife | Release | Fundamental
Soundtracks and scores: Closer to Heaven (Original Cast Recording) | Battleship Potemkin
Remix albums: Disco | Disco 2 | Disco 3
Compilations: Discography: The Complete Singles Collection | Alternative | PopArt: The Hits
Live: Concrete
Related Articles
Other projects: It Couldn't Happen Here | Results | Spaghetti Records | Closer to Heaven | Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys
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