Discography: The Complete Singles Collection

Discography: The Complete Singles Collection is the debut greatest hits package by the English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released early in November, 1991.

As the name suggests, Discography is a collection of all of the hit singles by Pet Shop Boys up to that point (1991). It is an 18-track compilation, sixteen of which are singles released to that date, while the last two ("DJ Culture" and "Was It Worth It?" are new songs recorded exclusively for this album. 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". Although the album's songs were released in some other form, this compilation only features seven-inch versions.

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 excluded "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?". The updated collection was a double album and not in chronological order unlike this one.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"West End Girls [1985 7" version]"	Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant	Please	3:59
2.	"Love Comes Quickly"	Stephen Hague, Lowe, Tennant	Please	4:17
3.	"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) [1986 7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Please	3:36
4.	"Suburbia [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Please	4:03
5.	"It's a Sin"	Lowe, Tennant	Actually	4:59
6.	"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"	Lowe, Tennant, Allee Willis	Actually	4:19
7.	"Rent [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Actually	3:32
8.	"Always on My Mind [7" version]"	Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson Thompson	Introspective	3:53
9.	"Heart [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Actually	4:16
10.	"Domino Dancing [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Introspective	4:17
11.	"Left to My Own Devices [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Introspective	4:46
12.	"It's Alright [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Introspective	4:19
13.	"So Hard"	Lowe, Tennant	Behaviour	3:58
14.	"Being Boring [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Behaviour	4:50
15.	"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You) [7" version]"	Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio	Non-album single	4:30
16.	"Jealousy [7" version]"	Lowe, Tennant	Behaviour	4:15
17.	"DJ Culture"	Lowe, Tennant	Previously unreleased	4:13
18.	"Was It Worth It?"	Lowe, Tennant	Previously unreleased	4:22

Personnel

Notes

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Discography: The Complete Singles Collection – Pet Shop Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
↑ Eddy, Chuck (22 November 1991). "Discography -- The Complete Singles Collection". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
↑ "Pet Shop Boys: Discography". Q (63). December 1991.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 630.
↑ Christgau, Robert (24 December 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

References

"Pet Shop Boys discography". Retrieved 1 October 2007.
Discography: The Complete Singles Collection at AllMusic
Discography: The Complete Singles Collection at Discogs (list of releases)

Pet Shop Boys

Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Studio albums	Please Actually Introspective Behaviour Very Bilingual Nightlife Release Fundamental Yes Elysium Electric Super

Compilation albums	Discography: The Complete Singles Collection Alternative Essential PopArt: The Hits Story: 25 Years of Hits Party Ultimate Format

Remix albums	Disco Disco 2 Disco 3 Disco 4

Live albums	Concrete Pandemonium

Extended plays	Christmas

Soundtracks and scores	It Couldn't Happen Here Closer to Heaven Battleship Potemkin The Most Incredible Thing

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 Performance Discovery Somewhere Nightlife Release Fundamental Pandemonium Progress (as special guests) Electric Inner Sanctum

Related articles	Discography x2 Reputation Results Electronic Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys West End Girls

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Pet Shop Boys singles

Please (1984–1986)	"West End Girls" "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" "Love Comes Quickly" "Suburbia"

Disco (1986)	"Paninaro"

Actually (1987–1988)	"It's a Sin" "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" "Rent" "Heart"

Introspective (1988–1989)	"Always on My Mind" "Domino Dancing" "Left to My Own Devices" "It's Alright"

Behaviour (1990–1991)	"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"

Discography (1991)	"DJ Culture" "Was It Worth It?"

Very (1993–1994)	"Can You Forgive Her?" "Go West" "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" "Liberation" "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"

Alternative (1995)	"Paninaro '95"

Bilingual (1996–1997)	"Before" "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"/"To Step Aside" "Single-Bilingual" "A Red Letter Day"

Nightlife (1999–2000)	"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"

Release (2002–2003)	"Home and Dry" "I Get Along" "London"

PopArt (2003–2004)	"Miracles" "Flamboyant"

Fundamental (2006)	"I'm with Stupid" "Minimal" "Numb"

Disco 4 (2007)	"Integral"

Yes (2009)	"Love etc." "Did You See Me Coming?" "Beautiful People"

Ultimate (2010)	"Together"

Elysium (2012)	"Winner" "Leaving" "Memory of the Future"

Electric (2013-14)	"Axis" "Vocal" "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" "Thursday" "Fluorescent"

Super (2016)	"The Pop Kids"

Non-album singles	"One More Chance" "Absolutely Fabulous" "Somewhere" "Break 4 Love" "She's Madonna" "Love Life"

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