Here’s the list of my 40 favorite Pet Shop Boys songs. 40 seemed like a nice round number and when I tried to keep it to 30 I really felt I was missing some key tracks. As you can see, this spans the group’s entire career with very few gaps – though does skew towards their early material.
Some stats:
- Lots of singles, obviously, but also lots of remixes. So average song length is just over 5 minutes
- 13 of 40 tracks are from singles releases (26 of 40 were singles in some form or another)
- 7 of 40 tracks are B-sides or bonus tracks
- 7 of 40 tracks are straight album tracks with no singles release
| Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) |
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) (US 12″) single |
7:20
|
1986
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| Was That What It Was? | Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) single |
5:15
|
1985
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| I Want A Lover | Please |
4:07
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1986
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| Love Comes Quickly | Please |
4:20
|
1986
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| Tonight Is Forever | Please |
4:33
|
1986
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| Paninaro (Italian Remix) | Disco |
8:36
|
1986
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| Suburbia (The Full Horror) | Suburbia single |
8:59
|
1986
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| Jack The Lad | Suburbia single |
4:32
|
1986
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| It’s A Sin (Disco Mix) | It’s a Sin single |
7:41
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1988
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| You Know Where You Went Wrong | It’s a Sin single |
5:52
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1987
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| What Have I Done To Deserve This? | Actually |
4:23
|
1987
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| Rent | Actually |
5:08
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1987
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| Always On My Mind | Always On My Mind single |
3:56
|
1987
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| Heart | Heart single |
4:18
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1988
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| Domino Dancing | Introspective |
7:45
|
1988
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| It’s Alright | It’s Alright single |
4:20
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1989
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| Don’t Drop Bombs | Results (Liza Minelli) |
3:39
|
1989
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| So Hard (Dub) | So Hard single |
7:37
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1990
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| Was It Worth It? (12″) | Was It Worth It? single |
7:13
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1991
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| Theatre | Very |
5:11
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1993
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| KDX 125 | Relentless |
6:25
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1993
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| Can You Forgive Her? (Swing Version) | Yesterday, when I Was Mad single |
4:55
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1994
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| Absolutely Fabulous (Rollo Our Tribe Tongue In Cheek Mix) |
Disco 2 |
6:02
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1994
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| Decadence | Disco 2 |
3:56
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1994
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| Paninaro ’95 | Paninaro ’95 single |
4:11
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1995
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| Single | Bilingual |
3:48
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1996
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| Metamorphosis | Bilingual |
4:04
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1996
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| Up Against It | Bilingual |
4:17
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1996
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| For Your Own Good | Nightlife |
5:14
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1999
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| Radiophonic | Nightlife |
3:31
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1999
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| Home and Dry | Release |
4:21
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2002
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| Sexy Northerner | Release (Bonus Disc) |
3:43
|
2002
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| Break 4 Love (US Radio Edit) | Release (Bonus Disc) |
3:30
|
2002
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| Miracles | Pop Art |
3:55
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2003
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| Love Etc. | Yes |
3:32
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2009
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| Did You See Me Coming? | Yes |
3:41
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2009
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| Leaving | Elysium |
3:50
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2012
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| Axis | Electric |
5:33
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2013
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| Thursday (featuring Example) | Electric |
5:03
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2013
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| Vocal | Electric |
6:35
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2013
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