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Description: Managing--sort of--to keep within the Pet Shop Boys tradition of one-word album titles, the moniker of this latest best-of, PopArt, is typical of the band--arrogant and somewhat pretentious yet also tongue-in-cheek and slyly self-aware. All the 35 tracks on these two CDs are indeed both pop and art and rather than being in chronological order have been split in fairly arbitrary fashion across a "Pop" and, erm, an "Art" disc. The band are doubtless well aware that much heated discussion will take place among fans about which track belongs where, and indeed, as evidenced on the commentary of the accompanying DVD, squabbled about the splits themselves when compiling this release.
Philosophical debates aside, this is an absolutely essential collection for anyone who enjoys the Pet Shop Boys' unique mix of bittersweet poignancy, archness and occasional high camp--or indeed for any discerning pop (or art) fan. Encompassing almost all their single releases (only "Was It Worth It?" and "How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?" are missing), this is a glorious retrospective of one of Britain's finest pop institutions. Let's hope there are another 35 singles half this good for a quadruple box set in another 18 years' time. --Rikki Price
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This two CD set collects together all the hits released by critically acclaimed dance-pop duo Pet Shop Boys since theirdebut single in 1985 through to 2002's album, 'Release'. The album features a slew of top ten hits and four UK number ones including 'West End Girls', 'It's A Sin', 'Always On My Mind' and 'Heart'.
01 - West End Girls
02 - Love Comes Quickly
03 - Suburbia
04 - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money
05 - Paninaro
06 - It's A Sin
07 - What Have I Done To Deserve This.( feat. Dusty Springfield )
08 - Rent
09 - Always On My Mind
10 - Heart
11 - Domino Dancing
12 - Left To My Own Devices
13 - It's Alright
14 - Being Boring
15 - So Hard
16 - Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
17 - Jealousy
18 - Dj Culture
19 - Go West
20 - Can You Forgive Her
21 - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
22 - Liberation
23 - Yesterday, When I Was Mad
24 - Paninaro '95
25 - Se A vida é (That's The Way Life Is)
26 - Single-Bilingual
27 - Before
28 - A Red Letter Day
29 - Somewhere
30 - New York City Boy
31 - I Don't Know What You Want Dut I Can't Give It Any More
32 - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
33 - I Get Along
34 - Home And Dry
35 - Miracles
36 - Flamboyant
37 - The Sodom And Gomorrah Show
38 - Minimal
39 - Numb
40 - I m With Stupid
41 - Integral
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