Pet Shop Boys collect 55 singles on new 6LP or 3CD/2 Blu-ray collection “SMASH”

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The Pet Shop Boys will collect 55 of their singles released between 1985 and 2020 — from debut single “West End Girls” to “I Don’t Wanna” off 2020’s Hotspot — in a brand-new collection due out in June that spreads the tracks across either six vinyl LPs or three CDs.

Rhino Records will release SMASH — The Singles 1985-2020 on June 16 in multiple digital and physical formats, including a deluxe 6LP vinyl edition and a 3CD/2 Blu-ray set, which also includes scores of music videos and extras, that are both available for pre-order now through Amazon.com.

The new singles collection was born out of a request from Warner Bros. for a vinyl version of the duo’s 1991 compilation Discography, since that was out-of-print, according to a post on the Pet Shop Boys’ Facebook page. Instead, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe suggested updating the collection to include every single the group had released to date.

With that in mind, SMASH collects 55 of the synthpop legends’ singles in chronological order. Acknowledging that the definition of a single has been muddied by tracks pushed to radio or streamed online that aren’t physically relapsed, the duo decided to include, from “Suburbia” onwards, only singles that were released on CD in the U.K., according to the Facebook post. And in the case of double A-side singles and EPs, “only the lead track which got radio plays has been included.”

Finally, the group says, all versions included on SMASH are 7-inch mixes that were serviced to radio, apart from “New York City Boy,” which is the American radio edit “preferred by Chris and Neil.”

The duo is slated to begin work on a new album and later this year will resume its “Dreamworld” greatest hits tour with dates in Europe. They’re also releasing an EP called Lost with five songs recorded in 2015; that’s due out April 14 and can be pre-ordered via Amazon.com and Apple Music.

Below, check out the full tracklist for SMASH:

Pet Shop Boys, SMASH — The Singles 1985-2020

Vinyl (6LP)

Side 1
1. West End Girls
2. Love Comes Quickly
3. Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)
4. Suburbia

Side 2
1. It’s A Sin
2. What Have I Done To Deserve This?
3. Rent
4. Always On My Mind
5. Heart

Side 3
1. Domino Dancing
2. Left To My Own Devices
3. It’s Alright
4. So Hard

Side 4
1. Being Boring
2. Where The Streets Have No Name/I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
3. Jealousy
4. DJ Culture
5. Was It Worth It? (7” Version)

Side 5
1. Can You Forgive Her?
2. Go West
3. I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (7” Version)
4. Liberation

Side 6
1. Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version)
2. Paninaro 95
3. Before
4. Se A Vida E (That’s The Way Life Is)
5. Single Bilingual

Side 7
1. A Red Letter Day
2. Somewhere
3. I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More
4. New York City Boy (US Radio Edit)

Side 8
1. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
2. Home and Dry
3. I Get Along (Radio Edit)
4. Miracles (Radio Edit)
5. Flamboyant (7” Mix)

Side 9
1. I’m With Stupid
2. Minimal (Radio Edit)
3. Numb (Single Edit)
4. Love Etc.
5. Did You See Me Coming?

Side 10
1. It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas (New Version)
2. Together (Ultimate Mix)
3. Winner
4. Leaving
5. Memory Of The Future (New Single Mix)

Side 11
1. Vocal (Radio Edit)
2. Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (Night-time Radio Edit)
3. Thursday (Feat. Example) (Radio Edit)
4. The Pop Kids (Radio Edit)

Side 12
1. Twenty-Something (Radio Edit)
2. Say It To Me (New Radio Mix)
3. Dreamland (feat. Years & Years)
4. Monkey Business (Radio Edit)
5. I Don’t Wanna (Radio Edit)

3 CD + 2 Blu-ray Videography

CD1
1 West End Girls
2. Love Comes Quickly
3. Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)
4. Suburbia
5. It’s A Sin
6. What Have I Done To Deserve This?
7. Rent
8. Always On My Mind
9. Heart
10. Domino Dancing
11. Left To My Own Devices
12. It’s Alright
13. So Hard
14. Being Boring
15. Where The Streets Have No Name/I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
16. Jealousy
17. DJ Culture
18. Was It Worth It? (7” Version)

CD2
1. Can You Forgive Her?
2. Go West
3. I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (7” Version)
4. Liberation
5. Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version)
6. Paninaro 95
7. Before
8. Se A Vida E (That’s The Way Life Is)
9. Single Bilingual
10. A Red Letter Day
11. Somewhere
12. I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More
13. New York City Boy (US Radio Edit)
14. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
15. Home and Dry
16. I Get Along (Radio Edit)
17. Miracles (Radio Edit)
18. Flamboyant (7” Mix)

CD3
1. I’m With Stupid
2. Minimal (Radio Edit)
3. Numb (Single Edit)
4. Love Etc.
5. Did You See Me Coming?
6. It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas (New Version)
7. Together (Ultimate Mix)
8. Winner
9. Leaving
10. Memory Of The future (New Single Mix)
11. Vocal (Radio Edit)
12. Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (Night-time Radio Edit)
13. Thursday (feat. Example) (Radio Edit)
14. The Pop Kids (Radio Edit)
15. Twenty-Something (Radio Edit)
16. Say It To Me (New Radio Mix)
17. Dreamland (feat. Years & Years)
18. Monkey Business (Radio Edit)
19. I Don’t Wanna (Radio Edit)

Blu-ray 1 – The Complete Videos: 1985-2020
1. West End Girls
2. Love Comes Quickly
3. Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Version 2)
4. Suburbia
5. It’s A Sin
6. What Have I Done To Deserve This?
7. Rent
8. Always On My Mind
9. Heart
10. Domino Dancing
11. Left To My Own Devices
12. It’s Alright
13. So Hard
14. Being Boring
15. Where The Streets Have No Name/I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
16. Jealousy
17. DJ Culture
18. Was It Worth It? (7” Version)
19. Can You Forgive Her?
20. Go West
21. I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
22. Liberation
23. Yesterday, When I Was Mad
24. Paninaro ’95
25. Before
26. Se A Vida E (That’s The Way Life Is)
27. Single Bilingual
28. A Red Letter Day
29. Somewhere
30. I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More
31. New York City Boy
32. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
33. Home and Dry
34. I Get Along/E-Mail
35. Miracles (Radio Edit)
36. Flamboyant (7” Mix)
37. I’m With Stupid
38. Minimal (Radio Edit)
39. Numb
40. Love Etc.
41. Did You See Me Coming?
42. It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas (Live At The O2 Arena, 2009)
43. Together
44. Winner
45. Leaving
46. Memory of The Future (Official Lyric Video)
47. Vocal (Radio Edit)
48. Thursday (Feat. Example) (Radio Edit)
49. The Pop Kids (Official Lyric Video)
50. Twenty-Something
51. Dreamland (Feat. Years & Years) (Official Lyric Video)
52. Monkey Business
53. I Don’t Wanna (Animated Lyric Video)

Blu-ray 2 – The extras
1. Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Original Version)
2. Paninaro (1986 Video)
3. Domino Dancing (Extended Version)
4. So Hard (Extended Version)
5. How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
6. Go West (Extended Version)
7. London
8. Integral
9. All over The World (Live At The O2 Arena, 2009)
10. Invisible
11. Axis
13. On Social Media (Official Lyric Video)
16. Burning The Heather (Official Lyric Video)

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