The Pet Shop Boys' first twenty singles...

2/0
Violence
Kings X
Dreaming of the Queen
Closer to Heaven
To Step Aside
Different Point of View
I'm Not Scared (Patsy version)
Electricity
London
That lovely Chris Lowe song at the end of "Very"
Everything on "Behaviour"

I'm following scott woods' instruction, Android Cat: omit b-sides. Had I included them, the list would easily have been triple its current length.

I guess b-sides aren't non-singles or "Miserablism" would also have been an obvious contender.

Excluding b-sides is silly.

I came up with 14, and whittled that down to ten. I tried not to get too chintzy about this but nonetheless disqualified, for instance: 1) "Left to My Own Devices" LP version, the only version of the song I really like (probably my all-time favourite PSB track);
2) "I Want a Dog" (also the Introspection vers.) because I know in some form or other it's also been a single or a b-side (though again, the LP version destroys the others)
3) "Always on My Mind" - ditto the LP version (w/the chipmunks break), which isn't necessarily superior to the single, but is just as great.

Anyway--here's 10 (very light on recent stuff--not nearly as blown away as others on this thread seem to be).

Two Divided by Zero
Why Don't We Live Together
It Couldn't Happen Here
King's Cross
To Face the Truth (was happy to see this on Alfred's list; it never gets mentioned anywhere)
A Different Point of View
Dreaming of the Queen
The Theatre
Young Offender
Closer to Heaven

they said it was fantastic!

so what's next on the agenda? in terms of psb lists, I mean?

1) bored
2) bored
3) bored

can only come up with three, sorry.

1) literally
2) pet shop boys vs. america

You missed
3. Annually

which is as entertaining as the other two and a little more playful.

Good:
"New York City boy"
"Miracles"
"Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)"

OK:
"Home and dry"
"Flamboyant"
"I'm with Stupid"
"I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more"
"You only tell me you love me when you're drunk"
"I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing"
"Liberation"
"Yesterday, when I was mad"
"Paninaro '95"
"Before"
"Single-Bilingual"

Crap:
"Numb"
"Absolutely Fabulous"
"Somewhere"
"I get along"

(Shouldn't "London" be in there, too? I'd put that in the 'good' pile, if only for the bit in the video where the old man gets pushed off the bus.)

which is as entertaining as the other two and a little more playful.

-- Billy Dods (butterbubble...), October 30th, 2006.

damn billy beat me to it.

Classic:
"I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing"
"A red letter day"
"I'm with Stupid"

Great:
"Liberation"
"Yesterday, when I was mad"
"I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more"
"Miracles"
"Flamboyant"
"Minimal"

Good:
"Before"
"You only tell me you love me when you're drunk""
"I get along"

Average:
"Home and dry"
"Absolutely Fabulous"

Good but pointless:
"Paninaro '95"

Poor
"Somewhere"
"New York City boy"
"Numb"

Insufferable:
"Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)"
"Single-Bilingual"

You do need it if you don't have, but, great photos aside, and a few fine anecdotes (i.e., Axl Rose sending them flowers, if I recall correctly) it's not nearly as worthy as the previous book. The stakes just never seem as high as the title would imply.

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (soto.alfre...) (webmail), October 31st, 2006 2:52 PM.

Annually was their fan's 'cash in' book which came out in 1988. You'll only find it now on ebay or abebooks. I've uploaded some images of the book on flickr.

They discuss their favourite records

Neil Tennant discusses his clothes

The keyword here is Diane Warren....

That book looks great.

!!!

The man has impeccable taste.

So does Chris!

Oh, and Geir, IIRC "London" was a German only single release.