Muzikland

2003年 Pet Shop Boys 再次把他們的歌曲來一個大總結﹐推出了一套兩張的 Pop Art Pet Shop Boys The Hits 雙CD 精選﹐當時若買了第一版﹐那是 Pop Art Mix 3 CD 精選﹐第三張乃是一張 Remix。

許多時候英國版的CD的銷售策略﹐會令筆者摸不著頭腦﹐自己不喜歡他們的包裝﹐他們不及美國版有很整齊的包裝﹐甚至有時印上 EU 就不曉得CD的製造所在地﹐音色在不同版本也頗有差異﹐沒有美國版的統一。可是一般英國版的CD會比美國版昂貴﹐但是論到精選﹐英國的做法反而會把歌曲賤賣﹐但美國方面﹐會基本維持較穩定的售價﹐收錄的歌曲數目也不會大堆頭。

Pop Art Mix 把 PSB 自1985年以來的大熱歌曲一網打盡﹐而且更贈送了一張混音精選﹐但小冊子對這批歌曲卻沒有詳細介紹﹐若需要翻查是全新混音﹐或是收錄自過去的單曲﹐則頗花氣力。

Pop Art Pet Shop Boys The Hits (2003/Parlophone) Track List:
Disc 1: Pop
01 Go West [UK #2]
02 Suburbia (Video Edit) [UK #8]
03 Se a vida e (That's the way life is) [UK #8]
04 What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) [UK #2 / US #2]
05 Always On My Mind (7" Mix) [UK #1 / US #4]
05 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (Beatmasters 7" Version) [UK #13]
06 Home And Dry (Radio Edit) [UK #14]
07 Heart [UK #1]
08 Miracles [UK #10]
09 Love Comes Quickly [UK #19]
10 It's A Sin [UK #1 / US #9]
11 Domino Dancing (7" Mix) [UK #7 / US #18]
12 Before (Radio Edit) [UK #7]
13 New York City Boy (U.S. Radio Edit Re-Edit) [UK #14]
14 It's Alright (7" Mix) [UK #5]
15 Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) (7" Mix) [UK #4]
16 A Red Letter Day (7" Mix) [UK #9]

Disc 2: Art
01 Left To My Own Devices (7" Mix) [UK #4]
02 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More (Radio Edit) [UK #15]
03 Flamboyant [UK #12]
04 Being Boring (7" Mix) [UK #20]
05 Can You Forgive Her? [UK #7]
06 West End Girls (7" Mix) [UK #1 / US #1]
07 I Get Along (Radio Edit) [UK #18]
08 So Hard [UK #4]
09 Rent (7" Mix) [UK #8]
10 Jealousy (7" Mix) [UK #12]
11 DJ Culture (7" Mix) [UK #13]
12 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk [UK #8]
13 Liberation [UK #14]
14 Paninaro '95 (Single Version) [UK #15]
15 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) [UK #11 / US #10]
16 Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version) [UK #13]
17 Single-Bilingual (7" Mix) [UK #14]
18 Somewhere (Single Version) [UK #9]

Disc 3: Mix
01 Can You Forgive Her? (Rollo Remix)
02 So Hard (David Morales Red Zone Mix)
03 What Have I Done To Deserve This? (Shep Pettibone Mix)
04 West End Girls (Sasha Mix)
05 Miserablism (Moby Electro Mix)
06 Before (Love To Infinity Classic Paradise Mix)
07 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore (Peter Rauhofer New York Mix)
08 New York City Boy (Lange Mix)
09 Young Offender (Jam and Spoon Trip-O-Matic Fairy Tale Mix)
10 Love Comes Quickly (Blank And Jones Mix)

這套精選可算是超值之選﹐而且對於沒接觸 PSB 良久的筆者﹐可算是一個重頭認識﹐當中發現了兩首自己喜愛的 PSB 後期之作。

I Get Along (2002/Parlophone)


You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk (2000/Parlophone)


同期 EMI 也為了配合宣傳﹐同期推出了Pop Art Pet Shop Boys The Videos DVD﹐一張DVD收錄了 38個 PSB MV﹐另外還有3個 Extended Version的 MV﹐能不心動嗎﹖

Pop Art Pet Shop Boys The Videos (2003/EMI) Video List:
01 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Original Version)
02 West End Girls
03 Love Comes Quickly
04 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Second Version)
05 Suburbia
06 Paninaro (1986 Italy Release)
07 It's A Sin
08 What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield)
09 Rent
10 Always On My Mind
11 Heart
12 Domino Dancing
13 Left To My Own Devices
14 It's Alright
15 So Hard
16 Being Boring
17 How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
18 Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
19 Jealousy
20 DJ Culture
21 Was It Worth It?
22 Can You Forgive Her?
23 Go West
24 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
25 Liberation
26 Yesterday, When I Was Mad
27 Paninaro '95
28 Before
29 Se A Vida E
30 Single-Bilingual
31 A Red Letter Day
32 Somewhere
33 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
34 New York City Boy
35 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
36 Home And Dry
37 I Get Along/E-mail
38 London
39 Domino Dancing (Extended Version)
40 So Hard (Extended Version)
41 Go West (Extended Version)

2006年 PSB 又再度出發﹐出版了Fundamental 專輯﹐不經不覺這個組合已經誕生了接近四份之一個世紀了。




Pet Shop Boys Official Website: http://www.petshopboys.co.uk



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