PopArt: The Hits

by Pet Shop Boys

PopArt: The Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 24 November 2003
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:29:16
  • Community rating: 4.31/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Harold Faltermeyer, Trevor Horn, Dan Stein, Chris Porter, Craig Armstrong, Felix Gauder, Stephen Hague, Tomcraft, Danny Tenaglia, Andy Richards, Adam F, David Morales, Julian Mendelsohn, Lewis A. Martineé, Stephen Lipson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A brilliantly conceptualized retrospective that divides the legendary British synth-pop duo's output into two distinct thematic discs: 'Pop', focusing on their most joyous, commercial club anthems, and 'Art', highlighting their more subversive, lyrically complex, and melancholic electronic works. Spanning two decades of chart dominance, it affirms their status as the most deeply literate and sophisticated architects of modern dance-pop.

Genres

Descriptors: hedonism, rhythmic, party, melodic, synth

Tracklist

  1. Go West (5:04)
  2. Suburbia (5:11)
  3. Se a Vida E (That's the Way Life Is) (4:01)
  4. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) (4:20)
  5. Always on My Mind (3:57)
  6. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing (4:45)
  7. Home and Dry (3:58)
  8. Heart (3:58)
  9. Miracles - Radio Edit (3:55)
  10. Love Comes Quickly (4:19)
  11. It's a Sin (5:00)
  12. Domino Dancing (4:18)
  13. Before (4:05)
  14. New York City Boy (3:20)
  15. It's Alright (4:19)
  16. Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You) (4:32)
  17. A Red Letter Day (4:32)
  18. Left to My Own Devices (4:45)
  19. I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More (4:24)
  20. Flamboyant (3:50)
  21. Being Boring (6:50)
  22. Can You Forgive Her? (3:54)
  23. West End Girls (4:05)
  24. I Get Along (4:11)
  25. So Hard (3:58)
  26. Rent (3:33)
  27. Jealousy (4:15)
  28. DJ Culture (4:20)
  29. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk (3:13)
  30. Liberation (4:06)
  31. Paninaro 95 (4:10)
  32. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (3:44)
  33. Yesterday When I Was Mad (4:00)
  34. Single - Bilingual (3:30)
  35. Somewhere (4:42)

Credits

  • Dusty Springfield - vocals [guest]
  • Pet Shop Boys - primary artist, design, art direction [direction], producer, producer [associate producers], remix
  • Farrow Design - design, art direction [direction]
  • Tim Young - remastered by
  • Mike "Spike" Drake - mixed by
  • Stephen Hague - mixed by, producer, producer [additional production], mixed by, producer [additional production]
  • Brothers In Rhythm - producer [additional production]
  • Julian Mendelsohn - producer, mixed by, remix
  • Chris Porter - producer
  • The Beatmasters - remix [uncredited]
  • Andy Richards - producer
  • Adam F - producer
  • Dan Stein - producer
  • Stuart Crichton - producer [additional production]
  • Lewis A. Martineé - producer
  • Danny Tenaglia - producer
  • David Morales - producer
  • Trevor Horn - producer
  • Steve Rodway - producer [additional production]
  • Stephen Lipson - producer
  • Felix Gauder - remix, producer [additional production]
  • Tomcraft - remix, producer [additional production]
  • Harold Faltermeyer - producer
  • Craig Armstrong - producer
  • J.J. Jeczalik - producer [original production]
  • Nicholas Froome - producer [original production]
  • Bob Kraushaar - mixed by
  • Trouser Enthusiasts - producer [additional production]

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