Disco (Pet Shop Boys album)

Disco
Remix album by Pet Shop Boys
Released	17 November 1986 (1986-11-17)
Recorded	1985–1986
Genre	Synth-pop dance-pop disco
Length	46:02
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Pet Shop Boys Phil Harding Julian Mendelsohn J. J. Jeczalik Nicholas Froome Stephen Hague
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Please (1986) Disco (1986) Actually (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Q	[2]
Record Mirror	[3]
Robert Christgau	B [4]
Sounds	[5]

Disco is the first remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 17 November 1986 ^[6] by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI America Records in the United States. Disco consists of remixes of tracks from the band's debut album Please and its respective B-sides. The album includes remixes by Arthur Baker, Shep Pettibone and Pet Shop Boys themselves.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"In the Night"	Pet Shop Boys Phil Harding Baker [a]	6:25
2.	"Suburbia"	Mendelsohn	8:55
3.	"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"	J. J. Jeczalik Nicholas Froome Miller [a] Latin Rascals [a]	5:29

Side two

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Paninaro"	Pet Shop Boys David Jacob [a]	8:35
2.	"Love Comes Quickly" (Tennant, Lowe, Stephen Hague)	Hague Pettibone [a]	7:35
3.	"West End Girls"	Hague Pettibone [a]	9:03
Total length:			46:02

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies the remix producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. ^[7]

• Arthur Baker – remixing (1)
• Julian Mendelsohn – mixing (2), producer (2)
• Ron Dean Miller – remixing (3)
• Latin Rascals – remixing (3)
• Pet Shop Boys – remixing (4), producers (1, 4)
• David Jacob – remixing (4), engineer (4)
• Shep Pettibone – remixing (5–6)
• Phil Harding – producer (1), engineer (1)
• Andy Richards – Fairlight (2)
• Gary Barnacle – saxophone (2)
• J. J. Jeczalik – producer (3)
• Nicholas Froome – producer (3)
• Blue Weaver – additional keyboards (3)
• Khris Kallis – additional keyboards (3)
• Adrien Cook – Fairlight (4)
• Stephen Hague – producer (5, 6)
• Andy Mackay – saxophone (5)
• Mark Farrow – sleeve

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Disco Chart (1986–1987) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 17 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [9] 83 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 16 European Albums ( Music & Media ) [11] 16 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 10 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [13] 19 Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [14] 10 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 33 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 18 UK Albums (OCC) [17] 15 US Billboard 200 [18] 95 US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [19] 12 US Dance Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [20] 36

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Disco Chart (1987) Position European Albums (Music & Media) [21] 59 UK Albums (Gallup) [22] 91

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Disco

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil	—	110,000 [23]
Germany (BVMI) [24]	Gold	250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [25]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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2. Noyer, Paul Du (December 1986). "Pet Shop Boys: Disco One". Q . No. 3. pp. 108–109.
3. Levy, Eleanor (29 November 1986). "Albums". Record Mirror . p. 12. ISSN   0144-5804.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Pet Shop Boys". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
5. Holland, Roger (29 November 1986). "Albums". Sounds . p. 26. ISSN   0144-5774.
6. Smith, Robin (15 November 1986). "News Digest". Record Mirror . p. 24. ISSN   0144-5804.
7. Pet Shop Boys (1986). Disco (CD liner notes). Parlophone. CDP 7 46450 2.
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9. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0780". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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11. "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 4, no. 4. 31 January 1987. p. 23. OCLC   29800226 – via World Radio History.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Pet Shop Boys – Disco" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
13. "Charts.nz – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
14. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
17. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
18. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
19. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
20. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
21. "European Charts of the Year 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 51/52. 26 December 1987. p. 35. OCLC   29800226 – via World Radio History.
22. "Gallup Year End Charts 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror . 23 January 1988. p. 37. ISSN   0144-5804 – via World Radio History.
23. Fucuta, Brenda (9 December 1994). "Discografia marcada pela 'dance music'". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). No. 245. p. 38. Retrieved 26 April 2020– via Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira.
24. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pet Shop Boys; 'Disco')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 26 April 2020.
25. "British album certifications – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". British Phonographic Industry. 15 January 1988. Retrieved 20 January 2022.