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Released | 12 September 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1990–1994 | |||
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Length | 47:58 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | [2] |
Knoxville News Sentinel | [3] |
NME | 4/10 [4] |
Disco 2 is the second remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 12 September 1994 by Parlophone. It consists of remixes of songs from the duo's albums Behaviour (1990) and Very (1993), as well as B-sides from the time.
The tracks on the CD were mixed into one long continuous megamix by DJ Danny Rampling. As a result, most of the tracks are in edited versions, having been cut off mid-way through in a crossfade into the following tracks (as a DJ might do while mixing music live). Some of the tracks were reduced by more than half of their original lengths in this way. In addition, some tracks were sped up or slowed down, in order to match the overall tempo of the mix.
A limited edition of the album was released in the United States which contained a second CD with B-sides and additional mixes.
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] | 181 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] | 35 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] | 54 |
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [9] | 28 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] | 15 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] | 47 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] | 23 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] | 15 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] | 21 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] | 33 |
UK Albums (OCC) [16] | 6 |
US Billboard 200 [17] | 75 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil | — | 50,000 [18] |
United States | — | 131,000 [19] |
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