PopArt: The Hits

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PopArt: The Hits
PopArt Pet Shop Boys - The Hits.png
Greatest hits album by
Pet Shop Boys
Released24 November 2003 (2003-11-24)
Length147:19
Label Parlophone
Producer Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Disco 3
(2003)		PopArt: The Hits
(2003)		 Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys
(2005)
Singles from PopArt: The Hits
  1. "Miracles"
    Released: 17 November 2003
  2. "Flamboyant"
    Released: 29 March 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
NME 10/10[ citation needed ]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [3]
Release Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

PopArt: The Hits is a greatest hits album by the English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 24 November 2003 by Parlophone. The album consists of the band's most popular UK singles along with two new tracks, "Miracles" and "Flamboyant", which were released as singles.

Contents

History

The album reached number 30 in the UK Albums Chart on original release and re-entered the UK charts in 2009 at number 18. It kept on selling steadily, and proved a strong seller in other countries (with its best chart position in Norway, peaking at number 2). The weekend after the Pet Shop Boys received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Popular Music in February 2009, PopArt re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 19, advancing to number 18 the week after.

PopArt was finally released in the United States in October 2006. The album was re-issued on 26 November 2007 in the UK as a box set with the corresponding DVD included.

Track listing

Pop

  1. "Go West" – 5:03 from album Very
  2. "Suburbia" (Video Mix) – 5:10 from album Please
  3. "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" – 3:59 from album Bilingual
  4. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" – 4:18 from album Actually
  5. "Always on My Mind" (7" Version) – 4:00 from album Introspective
  6. "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" (Beatmasters 7" Version) – 4:44 (U.K. release) or 4:28 (U.S. release) original song from album Very
  7. "Home and Dry" – 3:58 from album Release
  8. "Heart"  (album version) – 3:57 (U.K. release) or 4:17 (U.S. release) from album Actually
  9. "Miracles" – 3:54 new track
  10. "Love Comes Quickly" – 4:17 from album Please
  11. "It's a Sin" – 4:59 - from album Actually
  12. "Domino Dancing" (7" Version) – 4:17 from album Introspective
  13. "Before" – 4:05 from album Bilingual
  14. "New York City Boy" (U.S. Radio Edit Re-edited) – 3:20 from album Nightlife
  15. "It's Alright" (7" Version) – 4:19 from album Introspective
  16. "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" (7" Version) – 4:29 non-album single
  17. "A Red Letter Day" (Single mix) – 4:32 original song from the album Bilingual [5]

Art

  1. "Left to My Own Devices" (7" Version) – 4:47 from album Introspective
  2. "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" (Single Version) – 4:23 from album Nightlife
  3. "Flamboyant" (7" Mix) – 3:50 (U.K. release) or (3:40 U.S. release) new track
  4. "Being Boring" (7" Version) – 4:50 from album Behaviour
  5. "Can You Forgive Her?" – 3:52 from album Very
  6. "West End Girls" (7" Version) – 4:03 from album Please
  7. "I Get Along" (Single Version) – 4:10 from album Release [5]
  8. "So Hard" – 3:58 from album Behaviour
  9. "Rent" (7" Version) – 3:33 from album Actually
  10. "Jealousy" (7" version) – 4:15 from album Behaviour
  11. "DJ Culture" – 4:20 from album Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
  12. "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk" – 3:12 from album Nightlife
  13. "Liberation" – 4:05 from album Very
  14. "Paninaro '95" – 4:09 non-album single
  15. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" – 3:44 from album Please
  16. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Single Version) – 4:00 from album Very
  17. "Single-Bilingual" (Single Version) – 3:29 from album Bilingual
  18. "Somewhere" (Single Version) – 4:42 [5] from album Bilingual (Special Edition)

Mix (Disc 3 – Limited edition CD)

  1. "Can You Forgive Her?" (Rollo Remix) – 6:00
  2. "So Hard" (David Morales Red Zone Mix) – 7:42
  3. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (Shep Pettibone Mix) – 8:08
  4. "West End Girls" (Sasha Mix) – 7:45
  5. "Miserablism" (Moby Electro Mix) – 5:35
  6. "Before" (Danny Tenaglia Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:56
  7. "I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More" (Peter Rauhofer New York Mix) – 10:26
  8. "New York City Boy" (Lange Mix) – 7:04
  9. "Young Offender" (Jam & Spoon Trip-o-matic Fairy Tale Mix) – 7:18
  10. "Love Comes Quickly" (Blank & Jones Mix) – 5:00 [5]

DVD

A DVD was released at the same time as the CD editions, but the track listing is chronological. The DVD features commentary by Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe and Chris Heath.

  1. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (original version)
  2. "West End Girls"
  3. "Love Comes Quickly"
  4. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (second version)
  5. "Suburbia"
  6. "Paninaro"
  7. "It's a Sin"
  8. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
  9. "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 É (That's the Way Life Is)"
  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) [The 12" and Introspective Mix]
  40. "So Hard" (extended version) [The "Extended Dance Mix"]
  41. "Go West" (extended version) [The Mings Gone West: First and Second Movement Video Mix]

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Jeffries, David. "PopArt: The Hits – Pet Shop Boys". AllMusic . Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh (6 October 2006). "Pet Shop Boys: PopArt: The Hits". Pitchfork . Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Carlsson, Johan (8 December 2003). "Pet Shop Boys: PopArt". Release Magazine . Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Pet Shop Boys discography" . Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Pet Shop Boys – PopArt - The Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Pet Shop Boys – PopArt - The Hits" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Danishcharts.dk – Pet Shop Boys – PopArt - The Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pet Shop Boys – PopArt - The Hits" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – PopArt - The Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  12. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – PopArt - The Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – PopArt - The Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "The Official UK Albums Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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