Essential

~ Release by Pet Shop Boys (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Domino Dancing (alternative version)
recording of:
Domino Dancing
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
4:42
2West End Girls (dance mix)
engineer:
David Jacob
producer:
Stephen Hague
additional vocals:
Helena Springs
remixer:
Pet Shop Boys and Frank Roszak (engineer and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) and Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.
recording of:
West End Girls
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Edition Meridian, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Sony/ATV Music Publishing, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), Cage Music Ltd. (from 1984 to present) and CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (from 1984 to present)
6:29
3Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (original 7" version)
recording of:
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
3:48
4Paninaro (7" version)
engineer and mixer:
David Jacob
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
synthesizer [Fairlight]:
Adrien Cook
background vocals:
Neil Tennant
lead vocals:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
recording of:
Paninaro
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
44:40
5That's My Impression (7" version)
recording of:
That’s My Impression
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
4:48
6We All Feel Better in the Dark (extended mix)
remixer:
David Jacob and Pet Shop Boys
recording of:
We All Feel Better in the Dark
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
6:47
7It Couldn't Happen Here (LP version)
recording of:
It Couldn’t Happen Here
orchestrator:
Angelo Badalamenti (American score composer)
lyricist:
Neil Tennant
composer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys), Ennio Morricone (Italian classical and score composer) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
5:20
8It's Alright (7" version)
engineer:
Pete Schwier (producer, mixing and recording engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1989, in 1991)
cover recording of:
It’s All Right
writer:
Paris Brightledge, Marshall Jefferson and Duane Pelt
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Pop Star Publishing
34:20
9Left to My Own Devices (7" version)
assistant engineer:
Danton Supple
engineer:
Stephen Lipson
producer:
Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson
additional vocals:
Bruce Woolley
conductor:
Richard Niles
orchestrator:
Richard Niles
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (from 1988 to present, in 1988, in 1991)
recording of:
Left to My Own Devices
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. (from 1988 to present) and Cage Music Ltd. (from 1988 to present)
4:46
10In the Night (remix)
recording of:
In the Night
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd.
6:28
11Two Divided by Zero (LP version)
engineer:
David Jacob
producer:
Stephen Hague
performer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) (from 1984 until 1986) and Neil Tennant (from 1984 until 1986)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1986)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984 until 1986)
engineered at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Two Divided by Zero (from 1984 until 1986)
writer:
Bobby Orlando (US record producer, indie record label owner, songwriter & musician) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Cage Music Ltd. and Orbob Music Ltd.
43:36
12Love Comes Quickly (dance mix)6:48
13Being Boring (extended version)
engineer:
Bob Kraushaar and Brian Reeves
producer:
Harold Faltermeyer and Pet Shop Boys
mixer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
recording of:
Being Boring
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
10:40

Credits

Release group

part of:Essential (EMI / Capitol compilations, "Essential" is on front cover) (order: 1)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/28477 [info]
Wikidata:Q648472 [info]