Ultimate Tracks Surprise

~ Release by Pet Shop Boys (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Raf Zone dub)5:41
2Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (full length original seven-inch)
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.
24:36
3Miserablism (Moby Electro mix)
remixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
recording of:
Miserablism
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
5:36
4London (Thee Radikal Blaklite edit)
recording of:
London
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys), Neil Tennant and Chris Zippel
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Sony Music Ltd. (distributor, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:44
5Paninaro (Longer Ultratraxx remix)
recording of:
Paninaro
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
11:26
6London (WestBam in Berlin mix)
engineer and producer:
Chris Zippel
remixer:
Klaus Jankuhn and WestBam (German DJ)
performer:
WestBam (German DJ)
remixed at:
Low Spirit Studios in Berlin, Germany
remix of:
London by Pet Shop Boys
recording of:
London
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys), Neil Tennant and Chris Zippel
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Sony Music Ltd. (distributor, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:38
7The Grind
recording of:
The Grind
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
7:10
8Losing My Mind (Outrospective mix)
cover recording of:
Follies: Losing My Mind (Follies)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation (ended) and Herald Square Music, Inc.
part of:
Follies
7:18
9Closer to Heaven (slow version)
programming:
Pete Gleadall and Pet Shop Boys
engineer:
Pete Gleadall
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
mixer:
Goetz and Pet Shop Boys
keyboard:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 2001)
recording of:
Closer to Heaven
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd. and EMI 10 Music Ltd.
6:30
10Left to My Own Devices
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)
4:47
11Try It (I'm in Love With a Married Man)
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Pete Gleadall
drum machine programming:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
programming:
Pete Gleadall and Pet Shop Boys
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
keyboard:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 2003)
recorded at:
Hoedown City Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Try It (I’m in Love with a Married Man)
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
34:47
12Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)
additional recording engineer:
Bob Kraushaar
recording engineer:
Chris Porter (engineer and producer) and Chris Porter (UK trance DJ & producer)
programming:
Pete Gleadall
producer:
Pet Shop Boys, Chris Porter (engineer and producer) and Chris Porter (UK trance DJ & producer)
mixer:
Chris Porter (engineer and producer)
additional guitar:
J.J. Belle
additional membranophone and additional percussion:
SheBoom
brass:
Andy Hamilton (British saxophonist, composer and producer), Mike Innes, Noel Langley and Richard Sidwell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1996)
recording of:
Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)
lyricist:
Neil Tennant
composer:
Ademario, Nego Do Barbalho, Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys), Wellington Epiderme Negra and Neil Tennant
3.54:01
13Sail Away
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Pete Schwier (producer, mixing and recording engineer)
programming:
Pete Gleadall and Pet Shop Boys
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
keyboard:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
S.A.V.E. Ltd. (in 1998)
cover recording of:
Sail Away (from "Sail Away")
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Sail Away (Noël Coward musical)
4:35
14Winner
miscellaneous support:
Mark Robertson (US violinist) (task: Contractor)
additional programming:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Pete Gleadall
additional engineer:
Pete Gleadall
assistant engineer:
Christina Paakkari (strings)
engineer and mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Robert Fernandez (engineer) (French horn, trumpet, cello, violin, viola)
producer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Pet Shop Boys
cello:
Vanessa Freebairn‐Smith, Dennis Karmazyn, Victor Lawrence (cellist), David Low and Tim Landauer
drums (drum set):
Ryan Hoyle
French horn:
Lisa McCormick (french horn) and Jim Thatcher (hornist from United States)
guitar:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
trumpet:
Rick Baptist and Robert Schaer
viola:
Andrew Duckles, Matt Funes, Jessica Van Velzen Freer and David Walther (viola player)
violin:
Sam Fischer (violinist), Endre Granat (Hungarian violinist), Clayton Haslop, Peter Kent (violinist), Ana Landauer, Serena McKinney, Neli Nikolaeva (violinist) and Mark Robertson (US violinist)
conductor:
Joachim Horsley
orchestrator:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer), Joachim Horsley and Ben Leathers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 2012)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (French horn, trumpet, cello, violin, viola) and Live Drum Tracks Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (drums (drum set))
recording of:
Winner
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Ltd.
33:50
15Minimal
recording of:
Minimal
lyricist:
Neil Tennant
composer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
4:21
2CD
#TitleRatingLength
1All Over the World (This Is a dub)
remixer:
Pet Shop Boys and Xenomania
remix of:
All Over the World (album version) by Pet Shop Boys
recording of:
All Over the World
lyricist and composer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd.
quotes music from:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие I, Картина I, no. 2. Марш (The Nutcracker, op. 71: March, March)
5:21
2Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (Old Grey Whistle Test)
recorded at:
BBC Television Centre, Pres B in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
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.
4:11
3Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
engineer:
Bob Kraushaar and Pete Schwier (producer, mixing and recording engineer)
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1990)
recording of:
Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
4:30
4Love Etc. (instrumental)
recording of:
Love etc.
lyricist and composer:
Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins (British producer and song writer), Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys), Owen Parker (UK composer, instrumentalist and producer), Tim Powell (Songwriter and producer, ex-Xenomania) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Xenomania Songs Ltd.
3:30
5Did You See Me Coming? (instrumental)
instrumental recording of:
Did You See Me Coming
lyricist and composer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd.
3:42
6West End Girls (James Brown mix)
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)
6:15
7It's a Sin
programming:
Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer)
engineer:
David Jacob and Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
additional producer:
Stephen Hague
producer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
additional mixer:
David Jacob
mixer:
Stephen Hague
keyboard and sampler:
Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer)
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1987, in 1991)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 40)
recording of:
It’s a Sin
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Cage Music Ltd. and Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK)
4.655:01
8Birthday Boy
drum machine programming:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
programming:
Pete Gleadall and Pet Shop Boys
engineer:
Pete Gleadall
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
assistant mixer:
Rick Chavarria and Philippe Rose
mixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
additional guest guitar and guitar:
Johnny Marr
additional guest percussion and percussion:
Jody Linscott
keyboard:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 2002)
samples:
In the Bleak Midwinter by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
recording of:
Birthday Boy
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
36:26
9Prologue
recording of:
Prologue
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
1:48
10I'm Not Scared
programming:
Blue Weaver
engineer:
David Jacob
producer:
David Jacob and Pet Shop Boys
recording of:
I’m Not Scared
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. (in 1988) and Cage Music Ltd. (in 1988)
3.57:26
11Numb
recording engineer:
Pete Gleadall (lead vocals)
programming:
Pete Gleadall
additional engineer:
Tim Lambert
assistant engineer:
Phil Tyreman
producer:
Trevor Horn
mixer:
Robert Orton
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
additional keyboard:
Jamie Muhoberac and Pete Murray (pianist and keyboardist)
drums (drum set) [acoustic drums]:
Earl Harvin
percussion:
Luís Jardim
conductor:
Steve Sidwell (English composer & wind instrumentalist)
arranger:
Steve Sidwell (English composer & wind instrumentalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 2006)
recording of:
Numb
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
44:43
12Leaving
recording of:
Leaving
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:50
13Love Etc.
recording of:
Love etc.
lyricist and composer:
Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins (British producer and song writer), Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys), Owen Parker (UK composer, instrumentalist and producer), Tim Powell (Songwriter and producer, ex-Xenomania) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Xenomania Songs Ltd.
3:32
14Always
drum machine programming:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
programming:
Pete Gleadall and Pet Shop Boys
engineer:
Pete Gleadall
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
assistant mixer:
Rick Chavarria
mixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
keyboard:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
percussion:
Jody Linscott
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sony Music Studios (Whitfield Street studio, operating under this name from 1994–2004) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Studio PSB
mixed at:
Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Always
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd. and Sony Music Ltd. (distributor, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
45:07
15West End Girls
engineer:
David Jacob
producer:
Stephen Hague
additional vocals:
Helena Springs (, from 1984 until 1986)
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 1985)
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
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 189) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 433)
recording of:
West End Girls (from 1984 until 1986)
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)
4.24:46