Now Available: Pet Shop Boys expanded reissues

If you’re a fan of the Pet Shop Boys – and if you came of age in the ‘80s, then there’s a strong chance that you are, given how many hit singles they delivered over the course of that decade as well as the ones that’ve followed – then you may recall how the duo released expanded versions of their albums a few years back, with each album offering a second disc entitled FURTHER LISTENING that included B-sides, rarities, and previously-unreleased tracks.

If you don’t recall, here’s what albums got the treatment back then:

• PLEASE (1986), featuring the singles “West End Girls,” “Love Comes Quickly,” “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money),” and “Suburbia”

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• ACTUALLY (1987), featuring the singles “It’s a Sin,” “Rent,” “Heart,” and – with Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?”

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• INTROSPECTIVE (1988), featuring the singles “Always on My Mind,” “Domino Dancing,” “Left to My Own Devices,” and “It’s Alright”

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• BEHAVIOR (1990), featuring the singles “So Hard,” “Being Boring,” “How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?” / “Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You),” and “Jealousy”

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• VERY (1993), featuring the singles “Go West,” “I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing,” “Liberation,” “Yesterday, When I Was Mad,” and “Can You Forgive Her?”  

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• BILINGUAL (1996), featuring the singles “Before,” “Se a vida e (That’s the Way Life Is),” “Single-Bilingual,” “A Red Letter Day,” and “Somewhere”

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So now that we’ve provided you with a flurry of musical memories, prepare to make some new ones, because the Boys have just issued three albums in expanded form for the first time, and – bonus! – in addition to being released digitally and on CD, they’re being released on 180-gram vinyl, too!

• NIGHTLIFE (1999), featuring the singles “I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More,” “New York City Boy,” and “You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk”

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• RELEASE (2002), featuring the singles “Home and Dry,” “I Get Along,” and “London”

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• FUNDAMENTAL (2006), featuring the singles “I’m with Stupid,” “Minimal,” “Numb,” and “Integral”

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You’re probably wondering at this point if the expanded versions of the previous albums will be receiving a reissue, and the answer to that is a resounding “yes,” so keep your eyes open: you’ll see them continue to roll out as the year progresses.

For now, though, here’s the track listing for the albums that’ve just hit stores today:

Nightlife / Further Listening: 1996-2000

CD1
1. For Your Own Good
2. Closer To Heaven
3. I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
4. Happiness Is An Option
5. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
6. Vampires
7. Radiophonic
8. The Only One
9. Boy Strange
10. In Denial
11. New York City Boy
12. Footsteps

CD2
1. Vampires (Demo)*
2. For All Of Us (Demo)*
3. Call Me Old-Fashioned (Demo)*
4. Friendly Fire
5. Believe/Song For Guy (Featuring Elton John)*
6. Sail Away
7. It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Fan Club Mix)
8. Nightlife
9. Playing In The Streets*
10. Tall Thin Men*
11. Radiophonic (Demo)*

CD3
1. Somebody Else's Business
2. Silver Age
3. Screaming
4. For All Of Us**
5. The Ghost Of Myself
6. Casting A Shadow
7. I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More (The PSB Extension)
8. Was It Worth It? (Live)**
9. Lies
10. Paris City Boy (Full French)*
11. Positive Role Model
12. Somebody Else's Business (Extended Mix)**

* Previously unreleased
**Previously unreleased on CD

Release / Further Listening: 2001-2004

CD1
1. Home And Dry
2. I Get Along
3. Birthday Boy
4. London
5. E-mail
6. The Samurai In Autumn
7. Love Is A Catastrophe
8. Here
9. The Night I Fell In Love
10. You Choose

CD2
1. Between Two Islands
2. Searching For The Face Of Jesus
3. Time On My Hands
4. Motoring (Demo)*
5. Love Life**
6. Transparent
7. Sexy Northerner
8. The Night Is A Time To Explore Who You Are (Demo)*
9. Closer To Heaven (Slow Version)
10. Run, Girl, Run (Demo)*
11. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
12. Always
13. Home And Dry (Ambient Mix)
14. Bright Young Things (Demo)*
15. Kazak*
16. A Powerful Friend (John Peel Version)*
17. If Looks Could Kill (John Peel Version)*

CD3
1. Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)
2. Here (PSB New Extended Mix)
3. If Looks Could Kill
4. A Powerful Friend**
5. Party Song
6. No Excuse (Demo)*
7. Blue On Blue
8. Jack And Jill Party (Demo)*
9. Baby (Demo)
10. Flamboyant (Original Demo)
11. Miracles
12. Flamboyant (7" Mix)
13. Numb (Demo)
14. In Private (Featuring Elton John)
15. Alone Again, Naturally (Featuring Elton John)*
16. Reunion (Electro Mix)*
17. Bright Young Things
18. We're The Pet Shop Boys
19. It's A Sin (Barfly Version)

* Previously unreleased
** Previously unreleased on CD

Fundamental / Further Listening: 2005-2007

CD1
1. Psychological
2. The Sodom And Gomorrah Show
3. I Made My Excuses And Left
4. Minimal
5. Numb
6. God Willing
7. Luna Park
8. I'm With Stupid
9. Casanova In Hell
10. Twentieth Century
11. Indefinite Leave To Remain
12. Integral

CD2
1. Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
2. Ring Road (Demo)*
3. The Performance Of My Life (Demo)*
4. One-way Street (Demo)*
5. Girls Don't Cry
6. The Resurrectionist
7. The Sodom And Gomorrah Show (Original Demo)**
8. Dancing In The Dusk (Demo)*
9. After The Event
10. The Former Enfant Terrible
11. No Time For Tears (Orchestral Mix)*
12. God Willing (Original Full-Length Mix)*
13. I'm With Stupid (PSB Maxi-Mix)
14. Answer The Phone! (Ringtone)**
15. Where Are You? (Ringtone)**
16. Water (Ringtone)**
17. Numb (Single Edit)
18. One Night
19. A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi"
20. Transfer (Visionaire Mix)*
21. Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate 7" Mix)**
22. Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate Mix)

* Previously unreleased
** Previously unreleased on CD