Ultimate_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)

<i>Ultimate</i> (Pet Shop Boys album)

Ultimate (Pet Shop Boys album)

2010 greatest hits album by Pet Shop Boys

Ultimate is a greatest hits compilation album by UK electronic music band Pet Shop Boys. It is their third greatest hits album, released on 1 November 2010 by their long-time label Parlophone.[1] The album contains 18 previously released singles, in chronological order, and one new song ("Together").[2] Ultimate was released to celebrate 25 years since the band's first single release "West End Girls"[2] in standard single-CD and expanded CD/DVD configurations.[3] It charted at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart on 7 November 2010, with first-week sales of 8,886 copies.[4] On the European Top 100 Albums it reached number 50 on 20 November 2010.[5]

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The single "Together", containing two cover tracks and an extended version of the song was released on 24 October 2010 digitally and on 29 November physically.[6]

Track listing

CD[7] and digital download[8]

all songs written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe except where noted.
  1. "West End Girls" [2001 Remaster] - 4:04
  2. "Suburbia" [2010 Remaster] - 4:00
  3. "It's a Sin" [2001 Remaster] - 5:00
  4. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" [2001 Remaster] (with Dusty Springfield) (Tennant, Lowe, Allee Willis) - 4:19
  5. "Always on My Mind" [2003 Remaster] (Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson) - 3:56
  6. "Heart" [2010 Remaster] - 4:17
  7. "Domino Dancing" [2003 Remaster] - 4:17
  8. "Left to My Own Devices" [2001 Remaster] - 4:45
  9. "Being Boring" [2001 Remaster] - 4:50
  10. "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" [2003 Remaster] (Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) - 4:31
  11. "Go West" [Radio Edit] (Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Victor Willis, Tennant, Lowe) - 5:01
  12. "Before" [2001 Remaster] - 4:04
  13. "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" [2001 Remaster] - 4:00
  14. "New York City Boy" (US Radio Edit) [2003 Remaster] - 3:19
  15. "Home and Dry" [2003 Remaster] - 3:57
  16. "Miracles" (Radio Edit) (Tennant, Lowe, Adam F, Dan Stein) - 3:55
  17. "I'm with Stupid" - 3:26
  18. "Love etc." (Tennant, Lowe, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Parker, Tim Powell) - 3:30
  19. "Together" (Ultimate mix) (Tennant, Lowe, Powell) - 3:29

DVD

  1. "West End Girls" (Top of the Pops, 05/12/85)
  2. "Love Comes Quickly" (Top of the Pops, 20/03/86) (Tennant, Lowe, Stephen Hague)
  3. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (BBC 2's Whistle Test, 29/04/86)
  4. "Suburbia" (Top of the Pops, 02/10/86)
  5. "It's a Sin" (Top of the Pops, 25/06/87)
  6. "Rent" (Top of the Pops, 22/10/87)
  7. "Always on My Mind" (Top of the Pops, 10/12/87) (Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson Thompson)
  8. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (Brit Awards, 08/02/88) (Tennant, Lowe, Allee Willis)
  9. "Heart" (BBC 1's Wogan, 30/03/88)
  10. "Domino Dancing" (Top of the Pops, 22/09/88)
  11. "Left to My Own Devices" (Top of the Pops, 01/12/88)
  12. "So Hard" (BBC 1's Wogan, 28/09/90)
  13. "Being Boring" (Top of the Pops, 29/11/90)
  14. "Can You Forgive Her?" (Top of the Pops, 10/06/93)
  15. "Liberation" (Top of the Pops, 07/04/94)
  16. "Paninaro '95" (Top of the Pops, 03/08/95)
  17. "Se a Vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" (Top of the Pops, 02/12/03)
  18. "A Red Letter Day" (Top of the Pops, 28/03/97)
  19. "Somewhere" (Top of the Pops, 04/07/97) (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)
  20. "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" (Top of the Pops, 30/07/99)
  21. "New York City Boy" (Top of the Pops, 08/10/99)
  22. "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk" (Top of the Pops, 14/01/00)
  23. "Home and Dry" (Top of the Pops, 29/03/02)
  24. "I Get Along" (Top of the Pops 2, 17/04/02)
  25. "Miracles" (Top of the Pops, 14/11/03)
  26. "Flamboyant" (Top of the Pops, 19/03/04)
  27. "I'm with Stupid" (Top of the Pops, 23/04/06)
  28. Live at Glastonbury 2010 (BBC Three 26/06/10)

Charts

More information Chart (2006), Peak position ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Pet Shop Boys — News — Ultimate Pet Shop Boys".
  2. [2]
    "Pet Shop Boys — News — Ultimate track-listing".
  3. [3]
    "Pet Shop Boys — News — Ultimate Special Edition".
  4. [4]
    "Female solo artists take control of charts". Music Week. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Billboard". Billboard.
  6. [6]
    "Pet Shop Boys — News — Together".
  7. [7]
    "Pet Shop Boys".
  8. [8]
    "Pet Shop Boys".
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