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Disco (Pet Shop Boys album)

Disco
Remix album by
Released17 November 1986 (1986-11-17)
Recorded1985–1986
Genre
Length46:02
LabelParlophone
Producer
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Please
(1986)
Disco
(1986)
Actually
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]
Record Mirror[3]
Robert ChristgauB[4]

Disco is the first remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 17 November 1986[5] by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI America Records in the United States. Disco consists of remixes of tracks from the band's debut album Please and its respective B-sides. The album includes remixes by Arthur Baker, Shep Pettibone and Pet Shop Boys themselves.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."In the Night"6:25
2."Suburbia"Mendelsohn8:55
3."Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
5:29
Side two
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Paninaro"
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • David Jacob[a]
8:35
2."Love Comes Quickly" (Tennant, Lowe, Stephen Hague)
  • Hague
  • Pettibone[a]
7:35
3."West End Girls"
  • Hague
  • Pettibone[a]
9:03
Total length:46:02

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies the remix producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.[6]

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Disco
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil 110,000[22]
Germany (BVMI)[23] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Disco – Pet Shop Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ Noyer, Paul Du (December 1986). "Pet Shop Boys: Disco One". Q. No. 3. pp. 108–109.
  3. ^ Levy, Eleanor (29 November 1986). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 12. ISSN 0144-5804.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Pet Shop Boys". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  5. ^ Smith, Robin (15 November 1986). "News Digest". Record Mirror. p. 24. ISSN 0144-5804.
  6. ^ Pet Shop Boys (1986). Disco (CD liner notes). Parlophone. CDP 7 46450 2.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Pet Shop Boys – Disco" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0780". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pet Shop Boys – Disco" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  10. ^ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 4. 31 January 1987. p. 23. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pet Shop Boys – Disco" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Charts.nz – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  13. ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  20. ^ "European Charts of the Year 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 51/52. 26 December 1987. p. 35. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  21. ^ "Gallup Year End Charts 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror. 23 January 1988. p. 37. ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History.
  22. ^ Fucuta, Brenda (9 December 1994). "Discografia marcada pela 'dance music'". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). No. 245. p. 38. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira.
  23. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pet Shop Boys; 'Disco')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  24. ^ "British album certifications – Pet Shop Boys – Disco". British Phonographic Industry. 15 January 1988. Retrieved 20 January 2022.