Alternative by Pet Shop Boys - DeepRiffs

COMPILATION

Volume 1

Volume 2

Alternative is a double-disc set of The Pet Shop Boys' B-sides. Far from being a superfluous collection, the album contains a wealth of prime material, including several tracks that surpass those the duo put on their albums. Consequently, the set is worthwhile not only for hardcore fans, but for listeners with a passing interest in the group.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

Volume 1

1. In the Night

by Pet Shop Boys

Background Vocals: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Electric Piano: Chris Lowe; Performer
Guitar: Neil Tennant; Performer
Lead Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Synthesizer: Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Engineer: Phil Harding; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Phil Harding; Production
Programmer: Chris Lowe
Blue Weaver; Production

2. A Man Could Get Arrested

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Nick Webb; Production
Mixing Engineer: Frank Roszak; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Steve Spiro
Bobby Orlando; Production

3. That's My Impression

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Engineer: John Etchells; Production
Mastering Engineer: Nick Webb; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production

4. Was That What It Was?

by Pet Shop Boys

Background Vocals: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Electric Piano: Chris Lowe; Performer
Guitar: Neil Tennant; Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Lead Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Synthesizer: Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Mixing Engineer: Shep Pettibone
Rob Paustian; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Chris Lowe; Production

5. Paninaro

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Audio Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Adrien Cook; Production
Recording: David Jacob; Production
Remixing: David Jacob; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: David Jacob; Other

6. Jack the Lad

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Chris Lowe; Performer
Electric Piano: Chris Lowe; Performer
Guitar: Neil Tennant; Performer
Lead Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Synthesizer: Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Adrien Cook
Chris Lowe; Production
Remixing: David Jacob
Pet Shop Boys; Production

7. You Know Where You Went Wrong

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Engineer: Dave Meegan; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Shep Pettibone; Production
Programmer: Adrien Cook; Production
Additional Vocals: Helena Springs; Other
Additional Vocals Producer: Helena Springs; Other

8. A New Life

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant
Helena Springs; Composer
Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
David Jacob; Production

9. I Want a Dog

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Additional Production: Frankie Knuckles; Production
Engineer: Mike Nielson
David Jacob; Production
Mixing Engineer: John Poppo
Frankie Knuckles; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Solo Piano: Josh Milan; Other

10. Do I Have To?

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Mixing Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production

11. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)

by Pet Shop Boys

Guitar: Steve Lipson; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Hammond Organ: Blue Weaver; Performer
Vocals: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Mixing Engineer: Mark "spike" Stent; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Blue Weaver; Production
Additional Vocals: Dee Lewis
Shirley Lewis; Other
Additional Vocals Producer: Shirley Lewis
Dee Lewis; Other

12. Don Juan

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Audio Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Mastering Engineer: Nick Webb; Production
Mixing Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Chris Newman; Production
Recording: David Jacob; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: David Jacob; Other

13. The Sound of the Atom Splitting

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Stephen Lipson
Trevor Horn
Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Engineer: Steve Lipson
Danton Supple; Production
Producer: Trevor Horn
Steve Lipson; Production

14. One of the Crowd

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Engineer: Paul Wright Iii
Pete Schwier; Production
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production

15. Your Funny Uncle

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Pet Shop Boys; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Engineer: Danton Supple; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production

Volume 2

1. It Must Be Obvious

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Audio Engineer: Pete Schwier; Production
Mastering Engineer: Nick Webb; Production
Mixing Engineer: Pete Schwier; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Dominic Clarke; Production
Recording: Pete Schwier; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Pete Schwier; Other

2. We All Feel Better in the Dark

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Audio Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Engineer: Bob Kraushaar
Paul Wright Iii; Production
Mixing Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Dominic Clarke; Production
Recording: David Jacob; Production
Additional Vocals: Juliet Roberts; Other
Additional Vocals Producer: Juliet Roberts; Other
Audio Recording Engineer: David Jacob; Other

3. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Vocoder: Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Audio Engineer: Bob Kraushaar
Pete Schwier
Tim Weidner; Production
Mixing Engineer: Julian Mendelsohn; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Dominic Clarke
Chris Lowe; Production
Recording: Bob Kraushaar
Tim Weidner
Pete Schwier; Production
Additional Keyboards: Gary Maughan; Other
Audio Recording Engineer: Bob Kraushaar
Tim Weidner
Pete Schwier; Other

4. Losing My Mind

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Stephen Sondheim; Composer
Engineer: Roy Spong; Production
Mastering Engineer: Nick Webb; Production
Mixing Engineer: David Jacob; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Additional Programmer: Chris Newman; Other

5. Music for Boys

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Engineer: Ren Swan; Production
Mastering Engineer: Nick Webb; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Scott Davidson; Production

6. Miserablism

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Vocoder: Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Engineer: Brian Reeves
Bob Kraushaar; Production
Mixing Engineer: Julian Mendelsohn; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Harold Faltermeyer; Production
Programmer: Harold Faltermeyer
Chris Lowe; Production
Additional Programmer: Dominic Clarke; Other

7. Hey, Headmaster

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Additional Production: Stephen Hague; Production
Audio Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Engineer: Pete Gleadall; Production
Mixing Engineer: Mike 'spike' Drake
Stephen Hague; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Pete Gleadall; Production
Recording: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Other

8. What Keeps Mankind Alive?

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Kurt Weill
Bertholt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht; Composer
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Jonathon Ruffle; Production
Additional Keyboards: Richard Coles; Other

9. Shameless

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Engineer: Bob Kraushaar
Pete Gleadall; Production
Mixing Engineer: Mike 'spike' Drake
Stephen Hague; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Stephen Hague; Production
Programmer: Pete Gleadall; Production
Additional Vocals: Tessa Niles
Carol Kenyon
Katie Kissoon; Other
Additional Vocals Producer: Carol Kenyon
Katie Kissoon
Tessa Niles; Other

10. Too Many People

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Pet Shop Boys; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Engineer: Bob Kraushaar
Pete Gleadall; Production
Mixing Engineer: Mike 'spike' Drake; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Pete Gleadall; Production
Additional Vocals: Bruce Woolley; Other
Additional Vocals Producer: Bruce Woolley; Other

11. Violence

by Pet Shop Boys

Background Vocals: Chris Lowe; Performer
Electric Piano: Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Guitar: J J Belle; Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Lead Vocals: Neil Tennant; Performer
Synthesizer: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Sylvia Mason-james; Performer
Mixing Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Pete Gleadall
Chris Lowe; Production
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Additional Vocals Producer: Sylvia Mason-james; Other

12. Decadence

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Guitar: Johnny Marr; Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Percussion: Frank Ricotti; Performer
Vibraphone: Frank Ricotti; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Composer: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Richard Niles; Composer
Conductor: Richard Niles; Conductor
Audio Engineer: Pete Schwier; Production
Mixing Engineer: Pete Schwier; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Pete Gleadall; Production
Recording: Pete Schwier; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Pete Schwier; Other

13. If Love Were All (Bitter Sweet)

by Pet Shop Boys

Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Soloist: Gerard Prescencer; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Daniel Gaha
Tony Walthers
Lance Ellington; Performer
Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Vocals: Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe; Performer
Arranger: Richard Niles; Composer
Composer: Noël Coward; Composer
Conductor: Richard Niles; Conductor
Engineer: Mike Bigwood; Production
Producer: Richard Niles
Pet Shop Boys; Production

14. Euroboy

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Audio Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Mixing Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Pete Gleadall; Production
Recording: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Other

15. Some Speculation

by Pet Shop Boys

Keyboard: Chris Lowe; Performer
Primary Artist: Pet Shop Boys; Main Performer
Vocals: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Performer
Composer: Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant; Composer
Audio Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Mixing Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Producer: Pet Shop Boys; Production
Programmer: Pete Gleadall; Production
Recording: Bob Kraushaar; Production
Audio Recording Engineer: Bob Kraushaar; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

2 volumes in total

Tracks

30 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

2 hours, 14 minutes and 15 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1400x1400 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

27/30 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Dance, Electronic, House, Synth Pop

Label

Parlophone UK

Music Distribution Service

EMI

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Jul 2, 1995

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

724383435357