Rank the B-sides!

[BlueSwan]

Something like this I guess:

Utter brilliance:
01. Your Funny Uncle
02. Paninaro
03. Always
04.. I Want A Dog
05. Do I Have To?
06. Shameless
07. Casting A Shadow
08. In The Night
09. Some Speculation
10. Delusions Of Grandeur
11. Between Two Islands
12. A New Life

Very very good:
13. Screaming
14. Hit And Miss
15. Don Juan
16. How I Learned To Hate Rock And Roll
17. You Know Where You Went Wrong
18. Too Many People
19. The Ghost Of Myself

Quite good:
20. The Calm Before The Storm
21. Betrayed
22. The View From Your Balcony
23. Friendly Fire
24. Hey, Headmaster
25. Miserablism
26. It Must Be Obvious
27. Was That What It Was?
28. One Of The Crowd
29. We All Feel Better In The Dark
30. That's My Impression
31. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)

Wouldn't skip them:
32. Girls Don't Cry
33. Searching For The Face Of Jesus
34. Nightlife
35. The Resurrectionist
36. Losing My Mind
37. Silver Age
38. No Time For Tears
39. The Truck Driver And His Mate
40. Transparent
41. Sexy Northerner
42. Positive Role Model
43. A Man Could Get Arrested
44. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
45. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
46. Blue On Blue
47. The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On
48. Je t'Aime… Moi Non Plus
49. Music For Boys
50. What Keeps Mankind Alive

Clearly below expected PSB standards:
51. Girls & Boys (live)
52. Jack The Lad
53. Confidential
54. We're the Pet Shop Boys
55. Euroboy
56. Pet Shop Boys
57. Decadence
58. Sail Away
59. If Love Were All
60. The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
61. Lies
62. Disco Potential

[BlueSwan]

While quite a few of the best ever tracks PSB have done are to be found on b-sides, it has to be said, that you'll find almost all of their lame-ish tracks here as well.

[gomorrah]

*sigh* If you don't like the definition, don't participate, open your own topic, but take your complaints elsewhere.

I already explained that I had to draw the line somewhere. If I add Violence, why not In The Night 1995, In Private, Break 4 Love, Can You Forgive Her (swing version) etc... as well.

god, I adore the swing version of Can you forgive her?! we're not including that?

[patrick]

I already explained that I had to draw the line somewhere.

Bizarrely ignoring the fact that PSB already did so with Alternative! Perhaps you ought to brush up on the tracklisting?

[patrick]

Very very good:
13. Screaming

Clearly below expected PSB standards:
52. Jack The Lad
57. Decadence

The world's gone mad!

[profile790]

I already explained that I had to draw the line somewhere.

Bizarrely ignoring the fact that PSB already did so with Alternative! Perhaps you ought to brush up on the tracklisting?

Yes, I'm the most arrogant PSB fan in the world, I know everything better than PSB, and I don't even know what Alternative is. Would you now either *please* post a list of tracks, or take your complaints elsewhere? This thread is meant for people who want to post their list of favourite Pet Shop Boys B-sides, according to the definition, that I - the most arrogant PSB fan in the world - wrote down in 1 second, without even thinking about it. Bye.

[patrick]

I'd opt for "clueless" over "arrogant" myself but it seems either would work.

[Ewok]

01 Too Many People
02 Do I Have To?
03 Shameless
04 No Time For Tears
05 Paninaro
06 Hey, Headmaster
07 Delusions Of Grandeur
08 A Man Could Get Arrested
09 Miserablism
10 Between Two Islands
11 Hit And Miss
12 I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
13 Always
14 Friendly Fire
15 I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
16 Decadence
17 Sexy Northerner
18 Was That What It Was?
19 Blue On Blue
20 A New Life
21 In The Night
22 The Ghost Of Myself
23 The View From Your Balcony
24 Don Juan
25 Euroboy
26 Jack The Lad
27 The Calm Before The Storm
28 Confidential
29 Your Funny Uncle
30 That's My Impression
31 Sail Away
32 The Resurrectionist
33 Je t'Aime… Moi Non Plus
34 Betrayed
35 One Of The Crowd
36 Positive Role Model
37 Casting A Shadow
38 Losing My Mind
39 It Must Be Obvious
40 How I Learned To Hate Rock And Roll
41 Silver Age
42 Lies
43 The Truck Driver And His Mate
44 Searching For The Face Of Jesus
45 We're the Pet Shop Boys
46 Some Speculation
47 Screaming
48 Girls Don't Cry
49 Music For Boys
50 Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
51 We All Feel Better In The Dark
52 Disco Potential
53 Girls & Boys (live)
54 Transparent
55 Nightlife
56 The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On
57 You Know Where You Went Wrong
58 I Want A Dog
59 What Keeps Mankind Alive
60 Pet Shop Boys
61 The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
62 If Love Were All

[Twoism]

Nightlife? What single had that as a b-side then?

[Tomas]

Nightlife? What single had that as a b-side then?

Home And Dry UK DVD single.

[Twoism]

Nightlife? What single had that as a b-side then?

Home And Dry UK DVD single.

Oh right, thanks

[NorthernLad]

1. Don Juan
2. Miserablism
3. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
4. Hey, Headmaster
5. Shameless
6. Hit and Miss
7. In The Night
8. Sexy Northerner
9. Paninaro
10. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
11. Always
12.Delusions of Grandeur
13.The Resurrectionist
14. Decadence
15. Do I Have To?
16. Blue On Blue
17.Your Funny Uncle
18. We All Feel Better In The Dark
19.I Want A Dog
20.Transparent
21.Nightlife
22.Music For Boys
23.You Know Where You Went Wrong
24.Confidential
25.Searching For The Face Of Jesus
26.Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
27.Euroboy
28.Disco Potential
29.No Time For Tears
30.Between Two Islands
31.The View From Your Balcony
32.It Must Be Obvious
33.One Of The Crowd
34.Positive Role Model
35.How I Learned To Hate Rock And Roll
36.Girls Don't Cry
37.That's My Impression
38.Too Many People
39.Screaming
40.Friendly Fire
41.We're the Pet Shop Boys
42.The Ghost Of Myself
43.A Man Could Get Arrested
44.Some Speculation
45.The Truck Driver And His Mate
46.Lies
47.Jack The Lad
48.Betrayed
49.The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On
50.A New Life
51.The Calm Before The Storm
52.Silver Age
53.Was That What It Was?
54.Sail Away
55.Casting A Shadow
56.Girls & Boys (live)
57.Pet Shop Boys
58.If Love Were All
59.Je t'Aime… Moi Non Plus
60.The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
61.Losing My Mind
62What Keeps Mankind Alive


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[Propertius]

Wow, this is a challenge. Interestingly, just taking a quick look at the list, it occurs to me that I've consistently enjoyed the b-sides even more than I have the singles and albums. There are very few that I think are poor. Here goes:

1. I didn't get where I am today
2. Decadence
3. A man could get arrested (12")
4. Always
5. In the night
6. Some speculation
7. That's my impression
8. Bet she's not your girlfriend
9. The truck-driver and his mate
10. It must be obvious
11. Lies
12. Sexy Northerner
13. Too many people
14. Miserablism
15. Hey, headmaster
16. Silver Age
17. Friendly fire
18. Don Juan
19. Euroboy
20. Shameless
21. Ghost of myself
22. Losing my mind
23. Paninaro
24. Music for boys
25. No time for tears
26. Do I have to?
27. The resurrectionist
28. Was that what it was?
29. Between two islands (mostly for the "I want you" cover)
30. I get execited
31. Nightlife
32. Your funny uncle
33. I want a dog
34. Delusions of grandeur
35. One of the crowd
36. If love were all
37. Hit and miss
38. Confidential
39. Searching for the face of Jesus
40. Jack the lad
41. Positive role model
42. Blue on blue
43. A new life
44. The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
45. Girls don't cry
46. We all feel better in the dark
47. We're the Pet Shop Boys
48. What keeps mankind alive?
49. Betrayed
50. Je t'aime
51. The view from your balcony
52. The sound of the atom splitting
53. Disco potential
54. You know where you went wrong
55. The calm before the storm
56. Casiting a shadow
57. Transparent
58. Pet shop boys
59. How I learned to hate rock and roll
60. Screaming
61. Girls and boys (live)
62. Sail away

I like pretty much all of them until "How I learned to hate rock and roll," and from there it's a long plunge down to "Sail away," my least favorite PSB track of them all, although "Girls and boys (live)" is a very close contender.

The middle rankings are all a bit indefinite, but the top five or so I'm pretty solid on. "I didn't get where I am today" should have been a single.

[Joemoz]

Something like this:

The ones I really love:
1 Too Many People
2 Delusions of Grandeur
3 The Resurrectionist
4 The Truck Driver And His Mate
5 It Must Be Obvious
6 Your Funny Uncle
7 Miserablism
8 I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
9 I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
10 In The Night
11 Don Juan
12 Do I Have To?

The ones I like a lot:
13 Shameless
14 Decadence
15 Screaming
16 A Man Could Get Arrested
17 That's My Impression
18 Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
19 Hey, Headmaster
20 What Keeps Mankind Alive
21 How I Learned To Hate Rock And Roll
22 One Of The Crowd
23 Betrayed
24 Was That What It Was?
25 We All Feel Better In The Dark
26 The Calm Before The Storm
27 The Ghost Of Myself
28 Paninaro
29 Jack The Lad
30 Je t'Aime… Moi Non Plus
31 Between Two Islands
32 Always
33 Searching For The Face Of Jesus
34 Euroboy
35 Girls Don't Cry
36 Pet Shop Boys
37 You Know Where You Went Wrong
38 A New Life
39 I Want A Dog
40 Music For Boys
41 Girls & Boys (live)
42 Silver Age
43 No Time For Tears
44 Nightlife
45 Lies
46 Positive Role Model
47 Blue On Blue
48 The View From Your Balcony
49 Losing My Mind
50 If Love Were All
51 Some Speculation
52 Casting A Shadow
53 Transparent

The ones I could have done without:
54 We're the Pet Shop Boys
55 Sail Away
56 Confidential
57 The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On
58 Disco Potential
59 Friendly Fire
60 The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
61 Hit And Miss
62 Sexy Northerner

Edit: Paninaro had gone too far down on the list. And I was too harsh on Blue on Blue.

[profile790]

in no particular order...

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Hello Adiba, thanks for posting your list, but I cannot process it yet. You already managed to devide the songs into smaller groups. Please try to RANK the songs. Take your time for it, and try to post a complete list if you can. Thanks.

So far I've seen CORRECT lists from Retrofuturist, BlueSwan, Ewok, NorthernLad, Propertius and Joemoz. That's 6 people already. Thanks for participating