What with the Catalogue book coming out later this month, I thought it'd be nice to compile a list of other books that are about PSB or feature them.
Of course, there are the obvious ones: Versus America, Literally, Annually, Introspective and the countless sheet music books for their albums. But what about others:
Behind the Muse
This books features an interview with Neil Tennant about the writing process
Settling the Pop Score
This book features a chapter about PSB's music.
Kylie
This features Neil & Chris's "contribution".... a scan of the pages in Literally that mention "I should be so lucky"!!!
There must be lots more....
Pet Shop Boys Books
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taken from psb-discography.com --> Bibiography:
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Books by and about Pet Shop Boys.
[The Best Of Smash Hits, edited by Neil Tennant]
1984 UK (EMAP)
[Pet Shop Boys - Annually, by Chris Heath]
1988 UK (World International) [ISBN 0-7235-6842-1]
[61 pp; First in a never-continued line of annuals. This
is the "official 1989 annual".]
[Pet Shop Boys Special]
1988 UK (Grand Dreams) [ISBN 0-86227-597-0]
[63pp; Unofficial hardback annual]
[Pet Shop Boys - Literally, by Chris Heath]
1990 UK (Viking Books) [ISBN 0-670-83616-8; hardcover]
1990 UK (Penguin Books) [ISBN 0-140-16533-9; trade paper]
1990 US (Da Capo Press) [ISBN 0-306-80494-8; trade paper]
[340pp; about the 1989 tour]
[Introspective, by Richard Cowton]
1991 UK (Sidgewick and Jackson Limited, London) [ISBN 0-283-99825-3]
[An unauthorized biography]
[Pet Shop Boys vs America, by Chris Heath]
1993 UK (Viking) [ISBN 0-670-85274-0] [hc; Oct 93; UKP 16, $CDN 26]
1994 UK (Penguin) [ISBN 0-14-024261-9] [sc; 5 Jan 95; UKP 10, $CDN 17]
19?? US (Music Book Services Paperbacks) [ISBN 1-886894-31-1]
[About the US leg of the 1991 tour. Initial UK release
November 1993.]
[Pet Shop Boys, by Jordi Bianciatto]
1996 ES (La Mascara) [ISBN 84-7974-140-6] [28x21cm; sc; 1300 PTAS]
[48pp; includes poster; "IDELOS DEL POP" series]
[Pet Shop Boys de A á Z, by Vincent Laufer]
2003 FR (Les Guides MusicBook) [ISBN 28-4343-161-1] [17x10cm]
[130pp; about the Pet Shop Boys in general]
[Pet Shop Boys Catalogue, by Chris Heath and Philip Hoare]
2006 UK (Thames & Hudson Ltd) [ISBN 05-0051-307-4] [336 pages]
2006 UK (Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf) [ISBN 38-9602-730-1] [translated by Thorsten Wortmann]
[336pp; about Pet Shop Boys cover sleeves & design]
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Fanzine.
[Fanclub Magazine - Literally]
1989 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #1 (July 1989)
1989 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #2 (December 1989)
1991 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #3
1990 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #4 (September 1990)
1991 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #5 (January 1991)
1991 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #6 (June 1991)
1991 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #7 (November 1991)
1992 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #8 (May 1992)
1992 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #9 (December 1992)
1993 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #10 (June 1993)
1993 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #11 (November 1993)
1994 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #12 (August 1994)
1994 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #13 (December 1994)
1995 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #14 (June 1995)
1996 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #15 (March 1996)
1996 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #16 (October 1996)
1997 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #17 (May 1997)
1998 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #18 (March 1998)
1998 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #19 (September 1998)
1999 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #20 (July 1999)
1999 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #21 (October 1999)
2000 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #22 (April 2000)
2000 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #23 (September 2000)
2001 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #24 (November 2001)
2002 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #25 (April 2002)
2003 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #26 (April 2003)
2003 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #27 (October 2003)
2005 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #28 (April 2005)
2005 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #29 (November 2005)
2005 UK (PSB Fanclub) Issue #30 (July 2006)
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Tour programmes.
[Pet Shop Boys On Tour - MCMLXXXIX]
1989 JP (Areagraph)
[20 pp; 1989 full colour tour programme written by Chris
Heath. Outer dalmation/face picture sleeve and 13x9.5"
double-sided centrefold poster of Neil and Chris.]
[Pet Shop Boys: Performance]
1990 UK
[26 pp; 1991 full colour tour programme written by Chris
Heath. Outer "stage concept" drawing sleeve.]
[Pet Shop Boys: Discovery]
1995 UK
[26 pp; 1995 full colour tour programme.]
[Pet Shop Boys: Somewhere]
1997 UK
[32 pp; 1997 full colour tour programme written by Chris
Heath. Outer "PetShopBoysSomewhere" sleeve.]
[Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife]
1999 UK
[24 pp; 1999 full colour tour programme written by Chris
Heath with a interview, a special issue about the stage
architect Zara Hadid, personal files and a ABC of appropriate
comments of all the PSB songs.]
[Pet Shop Boys: Release]
2002 UK
[28 pp; 2002 full colour tour programme written by Chris
Heath with a interview and many comments about Neil and Chris.]
[Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental]
2006 UK
[?? pp; 2006 full colour tour programme written by...]
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That's the only book our public library in Lund has to offer about the Boys. Piece of utter crap.Dipso wrote:There is an unofficial biography called Introspective by Michael Cowton. I don't remember it being particularly earth-shattering or well- written. It was published in the early 90s, I think.
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bookshopboy
And there's this book...
The Best of Smash Hits!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0316 ... 02?ie=UTF8
With a foreword by Neil.
The Best of Smash Hits!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0316 ... 02?ie=UTF8
With a foreword by Neil.