Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020

[Harry]

Whom did the 2023 remastering by the way and in what studio?

Andy Baldwin at Metropolis did the audio remastering.

Oli Maingay at Vanderquest did the videos.

[Ewok]

If I'm not mistaken Single-Bilingual is a different mix as well. Loads of extra harmonies especially on middle-8, different intro with crash cymbal and synth line is lower in parts. Actually sounds better but is not the single version.

There's also an echo effect on the word "Barcelona" in the middle eight at 1:51 which is not audible on the single version.

[drunk]

Let’s all complain and try to get that 3rd CD repressed with the correct version of Love Etc.

How should we best do this? It is afterall a (the) classic PSB video!

[West 4th]

My Amazon.fr copy (Vinyl) has also not been dispatched yet, but expected delivery is set at June 20-21.

I noticed yesterday that if I ordered on Amazon in the US it was showing a delivery date for the next day. I finally got a message from the PSB store that my order shipped but probably won't be here until next Friday.

[minimal]

Great to see they took time and effort to only mention that an edit of New York city boy is included. Jesus Christ...

m+

[somdigital]

The intro to Somewhere is also different.
I have already found some "remixes" (not remasters) here. Is it good or bad? It depends on you!...
Great remaster sound, by the way. High frequencies are not loud, but you can really hear everything clearly and "spacious"!
(Heard on reference studio headphones)

[Tom Angel]

A review of Smash here:

https://tomed.substack.com/p/pet-shop-boys-smash

[symco]

I wonder if it will chart or not?

[TallThinMan]

I wonder if it will chart or not?

For what it’s worth, it’s currently at #7 in the iTunes UK album chart.

[Kris]

If I remember correctly the 3 CD version of PopArt didn’t count chart-wise. Not sure whether the rule has changed since then.

[james23_uk]

The Smash lenticular is fabulous. Shame this wasn't the cover of the limited white vinyl boxset.

[scousepsbfan]

I'm still a little peeved that Burning the Heather (radio edit) isn't on CD3. I don't know why they think it wasn't a proper single. It came out as a digital single and a 7" with a lyric video. It would have fitted on CD3 no problem.

[telys]

The "interviews" are lifted from the FL booklets and edited. In some places theres is a sentence or so of new info (f i on Jealousy about Chris' mother interupting his piano noodlings). So I conclude Heath has gone to his original source material for FL. But it's still disappointing bordering on rip off.

Also on my 3CD+2BR Say it to me is not credited to Tennant/Lowe/Price. An error.

[TallThinMan]

The "interviews" are lifted from the FL booklets and edited. In some places theres is a sentence or so of new info (f i on Jealousy about Chris' mother interupting his piano noodlings). So I conclude Heath has gone to his original source material for FL. But it's still disappointing bordering on rip off.

Also on my 3CD+2BR Say it to me is not credited to Tennant/Lowe/Price. An error.

That’s not even new. Chris has mentioned before about how he used to play the piano at the Lowe family home and would immediately stop playing when his mother said something was nice.

[Patrick Bateman]

Neil reckons It doesn't often snow at Christmas is the best song they wrote in the 1990s?