Pet Shop Boys - Reserve - the b-sides and bonus tracks 1985-2024

[Gary1962]

How about the title "Reverse" for the next B Sides compilation?

[TG]

RE :Disc 03. 96-02

I've added the track you missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwgIeYkobdU[url]

01. Betrayed 5:20 1996
02. How I learned to hate rock’n’roll 4:38 1996
03. Discoteca (new version) 3:47 1996
04. The calm before the storm 2:49 1996
05. Confidential (demo) 4:47 1996
06. The boy who couldn’t keep his clothes on (7-inch vsn) 5:44 1997 * the much-overlooked original version
07. Delusions of grandeur 5:04 1997
08. The view from your balcony 3:46 1997
09. Disco potential 4:07 1997
10. Silver age 3:32 1999
11. Screaming 4:54 1999
12. The ghost of myself 4:02 1999
13. Casting a shadow 4:37 1999
14. Lies 4:40 2000
15. Sail away 4:33 2000 * excluded from Format for no logical reason
16. Sexy Northerner 3:40 2002
17. Always 5:02 2002
18. The Night Is a Time to Explore Who You Are ( demo )3.53 2002

[mole973102]

Reserve etc.

Thanks for that. I’ll get busy…

[mole973102]

For me, the key question is how they’ll treat the three EPs they’ve released since Format. If we’re considering including tracks from Christmas (and I think we should), then it follows that we should consider tracks from Agenda and Lost as well. Adding all 12 tracks feels excessive, so my proposal would be to play the “bonus track” card and add the “lead” track from each: All over the world (new version), Give stupidity a chance, and The Lost Room. This approach also serves to remove the opening run of covers. Another option would be to consider the two tracks from their first Record Store Day release (Love life and A powerful friend) but I suggest this would be less likely.

And… If we’re including EP tracks then we should definitely also consider Cricket wife. It’s exactly the alternative side of their work these compilations are intended to showcase.

I’ve done the EPs as part of Ultimate Discography.

[mole973102]

Have you got this? They were talking on Twitter about their last Manager and it suddenly dawned on me that the ep might be a nod to Tom Watkins. Anyway, this popped into my head…

This could be a bonus disc lol…
Not b-sides.

I’ll post the image later…
It’s slightly spoilt in that Being Boring is not on Actually, but I’ll have to let that go…

5. West End Girls (Dance Mix)

[mole973102]

Hate to tell you all this, but the name of the ‘Reserved’ project, is “Assemble”.
- Assembled all their oddities.
- Opposite of “Smash”.

The cover consists of lots of colour post-it notes overlapping each other and taped together. Not got round to it yet… Anyone better at Graphics able to make it? 700x700?

Whereas “Smash” is swirly colours.

[britboy]

How about calling it "Otherwise" ?

[mole973102]

RE :Disc 03. 96-02

I've added the track you missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwgIeYkobdU[url

’How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously? (Beatmaster’s 7”)’ needs to be on it also.
If they count these days ‘Where the streets have no name (I can't take my eyes off you)’ as the A.

I view it as both…

[mole973102]

How about calling it "Otherwise" ?

Nah!

[TwizzleUK]

RE :Disc 03. 96-02

I've added the track you missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwgIeYkobdU[url]

18. The Night Is a Time to Explore Who You Are ( demo )3.53 2002

Don't remember this being a B-side / bonus track. Details?

[daveid]

How about the title "Reverse" for the next B Sides compilation?

Hence my suggestion to call it "Reserve". Songs they held back (i.e. "in reserve" and an anagram of "Reverse") This is the sort of think Neil would think of. Unfortunately, if he reads this thread he'll eschew the suggestion.

[daveid]

RE :Disc 03. 96-02

I've added the track you missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwgIeYkobdU[url]

18. The Night Is a Time to Explore Who You Are ( demo )3.53 2002

Don't remember this being a B-side / bonus track. Details?

You remember correctly. It wasn't. Nice video, though.

[ChrisLove]

We only need one or two disc new b-side collection from 2009 to 2024. I'm missing songs like Decide, An Open mind i don't have them on any cd and can only listen to them via youtube.

[mole973102]

We only need one or two disc new b-side collection from 2009 to 2024. I'm missing songs like Decide, An Open mind i don't have them on any cd and can only listen to them via youtube.

See my QOBUZ thread asap…
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/burni ... ipwlbqiyda
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/dream ... zi9t37p65b

[daveid]

How about calling it "Otherwise" ?

Actually, I do like that name almost as much as the one I thought of...