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Ray wrote:Drunk was also a good third single, it's just that I prefer I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more as a track. And if PSB went with their original plan of releasing Crappiness as the lead single off Nightlife, I wouldn't have bought it because I would be horrified there might be at least one more track as bad as that on it.

Before Nightlife was released, I read the very bitter album review by Mike Fiorenza, who slagged off the entire album, and especially Happiness Is An Option and Boy Strange. When I heard I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more for the first time, I was extremely disappointed. At that time, I found it by far the weakest PSB single ever (I never experienced such a feeling again, until I heard the radio edit of Numb).

So, after hearing I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more, I was genuinely worried that Nightlife wouldn't be a very good album. I was very pleasantly surprised when I finally heard it. And I immediately loved Happiness Is An Option and Boy Strange.

We will never know if an other lead single for Nightlife would have done better, but facts are facts: no other PSB lead single charted as low as #15. Even your favourite Home And Dryieieieieie did better.

Please

West End Girls
Two Divided By Zero
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
Suburbia

Actually

No change


Introspective

Left To My Own Devices
Domino Dancing
Always On My Mind
I Get Excited (You get Excited Too)


Behaviour

So Hard
Being Boring
We All Feel Better In The Dark
Jealousy

Very

Go West
Can You Forgive Her
I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
Shameless

Bilingual

Se A Vida É
Hit & Miss
To Step Aside
The Survivors

Nightlife

For Your Own Good
Closer to Heaven
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
Happiness Is An Option

Release

Always
London
E-Mail
Home and Dry

Fundamental

Integral
Luna Park
Minimal
The Resurrectionist

Please:
No Change

Actually:
It's A Sin
Heart
What Have I Don To Deserve This
Rent/I Want To Wake Up

Introspective:
Left to my own devices
Domino Dancing/I'm Not Scared
Always On My Mind
I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)

Behaviour:
So Hard
The End If The World
Being Boring
Jealousy

Very:
Can You Forgive Her?
Go West/Shameless
Yesterday When I Was Mad
I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing

Bilingual:
Se a vida e (That's The Way Life Is)
Discoteca
Up Against It/Before
A Red Letter Day

Nightlife:[/b
I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore
For Your Own Good
New York City Boy
Happiness Is An Option

Release:
Home and dry
E-mail
The Night I Fell In Love
I Get Along

Fundamental:
The Sodom And Gomorrah Show
Minimal
Luna Park
I'm With Stupid

Please:
West End Girls
Opportunities
Suburbia
In The Night

Actually:
It's A Sin
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
Heart
Rent

Introspective:
Always On My Mind
Left to my own devices
It's Alright
Domino Dancing

Behaviour:
So Hard
Being Boring
How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Jealousy

Very:
Can you forgive her?
Go West
A Different Point Of View
I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing

Bilingual:
Se a vida e
Discoteca (single version)
Single
A Red Letter Day

Nightlife:
Closer To Heaven
I don't know what you want but I can't give it anymore
Drunk
New York City Boy

Release:
I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
I Get Along
Home And Dry
E-mail

Fundamental:
Integral
I'm with stupid
Minimal
Sodom & Gomorrow Show

I havn't got the time to do all this but 'After All; Battleship Potemkin' should have been a single.

Please

West End Girls
In The Night/Paninaro (bit of a cheat.... )
Suburbia
Opportunities

Actually

What Have I Done To Deserve This
It's A Sin
One More Chance (remix)
It Couldn't Happen Here

Introspective

Left To My Own Devices
Always On My Mind
I'm Not Scared
Domino Dancing

Behaviour

No Change (except Being Boring is the lead single)

Very

Shameless
Go West
I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
Yesterday When I Was Mad

Bilingual

Single
The Truck Driver And His Mate
Metamorphosis
A Red Letter Day

Nightlife

Happiness Is An Option
Radiophonic
The Ghost Of Myself
Closer To Heaven

Release

Home And Dry
London
I Get Along
Sexy Northerner

Disco 3

Positive Role Model
Time On My Hands
If Looks Could Kill
Somebody Else's Business

Fundamental

Fugitive
Lunar Park
Minimal
Integral

Please:
West end girls
Love comes quickly
Suburbia
Tonight is forever

Actually:
What have I done to deserve this
It's a sin
Rent
I want to wake up

Introspective:
Left to my own devices
Always on my mind
Domino dancing
Losing my mind

Behaviour:
Being boring
So hard
Jealousy
Miserablism

Very:
Go west
Can you forgive her?
A different point of view
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing

Bilingual:
Se a vida e
A red letter day
Hit and miss
Delusions of grandeur

Nightlife:
For your own good
I don't know what you want...
The ghost of myself
You only tell me you love me when you're drunk

Release:
Home and dry
London
Nightlife
Break 4 love

Fundamentalism:
Integral
The Sodom and Gomorrah show
Minimal
Luna park

Phillip wrote:I havn't got the time to do all this but 'After All; Battleship Potemkin' should have been a single.

Yes, absolutely I always thought it would be a perfect double A-side with Fugitive.

Riikka wrote:
Nightlife:
For your own good
I don't know what you want...
The ghost of myself
You only tell me you love me when you're drunk

Release:
Home and dry
London
Nightlife
Break 4 love

I fully respect your choices and taste, but isn't it a bit weird to release a single with the same title as the PREVIOUS album? If the boys wanted "Nightlife" to be a single, I'm sure they would have put it on Nightlife

Oooh, Luna Park might have been a good single, too. (I put in Stupid because I couldn't really think of anything else.)

dVTB wrote:

Riikka wrote:
Nightlife:
For your own good
I don't know what you want...
The ghost of myself
You only tell me you love me when you're drunk

Release:
Home and dry
London
Nightlife
Break 4 love

I fully respect your choices and taste, but isn't it a bit weird to release a single with the same title as the PREVIOUS album? If the boys wanted "Nightlife" to be a single, I'm sure they would have put it on Nightlife

I know, and of course it wouldn't be sensible like that. I should have written that my list is only my own personal favourites. If I started to think which songs would be better as singles for general public, I would change quite a few songs there, including "Nightlife".

Riikka wrote:I know, and of course it wouldn't be sensible like that. I should have written that my list is only my own personal favourites. If I started to think which songs would be better as singles for general public, I would change quite a few songs there, including "Nightlife".

I especially found "The Ghost Of Myself" an interesting choice. Actually it HAS hit potential. I also love its production.

Please (no changes)

Actually (no changes)

Introspective (no changes)

Behaviour:

So Hard
How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
To Face The Truth
Jealousy

Very:

Can You Forgive Her?
Go West
A Different Point Of View
Dreaming Of The Queen

Bilingual:

Before
Se a Vida e
It Always Comes As A Surprise
The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On

Nightlife:

Happiness Is An Option
For Your Own Good
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
Closer To Heaven

Release:

I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
London
Home and Dry
Between Two Islands

Fundamental:

Fugitive
I'm With Stupid
Integral
Numb

dVTB wrote:

Riikka wrote:I know, and of course it wouldn't be sensible like that. I should have written that my list is only my own personal favourites. If I started to think which songs would be better as singles for general public, I would change quite a few songs there, including "Nightlife".

I especially found "The Ghost Of Myself" an interesting choice. Actually it HAS hit potential. I also love its production.

Yes, that song is stuck in my brain and I almost get an obsession to listen to it. Hit songs are usually like that, aren't they? Neil just keeps repeating the same lyrics but that's very effective.

A Ghost Of Myself has that Britney Spears 'Hit Me Baby' rhythm.