My B-sides TOP 10

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Gabby wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 1:54 pm
VRIDD wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 9:10 am
I did not consider WEAK b-sides, such as Vulnerable, Fugitive, Paninaro, The Way It Used To Be, Young Offender, This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave...
Wait? What? WEAK B-sides? I hope something got lost in translation there, as I don't rank any of those songs weak.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Sorry for my english. I mean "not properly B sides", "B sides in a weak sense".

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#17 Post by Dog »

A man could get arrested
Paninaro
A new life
I get excited (you get excited too)
It must be obvious
The view from your balcony
Always
The resurrectionist
Fugitive
An open mind
Woof.

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Was that what it was?
Do I have to?
I get excited (you get excited too)
Miserablism
The calm before the storm
Between two islands
The resurrectionist
After the event
One night
I've got plans (involving you)

Honorable mentions: The sound of the atom splitting, A new life, Too many people, The view from your balcony, Bright young things

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#19 Post by daveid »

Leaving out the tracks whose status as b-sides is debatable...

In the night
Paninaro
Do I have to?
I get excited (You get excited too)
We all feel better in the dark
Hey, headmaster
Shameless
Always
After the event
Beauty has laid siege to the city

This is very hard to reduce to just ten tracks.

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#20 Post by Gabby »

VRIDD wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 2:17 pm
Gabby wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 1:54 pm
VRIDD wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 9:10 am
I did not consider WEAK b-sides, such as Vulnerable, Fugitive, Paninaro, The Way It Used To Be, Young Offender, This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave...
Wait? What? WEAK B-sides? I hope something got lost in translation there, as I don't rank any of those songs weak.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Sorry for my english. I mean "not properly B sides", "B sides in a weak sense".
Phew! That is a relief! :dance:

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#21 Post by PSBForTheMasses »

1. Too many people
2. Hit and Miss
3. A man could get arrested.
4. I've got plans
5. Miserabilism
6. Between two islands
7. Do I have to?
8. That's my impression (I love it when Neil tries to sound angry and badass, lol)
9. Casting a Shadow
10. Was that what it was?

Is Fugitive a b-side?

By the way Alternative page on Wikipedia lists Girls and Boys in Track Listing.
This should be added in subsequent editions as my copy does not have it unfortunately.

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#22 Post by Dog »

PSBForTheMasses wrote:Is Fugitive a b-side?
Yes! It’s the b-side of Beautiful people. Neil’s said it’s likely to be the first track of any next b-side compilation.

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#23 Post by jasonjohn »

I know it's hard to pick just ten, but surprised by the lack of ‘Je ne sais quoi’ here

Such a up-tempo track!

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#24 Post by TwizzleUK »

PSBForTheMasses wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 5:03 am By the way Alternative page on Wikipedia lists Girls and Boys in Track Listing.
This should be added in subsequent editions as my copy does not have it unfortunately.
Think it was just a bonus track on the Japanese release? And of course featured on 'Paninaro 95', but I see it more as a "bonus track" rather than a text book PSB "B-side".

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jasonjohn wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 6:41 am I know it's hard to pick just ten, but surprised by the lack of ‘Je ne sais quoi’ here

Such a up-tempo track!
It was on my list but I had to shave it off to get it down to ten.

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daveid wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 11:06 am
jasonjohn wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 6:41 am I know it's hard to pick just ten, but surprised by the lack of ‘Je ne sais quoi’ here

Such a up-tempo track!
It was on my list but I had to shave it off to get it down to ten.
Same

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daveid wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 11:06 am
jasonjohn wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 6:41 am I know it's hard to pick just ten, but surprised by the lack of ‘Je ne sais quoi’ here

Such a up-tempo track!
It was on my list but I had to shave it off to get it down to ten.
Mine too, and I can't believe how many deserved the same from last five years. It's incredible really.

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#28 Post by OakeyDokey »

Surprised at the lack of love for Too Many People. Think it could have been a single tbh.

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#29 Post by leesmapman »

In the night
Some speculation
It's not a crime
I get excited (you get excited too)
Bet she's not your girlfriend
In his imagination
We’re the Pet Shop Boys
Too many people
Miserablism
I didn’t get where I am today

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#30 Post by MikeyC »

In the night
Shameless
Too many people
Some speculation
We all feel better in the dark
Bet she’s not your girlfriend
The Resurrectionist
Listening
Decide
Through you

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