I designed a PSB poster - Can I get your advice on any possible improvements to it

[nervousboy]

As you are including sleeves perhaps add Its a Sin, Always On My Mind and Heart as they are missing.

[Xakrij]

As you are including sleeves perhaps add Its a Sin, Always On My Mind and Heart as they are missing.

Poster.jpg

[lalolalo]

Something similar to this has already been done by Andrew Dineley from the 'Art On Your Sleeve' podcast. Here's a photo of my copy of it:

psb_poster.jpg

This one I like (Link?).
Though I appreciate the work on the other one, it looks like one of those tote bags (Or those snickers ones) made by AI and sold by spammers on Facebook groups.

[greenmile]

Something similar to this has already been done by Andrew Dineley from the 'Art On Your Sleeve' podcast. Here's a photo of my copy of it:

psb_poster.jpg

This one I like (Link?).
Though I appreciate the work on the other one, it looks like one of those tote bags (Or those snickers ones) made by AI and sold by spammers on Facebook groups.

It was sold through a post on his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/442664446671424) a good few years ago now. He was reluctant to sell it to me due to potential postage costs and I think he only had a handful left, but I managed to talk him around.

You could try messaging him to see if he still has any copies left I suppose.

[nervousboy]

As you are including sleeves perhaps add Its a Sin, Always On My Mind and Heart as they are missing.

Poster.jpg

Meant to add the word remix. Obviously. Remix sleeves. I see Domino dancing has been added but not the ones mentioned above and a few others.

[raggatwin]

Someone shared a brilliant poster on here that they had created...about 2005....are you still about?

[the8thark]

Thank you everyone for your feedback. I'ver taken as much as I can into account and have updated the poster to incorporate it all. I also added in a few more covers.

I do not have much time to work on it, so that's why it took so long to get it done. It took a while to get it done too.

Here is the updated version.

https://asia-southeast-46b7fe19.filepor ... Pf1VunrN03

I would avoid WEST END SUNGLASSES and WEST END GIRLS MIXES, that I do not consider official. Are they?

I would add ONE MORE CHANCE and SERIOUSLY!

P.S. How do you choose the sleeve order? Itf you want chronoological order, then you should move the first OPPORTUNITIES

I removed sunglasses and the mixes.
I also added seriously.
I fixed up the order of those early singles to keep it chronological. That is my aim. That's why some releases are split accross a couple of lines. Not ideal but I do want to keep the release order intact.

Change the please and actually artwork to the correct sized album versions not the cd versions.

All fixed. I used the vinyl covers for them both.

And opportunities version one comes after the original west end girls.

Thank you. All fixed up now.

…AAAANNNDD the “dice sleeve” one more chance is missing.

I found it and it's added in now.

Interesting idea! My main takeaway is the low digital quality of some of these, but it's not really your fault - they're hardly available on their website or any official source. Thankfully, fans have "remastered" almost all of them. You can find a good batch here.
https://steveyb.co.uk/artwork/all/pet-shop-boys

Agreed, that it is hard to find high quality imagers of some of the covers. Thank you for the link. I did use as many of those as I could. Some of them are slightly different to the actual covers so it's a judgement call. That page helped with quite a few. The overall result is much better now because of it.

I love this devotion.

Thank you. Others in the past have had the same devotion and it's nice to see how their posters differ. Seeing everyone's different interpretation of the "release covers on a poster" concept. The one thing we are spoiled with is the number of covers to choose from. I've used 260 of them but there is still a decent number I have not. We are lucky for the the PSB to have done so much work over the 40 years.

Something similar to this has already been done by Andrew Dineley from the 'Art On Your Sleeve' podcast. Here's a photo of my copy of it:

This looks great. It works so well as a one cover per release poster. I reckon if someone did an updated version of this it'd look great.

new order, and other bands have all done these kinds of posters.

I've seen a few also for other artists. The concept has been around for quite a while. It's a basic idea but everyone has different ways of interpreting it.

the8thark's method of edge-to-edge album covers works really well

Thank you. It's the only reasonable way to get this many covers in. I tried the idea of having a little white space between each cover and with the large number of covers here I think it did not work as well. My idea was for getting as many covers as possible in. For other posters where the aim is less covers but chosen for a particular reason or theme, then the white space between each works well.

Wow, that's a lot of work. Beautifully done. Would look good on a quilt, that!

I never realized how well the Memory of the Future sleeves go together! If you're not too wed to chronological order, perhaps you could shuffle Battleship Potemkin before the Flamboyants so that they go on the same line together. There might be a few other places where you could shuffle sleeves like that but I confess I haven't gone over it with the fine tooth comb!

I am aiming for chronological order so that's why some releases are split over the two lines. I might one day to a version where I prioritise the same release on a single line, over chronological order and see what it looks like.
Your quilt idea got me thinking, it'd look pretty good too on a rug or as room wallpaper.

Let's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers.

It is nice to see all of the covers in one place.
Got to love the Farrow designs in particular.

A reminder for everyone, if you enjoy the images please support the band and order the officially licensed graphic book releasing April 2026. https://shop.petshopboys.co.uk/eu/pet-s ... 27479.html

Honestly you are correct. The only "design here" is the how they are all arranged on a the poster.

Thanks for the reminder. We have all seen the few teaser pages of the book put out and they look amazing.
I've pre-ordered Volume too. Hopefully I get it. I was not able to get Song by Song. Fingers crossed I get better luck with Volume.
I second what you have said, if this kind of thing interests you, consider getting the book.

Nice! I think it would be nice to have some whitespace between the images, that would make them stand out more. Also, in some cases there are hype stickers in the photos, I think it would look better without those stockers but that's just my opinion.

I do understand that you needed to do exclude some covers due to lack of space, but i would skip some of the later "almost-duplicate" covers (for example, some of the "Home & dry" ones) and include some of the earlier remix 12"s instead,

I tried the white space and I think it looked good, but just a little too different from what I was aiming for. I anyone wants a version done of this with the white space I could get it done.

I've removed those stickers, I agree without them it looks way better. I kept the almost the same covers (Home and Dry, Say It To Me, Super etc etc) as I rearranged the layout. I would have removed a few of them if I needed to, but I didn't have to.

Weren’t the colours slightly different on the CD version of Introspective?
Also, the limited 3x12” with the band isn’t on there.

Love the poster though, well done!

Yes they were. The colours were different on the cassette too.
I took your advice and made sure to have both the CD and vinyl version there. I could not make the cassette work because I could only find low quality images of it and it's a rectangle, which I could not neatly crop into a square.

I looked for a while and never found the 3x12" cover. I'll keep looking though it see if I can find it.

Personally, I'd be inclined to leave out any Bobby O era stuff (or subsequent remixes) that come out after they moved to Parlophone. Once the 1985 version of West-End Girls was released, any re-release or re-hash of the older material are just tacky cash-ins.

I share your opinion. That's why I removed them.

One more chance(s)

Thank you. It's added in.

Meant to add the word remix. Obviously. Remix sleeves. I see Domino dancing has been added but not the ones mentioned above and a few others.

There is only limited space for covers. If I added every different cover that was even just 1% different I'd be here for ever.
Also I need to find these covers in a decent enough quality to use them, or find them at all in some cases.
If I do end up finding usable versions of them, I'll probably just trade out Home and Dry or Say It To Me for them as those 2 are just the same thing with different colours.

I will certainly consider this. Time to get looking for them.

[alternativeformat]

@the8thark, you are just as thorough in your replies as in your graphical revue. I love it! Congrats on the work!

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[tottenhammattspurs]

You've missed out the silver 1986 cover for opportunities

[TwizzleUK]

You've got Super before The Pop Kids. The Pop Kids came out before Super

[richwill]

Love this!!

[petshopgrrl]

I am aiming for chronological order so that's why some releases are split over the two lines. I might one day to a version where I prioritise the same release on a single line, over chronological order and see what it looks like.
Your quilt idea got me thinking, it'd look pretty good too on a rug or as room wallpaper.

A rug! Didn't think about making one of those! I just tried it out on a rug at NeonEarth.com. It's close enough to fit a 48x72 inch size, but you do need to tweak the black and white borders a bit to keep the central design within the 2:3 ratio. But it can be yours, starting from about $155.

[nervousboy]

Thank you everyone for your feedback. I'ver taken as much as I can into account and have updated the poster to incorporate it all. I also added in a few more covers.

I do not have much time to work on it, so that's why it took so long to get it done. It took a while to get it done too.

Here is the updated version.

https://asia-southeast-46b7fe19.filepor ... Pf1VunrN03

I would avoid WEST END SUNGLASSES and WEST END GIRLS MIXES, that I do not consider official. Are they?

I would add ONE MORE CHANCE and SERIOUSLY!

P.S. How do you choose the sleeve order? Itf you want chronoological order, then you should move the first OPPORTUNITIES

I removed sunglasses and the mixes.
I also added seriously.
I fixed up the order of those early singles to keep it chronological. That is my aim. That's why some releases are split accross a couple of lines. Not ideal but I do want to keep the release order intact.

Change the please and actually artwork to the correct sized album versions not the cd versions.

All fixed. I used the vinyl covers for them both.

And opportunities version one comes after the original west end girls.

Thank you. All fixed up now.

…AAAANNNDD the “dice sleeve” one more chance is missing.

I found it and it's added in now.

Interesting idea! My main takeaway is the low digital quality of some of these, but it's not really your fault - they're hardly available on their website or any official source. Thankfully, fans have "remastered" almost all of them. You can find a good batch here.
https://steveyb.co.uk/artwork/all/pet-shop-boys

Agreed, that it is hard to find high quality imagers of some of the covers. Thank you for the link. I did use as many of those as I could. Some of them are slightly different to the actual covers so it's a judgement call. That page helped with quite a few. The overall result is much better now because of it.

I love this devotion.

Thank you. Others in the past have had the same devotion and it's nice to see how their posters differ. Seeing everyone's different interpretation of the "release covers on a poster" concept. The one thing we are spoiled with is the number of covers to choose from. I've used 260 of them but there is still a decent number I have not. We are lucky for the the PSB to have done so much work over the 40 years.

Something similar to this has already been done by Andrew Dineley from the 'Art On Your Sleeve' podcast. Here's a photo of my copy of it:

This looks great. It works so well as a one cover per release poster. I reckon if someone did an updated version of this it'd look great.

new order, and other bands have all done these kinds of posters.

I've seen a few also for other artists. The concept has been around for quite a while. It's a basic idea but everyone has different ways of interpreting it.

the8thark's method of edge-to-edge album covers works really well

Thank you. It's the only reasonable way to get this many covers in. I tried the idea of having a little white space between each cover and with the large number of covers here I think it did not work as well. My idea was for getting as many covers as possible in. For other posters where the aim is less covers but chosen for a particular reason or theme, then the white space between each works well.

Wow, that's a lot of work. Beautifully done. Would look good on a quilt, that!

I never realized how well the Memory of the Future sleeves go together! If you're not too wed to chronological order, perhaps you could shuffle Battleship Potemkin before the Flamboyants so that they go on the same line together. There might be a few other places where you could shuffle sleeves like that but I confess I haven't gone over it with the fine tooth comb!

I am aiming for chronological order so that's why some releases are split over the two lines. I might one day to a version where I prioritise the same release on a single line, over chronological order and see what it looks like.
Your quilt idea got me thinking, it'd look pretty good too on a rug or as room wallpaper.

Let's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers.

It is nice to see all of the covers in one place.
Got to love the Farrow designs in particular.

A reminder for everyone, if you enjoy the images please support the band and order the officially licensed graphic book releasing April 2026. https://shop.petshopboys.co.uk/eu/pet-s ... 27479.html

Honestly you are correct. The only "design here" is the how they are all arranged on a the poster.

Thanks for the reminder. We have all seen the few teaser pages of the book put out and they look amazing.
I've pre-ordered Volume too. Hopefully I get it. I was not able to get Song by Song. Fingers crossed I get better luck with Volume.
I second what you have said, if this kind of thing interests you, consider getting the book.

Nice! I think it would be nice to have some whitespace between the images, that would make them stand out more. Also, in some cases there are hype stickers in the photos, I think it would look better without those stockers but that's just my opinion.

I do understand that you needed to do exclude some covers due to lack of space, but i would skip some of the later "almost-duplicate" covers (for example, some of the "Home & dry" ones) and include some of the earlier remix 12"s instead,

I tried the white space and I think it looked good, but just a little too different from what I was aiming for. I anyone wants a version done of this with the white space I could get it done.

I've removed those stickers, I agree without them it looks way better. I kept the almost the same covers (Home and Dry, Say It To Me, Super etc etc) as I rearranged the layout. I would have removed a few of them if I needed to, but I didn't have to.

Weren’t the colours slightly different on the CD version of Introspective?
Also, the limited 3x12” with the band isn’t on there.

Love the poster though, well done!

Yes they were. The colours were different on the cassette too.
I took your advice and made sure to have both the CD and vinyl version there. I could not make the cassette work because I could only find low quality images of it and it's a rectangle, which I could not neatly crop into a square.

I looked for a while and never found the 3x12" cover. I'll keep looking though it see if I can find it.

Personally, I'd be inclined to leave out any Bobby O era stuff (or subsequent remixes) that come out after they moved to Parlophone. Once the 1985 version of West-End Girls was released, any re-release or re-hash of the older material are just tacky cash-ins.

I share your opinion. That's why I removed them.

One more chance(s)

Thank you. It's added in.

Meant to add the word remix. Obviously. Remix sleeves. I see Domino dancing has been added but not the ones mentioned above and a few others.

There is only limited space for covers. If I added every different cover that was even just 1% different I'd be here for ever.
Also I need to find these covers in a decent enough quality to use them, or find them at all in some cases.
If I do end up finding usable versions of them, I'll probably just trade out Home and Dry or Say It To Me for them as those 2 are just the same thing with different colours.

I will certainly consider this. Time to get looking for them.

Hope you can. Strange seeing say Domino dancing remix cover and not the others, bit like pick n mix. The remix sleeves are part of the whole single package and so to leave one or two or six etc out just seems a pointless exercise. Just my opinion nonetheless!

[the8thark]

Hope you can. Strange seeing say Domino dancing remix cover and not the others, bit like pick n mix. The remix sleeves are part of the whole single package and so to leave one or two or six etc out just seems a pointless exercise. Just my opinion nonetheless!

I agree with you 100%.
It is a case of using what I can find. It's also a case of not having enough space to put them all. There are so many PSB releases, I can not fit them all on it. The poster is already A0 size.

I will certainly look for them and see if I can find them. If I can I'll add them in and trade out, probably Home And Dry or Say It To me for them as those ones are pretty similar.

You've got Super before The Pop Kids. The Pop Kids came out before Super

According to the PSB website

Super - 1 April 2016
Pop Kids - 27 May 2016

Is the website wrong? That's what I am going off anyway.

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I am looking currently saving up to get this printed and framed and soon-ish I will be able to share the finish product.
Than you all for your help.

[VRIDD]

According to the PSB website

Super - 1 April 2016
Pop Kids - 27 May 2016

Is the website wrong? That's what I am going off anyway.

Where did you find such an info?

On PSB website I find Pop Kids, single digital and physical release, - 18 March 2016
https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2016 ... ay?archive

while Pop Kids, song digital release, is even before - February 2016
https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2016 ... ds?archive

Whatever you prefer between song and single release date, Pop Kids would come before Super.