[2017-10-20] The Pet Shop Boys "Yes" and "Elysium" Further Listening Editions (Parlophone/Rhino)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:26 am

Yes
Further Listening 2008-2010

Description
‘Yes’ was produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. The record debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart upon release and was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards. This expanded version of the album features guests including The Human League’s Phil Oakey, who shares vocals with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on ‘This Used To Be The Future’.

Johnny Marr also appears on ‘Yes’, his guitar work featuring on several tracks including the single, ‘Did You See Me Coming?’. The album’s lead single and UK Top 20 hit, ‘Love Etc.’, became PSB’s ninth number one hit on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the USA, breaking the record for most chart-topping singles by a duo or group on the Billboard Dance Chart.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Love Etc. (2017 Remastered Version)
2. All Over The World (2017 Remastered Version)
3. Beautiful People (2017 Remastered Version)
4. Did You See Me Coming? (2017 Remastered Version)
5. Vulnerable (2017 Remastered Version)
6. More Than A Dream (2017 Remastered Version)
7. Building A Wall (2017 Remastered Version)
8. King Of Rome (2017 Remastered Version)
9. Pandemonium (2017 Remastered Version)
10. The Way It Used To Be (2017 Remastered Version)
11. Legacy (2017 Remastered Version)

[CD2]
1. Gin And Jag (2017 Remastered Version)
2. This Used To Be The Future (With Phil Oakey) [2017 Remastered Version]
3. We're All Criminals Now (2017 Remastered Version)
4. Gin And Jag (Frisky Mix) [2017 Remastered Version]
5. Beautiful People (Demo) [2017 Remastered Version]
6. My Girl (2017 Remastered Version)
7. The Loving Kind (Monitor Mix)
8. Love Etc. (PSB Mix) [2017 Remastered Version]
9. Did You See Me Coming? (PSB Possibly More Mix) [2017 Remastered Version]
10. The Former Enfant Terrible (PSB Bring It On Mix) [2017 Remastered Version]
11. Up And Down (2017 Remastered Version)
12. Pet Shop Boys "Brits" Medley (2017 Remastered Version)

[CD3]
1. I Cried For Us (2017 Remastered Version)
2. It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (New Version) [2017 Remastered Version]
3. All Over The World (New Version) [2017 Remastered Version]
4. Viva La Vida/Domino Dancing (Christmas EP Mix) [2017 Remastered Version]
5. My Girl (Our House Mix) [2017 Remastered Version]
6. Leaving (Demo) [2017 Remastered Version]
7. Together (2017 Remastered Version)
8. Glad All Over (2017 Remastered Version)
9. The Dumpling Song (Demo From ''My Dad's A Birdman'')
10. Wings And Faith (Demo From ''My Dad's A Birdman'')
11. Night Song (Fan Club Download 2010)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07583SZ8P/?tag=imwan-20

Elysium
Further Listening 2011-2012

Description
‘Elysium’, originally released in 2012, was seen by some as a shift in sound and direction for Pet Shop Boys. Writing for the album began whilst PSB were on tour with Take That, with some tracks dating as far back as 2008.

The album was co-produced by PSB with Andrew Dawson, who engineered much of Kanye West’s album ‘808s & Heartbreaks’, a record which Neil Tennant had become ‘mildly obsessed’ with at the time. The darker lyrical themes of ‘Elysium’ are reflected in the record’s sound. Neil Tennant said: ‘It is deep in terms of the sound—got a lot of sub-bass—it's sort of deep in terms of subject matter, the way it's expressed. But I think it's the Pet Shop Boys' most beautiful album.’

The ‘Further Listening’ album of additional material alongside this ‘Elysium’ reissue features previously unreleased demos entitled ‘Vocal’, ‘She Pops’ and ‘In Slow Motion’, as well as PSB mixes and remixes of ‘Leaving’ and ‘Memory Of The Future’.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Leaving (2017 Remastered Version)
2. Invisible (2017 Remastered Version)
3. Winner (2017 Remastered Version)
4. Your Early Stuff (2017 Remastered Version)
5. A Face Like That (2017 Remastered Version)
6. Breathing Space (2017 Remastered Version)
7. Ego Music (2017 Remastered Version)
8. Hold On (2017 Remastered Version)
9. Give It A Go (2017 Remastered Version)
10. Memory Of The Future (2017 Remastered Version)
11. Everything Means Something (2017 Remastered Version)
12. Requiem In Denim And Leopardskin (2017 Remastered Version)

[CD2]
1. Vocal (Demo)
2. She Pops (Demo)
3. Inside (2017 Remastered Version)
4. In Slow Motion (Demo)
5. Listening (2017 Remastered Version)
6. Hell (2017 Remastered Version)
7. The Way Through The Woods (Long Version) [2017 Remastered Version]
8. I Started A Joke (2017 Remastered Version)
9. In His Imagination (2017 Remastered Version)
10. Leaving (Believe In PSB Remix) [2017 Remastered Version]
11. Leaving (Side By Side Remix) [2017 Remastered Version]
12. Leaving (Freedom Remix) [2017 Remastered Version]
13. Memory Of The Future (New Single Mix) [2017 Remastered Version]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075859Y94/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:24 am

These have been pushed back a week to October 20th. In addtion, the pre-order prices have been reduced by $3 each:

Yes
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07583SZ8P/?tag=imwan-20

Elysium
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075859Y94/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:35 pm

[2017-10-20] The Pet Shop Boys "Yes" and "Elysium" Further Listening Editions (Parlophone/Rhino)

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