Smash Hits: Pet Shop Boys release colossal 3CD and 6LP compilation sets

Always very clever with their diction, the new Pet Shop Boys 55-song compilation goes by the simple title of Smash. The name came about likely because many of their singles have indeed been hits, plus the word is a wink-wink to when singer Neil Tennant was once a music writer for pop magazine Smash Hits.

Spanning a 35-year period between 1985 and 2020, ‘Smash’ works chronologically to showcase the duo’s prolific music output, opening with their debut hit ‘West End Girls’ and joyfully meandering toward 2020’s ‘Monkey Business’ (with a couple of tear-jerkers peppered throughout).

After taking their ‘Dreamworld’ tour across the UK and Europe, Tennant and his sidecar bestie Chris Lowe decided to “take stock and bring together every single we’ve released”. The result provides the most comprehensive retrospective of the duo’s work to date.

Songs from all 14 of Pet Shop Boys’ albums appear, along with a couple of popular B-sides.

Strangely, the 1994 top ten hit Absolutely Fabulous is missing, but that may have something to do with the fact it doesn’t contain original lyrics but instead samples from the hit TV comedy series.

Smash will be available in CD format across three discs, vinyl format across six LPs, and as a special 3CD-and-2Blu-ray pack. Which brings us to the videos…

The Blu-ray will see a bumper 66 videos and visuals in total, some of which will feature on Blu-ray for the first time. There’ll even be the inclusion of a few lyric videos – some of songs not even featured on the audio tracklist.

All clips have been remastered which is going to be extra-special to view since visuals are a big thing with Pet Shop Boys.

Here’s to celebrating three-and-a-half decades of making fantastic pop.

Antonino Tati

‘Smash: The Singles 1985-2020’ will be released June 16, 2023.

Pet Shop Boys | Smash: The Singles 1985-2020 Tracklist:

CD 01
West End Girls (2023 Remaster)
Love Comes Quickly (2023 Remaster)
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) [2023 Remaster]
Suburbia (2023 Remaster)
It’s a Sin (2023 Remaster)
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (2023 Remaster)
Rent (2023 Remaster)
Always on My Mind (2023 Remaster)
Heart (2023 Remaster)
Domino Dancing (2023 Remaster)
Left to My Own Devices (2023 Remaster)
It’s Alright (2023 Remaster)
So Hard (2023 Remaster)
Being Boring (2023 Remaster)
Where the Streets Have No Name / I Can’t Take My Eyes off You (Medley) [2023 Remaster]
Jealousy (2023 Remaster)
DJ Culture (2023 Remaster)
Was It Worth It? (7″ Version) [2023 Remaster]

CD 02
Can You Forgive Her? (2023 Remaster)
Go West (2023 Remaster)
I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing (7″ Version) [2023 Remaster]
Liberation (2023 Remaster)
Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version) [2023 Remaster]
Paninaro ’95 (2023 Remaster)
Before (2023 Remaster)
Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is) [2023 Remaster]
Single – Bilingual (2023 Remaster)
A Red Letter Day (2023 Remaster)
Somewhere (2023 Remaster)
I Don’t Know What You Want but I Can’t Give It Any More (2023 Remaster)
New York City Boy (US Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk (2023 Remaster)
Home and Dry (2023 Remaster)
I Get Along (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Miracles (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Flamboyant (7″ Mix) [2023 Remaster]

CD 03
I’m With Stupid (2023 Remaster)
Minimal (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Numb (Single Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Love etc. (2023 Remaster)
Did You See Me Coming? (2023 Remaster)
It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas (New Version) [2023 Remaster]
Together (Ultimate Mix) [2023 Remaster]
Winner (2023 Remaster)
Leaving (2023 Remaster)
Memory of the Future (New Single Mix) [2023 Remaster]
Vocal (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Love Is a Bourgeois Construct (Nighttime Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Thursday (feat. Example) [Radio Edit] [2023 Remaster]
The Pop Kids (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Twenty-Something (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
Say It To Me (New Radio Mix) [2023 Remaster]
Dreamland (feat. Years & Years) [2023 Remaster]
Monkey Business (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]
I Don’t Wanna (Radio Edit) [2023 Remaster]

Note: For the 6 vinyl LPs, tracks are split across A- and B-sides, obviously, but not listed here.

Blu-ray 01: The Complete Videos: 1985-2020
West End girls
Love comes quickly
Opportunities (Let’s make lots of money) (Version 2)
Suburbia
It’s a sin
What have I done to deserve this?
Rent
Always on my mind
Heart
Domino dancing
Left to my own devices
It’s alright
So hard
Being boring
Where the streets have no name/I can’t take my eyes off you
Jealousy
DJ Culture
Was it worth it? (7” Version)
Can you forgive her?
Go West
I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing
Liberation
Yesterday, when I was mad
Paninaro ’95
Before
Se a vida è (that’s the way life is)
Single bilingual
A red letter day
Somewhere
I don’t know what you want but I can’t give it any more
New York City boy
You only tell me you love me when you’re drunk
Home and dry
I get along/E-mail
Miracles (Radio Edit)
Flamboyant (7” Mix)
I’m with Stupid
Minimal (Radio Edit)
Numb
Love etc.
Did you see me coming?
It doesn’t often snow at Christmas (Live at the O2 Arena, 2009)
Together
Winner
Leaving
Memory of the future (Official Lyric Video)
Vocal (Radio Edit)
Thursday (feat. Example) (Radio Edit)
The Pop Kids (Official Lyric Video)
Twenty-something
Dreamland (feat. Years & Years) (Official Lyric Video)
Monkey business
I don’t wanna (Animated Lyric Video)

Blu-ray 02: The Extras
Opportunities (Let’s make lots of money) (Original Version)
Paninaro (1986 Video)
Domino dancing (Extended Version)
So hard (Extended Version)
How can you expect to be taken seriously?
Go West (Extended Version)
London
Integral
All over the world (Live at the O2 Arena, 2009)
Invisible
Axis
On social media (Official Lyric Video)
Burning the heather (Official Lyric Video)