Concrete
Live album by Pet Shop Boys
Released	23 October 2006
Recorded	May 8, 2006
Genre	Pop
Label	Parlophone
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Fundamental (2006)	Concrete (2006)

Concrete is the seventeenth album by the British band Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 23 October 2006. Image File history File links Petshopboys-concrete. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... The capitalization of song titles in this article may be disputed. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... The capitalization of song titles in this article may be disputed. ... Fundamental will be the ninth studio album by British band Pet Shop Boys which is due for release on 22 May 2006. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who gather to perform music. ... The capitalization of song titles in this article may be disputed. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Originally due to be called Concert, on 20 September 2006, Pet Shop Boys announced that the album was going to be called Concrete, which was the title that they originally wanted for the album. It is the first live concert to be released by the band on Audio CD. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CD re-directs here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

The concert

The performance recorded for the album took place at the Mermaid Theatre on May 8, 2006, as an exclusive for broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Sold on Song program. Attendance, totaling 600, was by invitation or through winning competitions held by Radio 2 and the band's official website. The event was hosted by the BBC's Stuart Maconie. The Mermaid Theatre, opened in 1959 with a production of Lock Up Your Daughters, was the first theatre built in the City of London since the time of Shakespeare (later theatres were built in the so-called West End, outside the boundaries of the traditional City). ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ... Stuart Maconie (b. ...

The May 27 Radio 2 broadcast included an interview conducted by Maconie, but excluded four songs. The full concert was later broadcast on BBC 6 Music on August 28. May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ...

Song selection

Due to the presence of the orchestra, the setlist was composed to consist of songs originally recorded with an orchestra. Consequently, aside from an extensive selection of songs from Fundamental, various non-studio album tracks were chosen, including the arrangement of "Rent" from the Liza Minnelli album Results; "After all", the portion of the band's Battleship Potemkin soundtrack that accompanies the Odessa Steps sequence from the film (performed with the scene projected on a screen in the background); "Friendly fire", from the Closer to Heaven musical; and "Nothing has been proved", the theme song from Scandal, originally arranged by Angelo Badalamenti. Fundamental will be the ninth studio album by British band Pet Shop Boys which is due for release on 22 May 2006. ... Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... Results is the 1989 Liza Minnelli album produced by Pet Shop Boys. ... Battleship Potemkin is a 2005 album of electronic and orchestral music written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe from Pet Shop Boys. ... The Battleship Potemkin (Russian: , ), sometimes The Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. ... Poster for London production of Closer to Heaven, 2001. ... Scandal (1989) is a [[[United Kingdom|British]] drama film, a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair. ... Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is a music composer, best known for his movie soundtrack work for surrealist movie director David Lynch. ...

"West End girls" and "It's a sin" were the only exceptions to the rule, and were reworked to integrate the orchestra.

Personnel

Pet Shop Boys are:

• Neil Tennant
• Chris Lowe

Other musicians: Neil Tennant (right) with collaborator Chris Lowe (left) Neil Francis Tennant (born July 10, 1954 in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England) is an English musician, who, with his colleague Chris Lowe, makes up the successful pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys. ... Chris Lowe (left) with collaborator Neil Tennant (right) Christopher Sean Lowe (born on October 4, 1959 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is an English musician, who, with his colleague Neil Tennant, makes up the successful pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys. ...

• Trevor Horn – music director, bass and backing vocals
• The BBC Concert Orchestra
• Pete Gleadall – programming
• Nick Ingman – conductor
• Anne Dudley – piano, keyboards
• Phil Palmer – guitar
• Steve Lipson – guitar
• Paul Robinson – drums
• Lol Crème – backing vocals
• Andy Caine – backing vocals
• Lucinda Barry – backing vocals
• Sylvia Mason-James – backing vocals
• Sally Bradshaw – opera singer

Guest singers: Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in Durham, England, is a British pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. ... The title of music director is used by many orchestras to designate the primary conductor of the orchestra. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... The BBC Concert Orchestra is based in London and is one of the British Broadcasting Corporations five orchestras. ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... Anne Dudley (born 7-May-1956) is an orchestral composer and pop musician and was the BBC Concert Orchestras Composer in Association between January 2002 and January 2005. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... An electronic keyboard is a keyboard instrument which uses electricity to produce or amplify its sound. ... Different kinds of guitars The guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. ... Different kinds of guitars The guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Lol Crème (born September 19, 1947) is a British musician and music video director. ... A backing vocalist is a vocalist who sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... Sylvia Mason-James with Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe Sylvia Mason-James is a British singer who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist and solo artist. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ...

• Rufus Wainwright
• Frances Barber
• Robbie Williams

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. ... Frances Barber (born on 13 May 1958 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England) is a British actress. ... Robbie Williams (born Robert Peter Williams on February 13, 1974 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English pop artist/songwriter. ...

Track listing

CD one

1. "Left to my own devices"
2. "Rent"
3. "You only tell me you love me when you're drunk"
4. "The Sodom and Gomorrah Show"
5. "Casanova in Hell" (featuring Rufus Wainwright)
6. "After all"
7. "Friendly fire" (featuring Frances Barber)
8. "Integral"

CD two

1. "Numb"
2. "It's alright"
3. "Luna Park"
4. "Nothing has been proved"
5. "Jealousy" (featuring Robbie Williams)
6. "Dreaming of the Queen"
7. "It's a sin"
8. "Indefinite leave to remain"
9. "West End girls"

UK Chart Run

References

• Radio 2 Concert. Literally (Pet Shop Boys fanclub magazine) (July 2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-10.

2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ...

External links

The concert

• Pet Shop Boys official site All official announcements
• BBC Radio 2 - Sold on Song Concert page, with photos
• Boywatch Fan review