Disco
LP by Pet Shop Boys
Release	November 17, 1986
Recorded	???
Genre	Synthpop
Length	46 min 19 sec
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Pet Shop Boys
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Pet Shop Boys chronology
Please (1985)	Disco (1986)	Actually (1987)

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Disco was not really an original studio album, but rather an album length collection of remixes of songs from their first album, Please, and B-sides. Many fans of 1980s synthpop see the mixes on this album as some of the best examples of the extended dance mix and this album includes remixes by Arthur Baker, Shep Pettibone and Pet Shop Boys themselves. A remix is an alternate mix of a song different from the original version, made using the techniques of audio editing. ... Please is the first album by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Synth pop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... Arthur Baker was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy. ... Shep Pettibone is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. ... Pet Shop Boys (the band uses their name without the definite article the) are a highly influential UK electronic music act. ...

Despite the title, it would be a stretch to call the music on this album disco; although these versions of the songs are certainly more danceable, the disco influence is indirect, or at least difficult to detect. Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music (generally between 110 and 136 beats per minute) that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular with audiences in larger cities all over the world, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning...

It is difficult to say where Pet Shop Boys saw this album fitting in among their other albums when they released it. When, in 2001, they rereleased what they deemed their first 6 albums, this one got left out, confirming perhaps what many fans had already suspected, that the group did not consider this album on the same level as the others. In addition, Pet Shop Boys would later release Disco 2 and Disco 3, also albums of remixes, although they differ greatly from the original album: Disco 2 is a continuous megamix of dance remixes and Disco 3 is a mixture of remixes and new songs. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Disco 2 is the eighth album by UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. ... Disco 3 is the thirteenth album by the UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. ... Disco 2 is the eighth album by UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. ... Disco 3 is the thirteenth album by the UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. ...

Tracklisting

1. "In the Night [Extended Mix]" (6:28)
2. "Suburbia [The Full Horror]" (8:56)
3. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) [Version Latina]" (5:30)
4. "Paninaro [Italian Remix]" (8:36)
5. "Love Comes Quickly [Mastermix]" (7:38)
6. "West End Girls [Disco Mix]" (9:04)