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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their debut studio album, Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys.The list includes officially released songs that have been performed by the band. The list consists of mostly studio and BBC recordings; remixes and live recordings are not listed, unless the song has only been released in one of the two formats.
PopArt: The Hits is a greatest hits album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 24 November 2003 by Parlophone . The album consists of Pet Shop Boys' top 20 UK singles along with two new tracks, "Miracles" and "Flamboyant", which were also released as singles.
The ninth Pet Shop Boys studio album, Fundamental, came in May 2006, reaching number five in the UK. Also in 2006, Concrete was released, a live album recorded at the Mermaid Theatre , London. Released in UK in March 2009, Yes , was a critical success and hit number four, their highest album chart peak in more than a decade.
Pet Shop Boys signed with Parlophone, a subsidiary of EMI Records, in March 1985. [10] By that time, Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant had been writing songs together for over three years. Their music was influenced by Italian disco , the emerging American hip-hop scene, and American producer Bobby Orlando 's lo-fi electronic dance music .
The Pet Shop Boys version of the song is plays in the first and last scenes of Chinese director Jia Zhangke's film Mountains May Depart (2015). In many of Jia's films, the 'turn' China has made towards 'the West' is a central theme – Mountains May Depart is no exception.
Ultimate is a greatest hits compilation album by the British electronic music band Pet Shop Boys. It is their third greatest hits album, released on 1 November 2010 by their long-time label Parlophone. [1] The album contains 18 previously released singles, in chronological order, and one new song ("Together"). [2]
Although many of the album's songs were released in other forms, this compilation only features the seven-inch single versions. Pet Shop Boys also released a companion video compilation, Videography, consisting of the music videos for each of the songs on Discography, arranged in a slightly different order.