Following their headline show at last night’s BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Preston, Pet Shop Boys announce the release of a special expanded edition of their latest album, ‘Nonetheless’, on Parlophone Records.
Released 22nd November in a variety of formats, ‘Nonetheless expanded edition’ will feature the full ‘Nonetheless’ album including the singles ‘Loneliness’, ‘Dancing star’, ‘A new bohemia’ and ‘Feel’ plus four new bonus songs and the original demo versions of all the tracks on the album.
The bonus tracks include two cover versions: the David Bowie-penned ‘All the young dudes’ and the 1967 soul song ‘The dark end of the street’. There are also two tracks originally recorded during the ‘Nonetheless’ sessions: a version of the classical composition ‘Miserere’ by Gregorio Allegri and a Pet Shop Boys original titled ‘Adrenaline’. All these new tracks were produced by James Ford and ‘All the young dudes’ and ‘The dark end of the street’ have orchestral arrangements by Anne Dudley. ‘All the
young dudes’ was originally performed live by Pet Shop Boys and the BBC Concert Orchestra in February this year for the BBC Radio 2 ‘Piano Room’ sessions. Afterwards Neil and Chris decided they would like to record a new studio version of the Bowie classic.
The demo versions of the album tracks were originally recorded and produced by Pet Shop Boys from 2020-2022 and mixed by Pete Gleadall.
Pet Shop Boys released their fifteenth album, ‘Nonetheless’, produced by James Ford, on Parlophone Records in April. The record reached Number 2 in the UK album chart in its first week of release – their highest-charting studio album since 1993. In July they concluded the latest UK and European dates of thir ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live’ tour with a sold-out residency at London’s Royal Opera House which received five-star press reviews.
Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 0 million records, released 60 singles spanning five decades and are listed in The Guinness Book of Records as the most successful UK duo of all time.
The full tracklisting for ‘Nonetheless expanded edition’ is –
LP1 – Nonetheless
1. Loneliness
2. Feel
3. Why am I dancing?
4. New London boy
5. Dancing star
6. A new bohemia
7. The schlager hit parade
8. The secret of happiness
9. Bullet for Narcissus
10. Love is the law
LP2 – Bonus
1. All the young dudes
2. Adrenaline
3. The dark end of the street
4. Miserere
LP3 – Demos
1. Loneliness (Demo version)
2. Feel (Demo version)
3. Why am I dancing? (Demo version)
4. New London boy (Demo version)
5. Dancing star (Demo version)
6. A new bohemia (Demo version)
7. The schlager hit parade (Demo version)
8. The secret of happiness (Demo version)
9. Bullet for Narcissus (Demo version)
10. Love is the law (Demo version)
CD 1 – Nonetheless
1. Loneliness
2. Feel
3. Why am I dancing?
4. New London boy
5. Dancing star
6. A new bohemia
7. The schlager hit parade
8. The secret of happiness
9. Bullet for Narcissus
10. Love is the law
CD 2 – Bonus & Demos
1. All the young dudes
2. Adrenaline
3. The dark end of the street
4. Miserere
5. Loneliness (demo version)
6. Feel (demo version)
7. Why am I dancing? (demo version)
8. New London boy (demo version)
9. Dancing star (demo version)
10. A new bohemia (demo version)
11. The schlager hit parade (demo version)
12. The secret of happiness (demo version)
13. Bullet for Narcissus (demo version)
14. Love is the law (demo version)
