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Die Beantwortung der Frage, welche der drei wiederveröffentlichten Pet Shop Boys-Collector's Editions zu "Nightlife" (1999), "Release" (2002) und "Fundamental" (2006) man sich zulegen muss, ist recht einfach: alle. Nicht etwa, weil diese Studioalben ihrer mittleren Karriere-Phase alle so ausgezeichnet ausgefallen wären. Die Energie, die das britische Pop-Duo aufbrachte, das dazugehörige Booklet mit Informationen zur jeweiligen Veröffentlichung zu füllen, sucht aber ihresgleichen.
Eine ausführliche Einordnung der Alben ins damalige Zeitgefüge, wissenswerte Details um ihre Entstehung, Infos zu Produzenten, sonstigen Kollaborateuren und persönlichen Umständen, unzählige O-Töne der Protagonisten Neil Tennant und Chris Lowe: Zufrieden liest man die ersten Seiten und fragt sich, warum das Booklet in Reclam-Heftdicke noch immer nicht zu Ende ist. Ganz einfach: Lowe und Tennant geben anschließend noch Auskunft über jeden einzelnen auf den CDs vertretenen Song (und zwar nicht in einem Satz).
Da spielt es plötzlich gar keine Rolle mehr, dass "Nightlife" im Prinzip ja das schwächste Album ihrer Karriere darstellt. Recht anschaulich lassen die Liner Notes des Duos nämlich erahnen, dass sich die damalige Doppelbelastung Album/Musical (parallel schrieb das Duo an "Closer To Heaven") letztlich nicht zum Vorteil der eigenen Kreativität auswirkte. Süffisant merken sie auch an, dass vor allem die Trance-Tracks mit Faithless-Produzent Rollo die Zeit nicht unbeschadet überstanden haben.
Ehrlichkeit siegt, wie Tennant im Übrigen auch in einem Interview zu der unter dem Stichwort "Catalogue" laufenden Re-Release-Reihe zu erkennen lässt: Alle Alben wurden zwar mit den modernsten Mitteln der Technik remastert und die zuständigen Soundtechniker haben ihm auch versichert, dass klanglich mehr aus den Originalen herauszuholen sei als beim letzten Re-Release-Reigen in 2001. Den Klangfetischisten unter den Fans, die die Alben schon besitzen, rät der Sänger dennoch: Kauft die neuen Editionen nicht.
In erster Linie dürfte Fans allerdings das Bonusmaterial interessieren. Hier wird es nun kompliziert. Beispielsweise sind auf "Nightlife" nicht etwa nur schwache Songs vertreten, nur weil die Original-LP eher lau ausfiel. Ich empfehle hier natürlich auch deshalb das 2002er Album "Release" (3 CDs), ein im Vergleich arg unterschätztes Album der Band-Diskografie, das seinerzeit viele Fans ob der ruhigen, gitarrenbasierten Tracks (feat. Johnny Marr) vor den Kopf stieß. Tennant gibt offen zu, dass der anschließend veröffentliche Dance-Sampler "Disco 3" im Folgejahr so zügig erschienen ist, "um die Wogen zu glätten und entstandenen Schaden zu minimieren".
Verrückt eigentlich, reden wir hier doch von einem Album, das mit "I Get Along" die größte Oasis-Hymne enthält, die die Gallaghers nie geschrieben haben, mit "Home And Dry" einen Gentleman-Popsong mit der Würde und Eleganz von "Being Boring" (gleichzeitig das Lieblingslied von, äh, Brandon Flowers), ein auswegloses Liebesdrama mit einem ihrer tollsten Titel ever ("Love Is A Catastrophe"), gleichzeitig Chris Lowes Versuch, ein "Everybody Hurts" zu schreiben, das erhabene "Birthday Boy" und, und, und. Außerdem beinhaltet die Platte eine Zeile, die mich immer sehr ergriffen hat: Sie findet sich im Song "London", einem Pro-Immigrationssong: "My father fought in Afghanistan / His widow's pension ain't worth a damn / my mother works and goes home to cry / I want to live before I die."
Aber nun, Konfetti, die Bonustracks: "Between Two Islands" und "Searching For The Face Of Jesus" sind zwar nicht unveröffentlicht, aber wer hat schon alle Maxis im Regal stehen, zumal aus dieser Phase? Siehe da: Beide Songs toppen den "Nightlife"-Standard, "Between Two Islands" swingt ähnlich wie "Before" von "Bilingual", aber besonders letztgenannter ist ein lupenreiner Albumtrack, wie er seit "Behaviour" überall draufgepasst hätte. So aber verkam die Nummer über Elvis zur B-Seite.
Zu den Demos ist zu sagen: Oft sind es nicht umsonst Demos geblieben. Der schräge Dancefloor-Enigma-Nonsens "Kazak" oder "Motoring", an das sich Tennant so erinnert: "Auch ein Song der frühen Songwriting-Phase. Wir saßen dran und kamen einfach nicht weiter. Also haben wir ihn liegen gelassen.". Dann stößt man aber wieder auf melancholische Juwelen wie "Run, Girl, Run (Demo)" mit der Zeile "What d'you want to be? / Joan Of Arc on LSD" oder das treibende "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today", wo die Pet Shop Boys mal die Monkees sein wollen - glorios. Nach all dem "Nightlife"-Gehate: "Closer To Heaven" existiert auch in einer Slow Version, und sie ist genial. Tennant und Lowe geben freimütig zu, diese Version innig zu lieben, mehr dazu wollen sie aus Selbstschutzgründen wohl nicht sagen.
Die Bobby O.-Hymne "Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)" ist zwar bereits bekannt ("Disco 3"), kann aber nicht oft genug als Italo Disco-Juwel gewürdigt werden. Oktavbass forever. "Jack And Jill Party (Demo)" oder "No Excuse (Demo)" stützen dagegen Tenannts Behauptung, man könnte aus sämtlichen nicht veröffentlichten Songs jener Zeit ein "Release"-Album für den Dancefloor basteln. Dabei braucht sich der Gute gar nicht zu rechtfertigen. Wie so oft haben er und Lowe alles richtig gemacht. Auch mit dieser Re-Release-Offensive. Nur dass sich Vinyl-Fans mit den Originalalben ohne Bonustracks (und ohne Anekdoten) begnügen müssen, stimmt traurig. Streamer haben dagegen eh nix anderes verdient.
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Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Phillippe Rose, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Steve Walters, Bass Guitar - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - Harold Darke, Writer - Christina Rossetti, Writer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Phillippe Rose, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Steve Walters, Bass Guitar - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Florian Richter, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Chris Zippel, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Writer - Pet Shop Boys, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Kai Diener, MixingEngineer - Little Mike, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Richard Niles, Conductor, Strings Arranger - Mike Ross, String Recording Engineer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Phillippe Rose, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Steve Walters, Bass Guitar - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
T-Boy Ross, Writer - Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Leon Ware, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Chief Engineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer, MasteringEngineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Chief Engineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Bob Kraushaar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2010, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Andrew Nicholls, AssistantEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Phillippe Rose, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Goetz Botzenhardt, MixingEngineer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1999, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Johnny Marr, Guitar - Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Dave Lambert, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Steve Walters, Bass Guitar - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Michael Brauer, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Rick Chavarria, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Jody Linscott, Percussion
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mark Refoy, Guitar - Tim Young, Digital Remastering Masterer - NEIL TENNANT, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer - Guy Worth, Producer - Christian Hayes, Guitar - Miti Adhikiri, Producer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 BBC
Mark Refoy, Guitar - Tim Young, Digital Remastering Masterer - NEIL TENNANT, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer - Guy Worth, Producer - Christian Hayes, Guitar - Miti Adhikiri, Producer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 BBC
DISC 3
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Drum Programmer - Bobby Orlando, Writer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003, 2016 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Programmer, Remix, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Producer, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2002, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mark Refoy, Guitar - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Bob Kraushaar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Christian Hayes, Guitar
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mark Refoy, Guitar - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Bob Kraushaar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Christian Hayes, Guitar
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2010, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Wayne Casey, Writer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Richard Finch, Writer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2006, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Trevor Horn, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Brass, Outro Vocals, Additional Vocals Producer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Neilz, MasteringEngineer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2006, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Additional Programmer, Chief Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2012, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Stuart Crichton, Additional Keyboards, Additional Production, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Anne Dudley, Conductor, Orchestral Arranger - Pete Craigie, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Dan Fresh Stein, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Adam f, Producer, RecordingEngineer - DJ Fresh, Writer - Adam Fenton, Writer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Stuart Crichton, Producer, MixingEngineer - Felix J. Gauder, Producer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Craigie, MixingEngineer - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - Tomcraft, Producer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2004, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Diane Warren, Writer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Pete Gleadall, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2006, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Stuart Crichton, Producer, MixingEngineer - Elton John, FeaturedArtist - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Pete Craigie, MixingEngineer - Pete Gleadall, Original Programmer, Original Recording Engineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2006, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Elton John, FeaturedArtist - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - StarGate, Producer - Pete Gleadall, Additional Programmer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Drum Programmer - Gilbert O' Sullivan, Writer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tor Erik Hermansen, Writer - Mikkel Eriksen, Writer - Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - StarGate, Producer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Chris Zippel, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer - Pete Gleadall, Vocal Recording Engineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2006, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Chris Zippel, Producer, MixingEngineer - Pete Gleadall, Vocal Recording Engineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Chris Lowe, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer - My Robot Friend, Writer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2003, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tim Young, Remastering Engineer - NEIL TENNANT, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Pete Gleadall, Engineer, Programmer, MixingEngineer - Pet Shop Boys, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Chris Lowe, Composer, Keyboards, Drum Programmer
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1987, 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Albumbeschreibung
Die Beantwortung der Frage, welche der drei wiederveröffentlichten Pet Shop Boys-Collector's Editions zu "Nightlife" (1999), "Release" (2002) und "Fundamental" (2006) man sich zulegen muss, ist recht einfach: alle. Nicht etwa, weil diese Studioalben ihrer mittleren Karriere-Phase alle so ausgezeichnet ausgefallen wären. Die Energie, die das britische Pop-Duo aufbrachte, das dazugehörige Booklet mit Informationen zur jeweiligen Veröffentlichung zu füllen, sucht aber ihresgleichen.
Eine ausführliche Einordnung der Alben ins damalige Zeitgefüge, wissenswerte Details um ihre Entstehung, Infos zu Produzenten, sonstigen Kollaborateuren und persönlichen Umständen, unzählige O-Töne der Protagonisten Neil Tennant und Chris Lowe: Zufrieden liest man die ersten Seiten und fragt sich, warum das Booklet in Reclam-Heftdicke noch immer nicht zu Ende ist. Ganz einfach: Lowe und Tennant geben anschließend noch Auskunft über jeden einzelnen auf den CDs vertretenen Song (und zwar nicht in einem Satz).
Da spielt es plötzlich gar keine Rolle mehr, dass "Nightlife" im Prinzip ja das schwächste Album ihrer Karriere darstellt. Recht anschaulich lassen die Liner Notes des Duos nämlich erahnen, dass sich die damalige Doppelbelastung Album/Musical (parallel schrieb das Duo an "Closer To Heaven") letztlich nicht zum Vorteil der eigenen Kreativität auswirkte. Süffisant merken sie auch an, dass vor allem die Trance-Tracks mit Faithless-Produzent Rollo die Zeit nicht unbeschadet überstanden haben.
Ehrlichkeit siegt, wie Tennant im Übrigen auch in einem Interview zu der unter dem Stichwort "Catalogue" laufenden Re-Release-Reihe zu erkennen lässt: Alle Alben wurden zwar mit den modernsten Mitteln der Technik remastert und die zuständigen Soundtechniker haben ihm auch versichert, dass klanglich mehr aus den Originalen herauszuholen sei als beim letzten Re-Release-Reigen in 2001. Den Klangfetischisten unter den Fans, die die Alben schon besitzen, rät der Sänger dennoch: Kauft die neuen Editionen nicht.
In erster Linie dürfte Fans allerdings das Bonusmaterial interessieren. Hier wird es nun kompliziert. Beispielsweise sind auf "Nightlife" nicht etwa nur schwache Songs vertreten, nur weil die Original-LP eher lau ausfiel. Ich empfehle hier natürlich auch deshalb das 2002er Album "Release" (3 CDs), ein im Vergleich arg unterschätztes Album der Band-Diskografie, das seinerzeit viele Fans ob der ruhigen, gitarrenbasierten Tracks (feat. Johnny Marr) vor den Kopf stieß. Tennant gibt offen zu, dass der anschließend veröffentliche Dance-Sampler "Disco 3" im Folgejahr so zügig erschienen ist, "um die Wogen zu glätten und entstandenen Schaden zu minimieren".
Verrückt eigentlich, reden wir hier doch von einem Album, das mit "I Get Along" die größte Oasis-Hymne enthält, die die Gallaghers nie geschrieben haben, mit "Home And Dry" einen Gentleman-Popsong mit der Würde und Eleganz von "Being Boring" (gleichzeitig das Lieblingslied von, äh, Brandon Flowers), ein auswegloses Liebesdrama mit einem ihrer tollsten Titel ever ("Love Is A Catastrophe"), gleichzeitig Chris Lowes Versuch, ein "Everybody Hurts" zu schreiben, das erhabene "Birthday Boy" und, und, und. Außerdem beinhaltet die Platte eine Zeile, die mich immer sehr ergriffen hat: Sie findet sich im Song "London", einem Pro-Immigrationssong: "My father fought in Afghanistan / His widow's pension ain't worth a damn / my mother works and goes home to cry / I want to live before I die."
Aber nun, Konfetti, die Bonustracks: "Between Two Islands" und "Searching For The Face Of Jesus" sind zwar nicht unveröffentlicht, aber wer hat schon alle Maxis im Regal stehen, zumal aus dieser Phase? Siehe da: Beide Songs toppen den "Nightlife"-Standard, "Between Two Islands" swingt ähnlich wie "Before" von "Bilingual", aber besonders letztgenannter ist ein lupenreiner Albumtrack, wie er seit "Behaviour" überall draufgepasst hätte. So aber verkam die Nummer über Elvis zur B-Seite.
Zu den Demos ist zu sagen: Oft sind es nicht umsonst Demos geblieben. Der schräge Dancefloor-Enigma-Nonsens "Kazak" oder "Motoring", an das sich Tennant so erinnert: "Auch ein Song der frühen Songwriting-Phase. Wir saßen dran und kamen einfach nicht weiter. Also haben wir ihn liegen gelassen.". Dann stößt man aber wieder auf melancholische Juwelen wie "Run, Girl, Run (Demo)" mit der Zeile "What d'you want to be? / Joan Of Arc on LSD" oder das treibende "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today", wo die Pet Shop Boys mal die Monkees sein wollen - glorios. Nach all dem "Nightlife"-Gehate: "Closer To Heaven" existiert auch in einer Slow Version, und sie ist genial. Tennant und Lowe geben freimütig zu, diese Version innig zu lieben, mehr dazu wollen sie aus Selbstschutzgründen wohl nicht sagen.
Die Bobby O.-Hymne "Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)" ist zwar bereits bekannt ("Disco 3"), kann aber nicht oft genug als Italo Disco-Juwel gewürdigt werden. Oktavbass forever. "Jack And Jill Party (Demo)" oder "No Excuse (Demo)" stützen dagegen Tenannts Behauptung, man könnte aus sämtlichen nicht veröffentlichten Songs jener Zeit ein "Release"-Album für den Dancefloor basteln. Dabei braucht sich der Gute gar nicht zu rechtfertigen. Wie so oft haben er und Lowe alles richtig gemacht. Auch mit dieser Re-Release-Offensive. Nur dass sich Vinyl-Fans mit den Originalalben ohne Bonustracks (und ohne Anekdoten) begnügen müssen, stimmt traurig. Streamer haben dagegen eh nix anderes verdient.
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Informationen zu dem Album
- 3 Disc(s) - 46 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 03:14:35
- Künstler: Pet Shop Boys
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2017 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 2017 This Compilation Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
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