-1986-2007- 4-cd Set | Pet Shop Boys - Disco 1-4

After the experimental Release (guitars! acoustic ballads!), Disco 3 felt like a return to the shadows. And it’s magnificent – possibly the best of the series.

“Miracles” (Lemonade Mix) – wait, that’s not right. Let’s be accurate: “Miracles” (Eric Prydz Mix) is pure euphoria, building like a cathedral of lasers. And “Try It (I’m in Love with a Married Man)” – a cover of a lost disco classic – turns adultery into a thumping, breathless confession. Pet Shop Boys - Disco 1-4 -1986-2007- 4-CD Set

Disco 4 is the odd one out. Originally released during the Fundamental era, it’s essentially a collection of PSB remixes and productions for other artists – plus two of their own. After the experimental Release (guitars

You can’t overstate how perfect Disco was for its moment. 1986. The Pet Shop Boys had just conquered the world with Please , but they knew their music lived in clubs as much as on the radio. So they gave us Disco : five tracks, all remixes, no filler. “Miracles” (Lemonade Mix) – wait, that’s not right

Why? Because it’s not just remixes. Half the tracks are brand new or B-sides, including “Time on My Hands” and “Positive Role Model,” which deserved album placement. But the highlights are the reworkings.

You get their remix of Madonna’s “Sorry” (which turns the original into something darker, more paranoid). You get their production for David Bowie (“Hallo Spaceboy”) – wait, that’s 1996. Revisiting the tracklist: Actually, Disco 4 features the Pet Shop Boys’ remix of “Integral” (a Fundamental track) and their collaboration with Sam Taylor-Wood (“I’m in Love with a German Film Star”), plus remixes they did for The Killers (“Read My Mind”) and Yoko Ono (“Walking on Thin Ice”).