Pet Shop Boys will be releasing a brand new b-sides compilation on February 6th, 2012, on Parlophone. Entitled Format, the double CD album celebrates the duo's prolific song-writing and recording by collecting 38 b-sides and bonus tracks originally released on singles from 1996 to 2009. All tracks have been remastered and the CD booklet features an interview with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe by Jon Savage (author of "England's Dreaming" and "Teenage").
Design is by Farrow.
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CD1 Tracklisting
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01. The truck-driver and his mate
02. Hit and miss
03. In the night 1995
04. Betrayed
05. How I learned to hate rock-and-roll
06. Discoteca (New version)
07. The calm before the storm
08. Confidential (Demo for Tina Turner)
09. The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
10. Delusions of grandeur
11. The view from your balcony
12. Disco potential
13. Silver age
14. Screaming
15. The ghost of myself
16. Casting a shadow
17. Lies
18. Sexy Northerner??
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CD2 Tracklisting
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01. Always
02. Nightlife
03. Searching for the face of Jesus
04. Between two islands
05. Friendly fire
06. We're the Pet Shop Boys
07. Transparent
08. I didn't get where I am today
09. The Resurrectionist
10. Girls don't cry
11. In private (7-inch mix)
12. Blue on blue
13. No time for tears (7-inch mix)
14. Bright young things
15. Party song
16. We're all criminals now
17. Gin and Jag
18. After the event
19. The former enfant terrible
20. Up and down??
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