Pet Shop BoysNightlife

Label:

Parlophone – 7243 5 21857 2 6

Format:

CD , Album , EMI Uden

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Dance-pop

Tracklist

1 For Your Own Good
EngineerGoetz
Keyboards [Additional]Mark Bates
Producer, Mixed ByRollo
Programmed ByPete Gleadall
Vocals [Additional]Pauline Taylor
5:13
2 Closer To Heaven
Arranged ByPet Shop Boys
EngineerAndy Bradfield
GuitarAli MacLeod
Keyboards [Additional]Peter "Ski" Schwartz*
Mixed ByMark "Spike" Stent*
Producer, Orchestrated By, Keyboards [Additional]Craig Armstrong
Programmed By, Keyboards [Additional]Stephen Hilton
Recorded By [Strings]Pete Lockett*
4:06
3 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
EngineerStephen Barkan*
Engineer [Assistant]Bill Importico, Jr.*
Engineer [Strings]Hugo Dwyer
Keyboards, Programmed By, Arranged By [Strings]Peter "Ski" Schwartz*
Mixed ByGoetz
ProducerDavid Morales
Programmed By [Additional]Pete Gleadall
Vocals [Additional]Audrey Wheeler
5:09
4 Happiness Is An Option
EngineerRichard Lowe
Mixed ByGoetz
OboeKate St. John
Programmed ByPete Gleadall
Vocals [Additional]Sylvia Mason-James
3:48
5 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
BassScott J. Fraser
EngineerAndy Bradfield
GuitarAli MacLeod
Mixed ByGoetz
Orchestrated By, Piano, Keyboards [Additional]Craig Armstrong
Pedal Steel GuitarBJ Cole
Programmed By, Strings [Additional]Stephen Hilton
Recorded By [Strings]Geoff Foster
3:11
6 Vampires
BassScott J. Fraser
EngineerAndy Bradfield
GuitarAli MacLeod
Mixed ByMark "Spike" Stent*
Orchestrated By, Piano, Keyboards [Additional]Craig Armstrong
Programmed By, Keyboards [Additional]Stephen Hilton
Recorded By [Strings]Geoff Foster
Vocals [Additional]Tessa Niles
4:43
7 Radiophonic
EngineerGoetz
Keyboards [Additional]Mark Bates
Producer, Mixed ByRollo
Programmed ByPete Gleadall
3:31
8 The Only One
Arranged ByPet Shop Boys
BassScott J. Fraser
EngineerAndy Bradfield
Mixed ByMark "Spike" Stent*
PercussionPete Lockett*
Producer, Orchestrated By, Piano, VocoderCraig Armstrong
Programmed By, Keyboards [Additional]Stephen Hilton
Recorded By [Strings]Geoff Foster
Vocals [Additional]JB Henry*
4:21
9 Boy Strange
DrumsAndy Gangadeen
EngineerGoetz
GuitarPaul Herman
Keyboards [Additional]Mark Bates
PercussionMalcolm Hyde-Smith*
Producer, Mixed ByRollo
Programmed ByPete Gleadall
5:09
10 In Denial
Arranged ByPet Shop Boys
ChoirMetro Voices
EngineerAndy Bradfield
Mixed ByGoetz
Producer, Orchestrated By, Arranged By [Choir Arrangement], Piano, Keyboards [Additional]Craig Armstrong
Programmed By, Keyboards [Additional]Stephen Hilton
Recorded By [Strings]Geoff Foster
Vocals [Duet With]Kylie Minogue
3:20
11 New York City Boy
Arranged By [Backing Vocals], Conductor [Backing Vocals]Danny Madden
Arranged By [Strings & Horns], Conductor [Strings & Horns]Vincent Montana, Jr.
Backing VocalsSteve Abrams*
BassGene Perez
EngineerStephen Barkan*
Engineer [Assistant]Bill Importico, Jr.*
Engineer [Strings & Horns]Jon Smelz*
Mixed ByPet Shop Boys
PercussionCarlos Gomez
ProducerDavid Morales
Programmed By [Keyboards Programming]Joey Mosk*
5:15
12 Footsteps
Arranged ByPet Shop Boys
ChoirMetro Voices
EngineerAndy Bradfield
GuitarScott J. Fraser
Keyboards [Additional]Peter "Ski" Schwartz*
Mixed ByMark "Spike" Stent*
PercussionPete Lockett*
Producer, Orchestrated By, Arranged By [Choir Arrangement], Piano [Additional]Craig Armstrong
Programmed By, Keyboards [Additional]Stephen Hilton
Recorded By [Strings]Geoff Foster
Vocals [Additional]Tessa Niles
4:16

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.
  • Licensed ToEMI Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.
  • Glass Mastered AtEMI Uden
  • Pressed ByEMI Uden

Credits

  • ProducerPet Shop Boys

Notes

Early copies include a Pet Shop Boys catalogue.

Some copies (Variant 1) with incorrect sleeve sticker of the Limited Edition Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife.

℗1999. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.
©1999 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.

Printed in EU

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 7 24352 18572 6
  • Barcode (Scanned, UPC_A): 724352185726
  • Label Code: LC 0299
  • Rights Society: bel BIEM
  • Price Code (F): PM520
  • Matrix / Runout (All variants): EMI UDEN 5218572 @ 2
  • Mastering SID Code (All variants): IFPI L047
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 1): 2-1-16-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi 15E7
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 2): 2-1-7-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): ifpi 15A0
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 3): 2-1-6-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): ifpi 15D8
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 4): 2-1-4-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 4): ifpi 15DE
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 5): 2-1-10-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5): ifpi 1534
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 6): 2-1-13-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 6): ifpi 1543
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 7): 2-1-2-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 15F5
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 8): 2-1-9-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 8): ifpi 15EA
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 9): 2-1-8-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 9): ifpi 15E7
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 10): 2-1-23-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 10): ifpi 15A4
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 11): 2-1-18-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 11): ifpi 15A5
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamper Code - Variant 12): 2-1-21-NL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 12): ifpi 154A

Other Versions (5 of 85)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Nightlife (CD, Album) Parlophone 31086-2 US 1999
Nightlife (CD, Album, CD, Compilation, All Media, Limited Edition) Sire 35012-2 US 1999
Nightlife (LP, Album) Parlophone 7243 5 21857 1 9 UK & Europe 1999
Nightlife (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Card Sleeve) Parlophone 7243 5 23064 2 8, 5230642 Europe 1999
Nightlife (CD, Album) EMI Music Canada 7243 5 21857 2 6 Canada 1999

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Reviews

  • neilkelly's avatar
    neilkelly
    11 October 1999 was a Monday. Album were released on Mondays for many years continuing way past 1999. I checked this as above states released 08 October 1999 in the UK. My promo copy also states 'RELEASED 11TH OCTOBER' via a sticker Helena McGeough, Promotions. With a UK mobile number and a Parlophone sign and lettering
    • inadream's avatar
      inadream
      Edited 5 years ago
      Songs I like: For Your Own Good (only due to Rollo's production). In Denial (beautiful).
      I know it's subjective, but I was very surprised by not liking anything else on this much. I didn't find it as terrible as others here, but it was all just.... uninteresting for me.
      • cdrx's avatar
        cdrx
        Edited 8 years ago
        The PSB album with the most cringeworthy songs by far. Which is too bad, because things start off nicely. While there may not be too much substance to For Your Own Good and Closer To Heaven, they set the scene perfectly: the following I Don't Know What You Want is essential PSB. A foreshadowing (Happiness Is An Option) hits the brakes but Drunk comes to the rescue. Arguably their last ever effortless ballad. The rehashing of an old b-side (Vampire aka I Get Excited) signals a new low, but after the nice if fluffy Radiophonic things go downhill so fast that I prefer not name names. 3/5 (solely on the strength of IDK and Drunk and because it's the Pet Shop Boys, really)
        • Guill's avatar
          Guill
          And the last good single put out by the duo "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More".
          Well, all good things come to an end.
          • scoobiest's avatar
            scoobiest
            I felt extremely betrayed by this album. Up to 1999, I had at least liked virtually every PSB song; most of them I loved. There are maybe two songs on this album that I can stomach. The production credits for Craig Armstrong explain things a little, but where did this come from? "Vampires" and "Footsteps" are two of the worst songs I've ever heard, in any genre. I hoped that this would be a one-off slip into banality. Sadly, they never recovered.
            • isolationist's avatar
              isolationist
              Edited 20 years ago
              It looks like Nightlife hasn't got much cred with the discogers. However, it is honestly a smooth luscious record! Even if you are into Boards of Canada, Aphex or Autechre, one spin of this record will have you jammin', albeit in the privacy of your bedroom!

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