Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual

Released: 9.2.96
Discs/Tracks/Length: 2/12 – 53:56
Label: Parlophone
Tracks:
1. Discoteca
2. Single-Bilingual
3. Metamorphosis
4. Electricity
5. Se a vida é - That's the way life is
6. It Always Comes as a Surprise
7. A Red Letter Day
8. Up Against it
9. The Survivors
10. Before
11. To Step Aside
12. Saturday Night Forever
Further Listening 1995-1997:
1. Paninaro '95
2. In the Night (1995)
3. The Truck-Driver & His Mate
4. Hit & Miss
5. How I Learned to Hate Rock 'n' Roll
6. Betrayed
7. Delusions of Grandeur
8. Discoteca (Single Version)
9. The Calm Before the Storm
10. Discoteca (New Version)
11. The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On
12. A Red Letter Day (Expanded Single Version)
13. The View From Your Balcony
14. Disco Potential
15. Somewhere (Extended Mix)
Non-US Bonus Tracks, Singles, B-Sides & Rarities:
1. A Red Letter Day (Trouser Enthusiasts Autoerotic Decapitation Mix)
2. To Step Aside (Brutal Bill Mix)
3. Before (Love to Infinity Classic Paradise Mix)
4. The The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On (Danny Tenaglia International Club Mix)
5. Se a vida é (Pink Noise Mix)
6. Discoteca (Trouser Enthusiasts Adventure Beyond the Stellar Empire Mix)
Factoids, Extras & Eggs:
1. As suggested by the title, the songs on the album have worldwide influences, particularly from Latin America. After the release of their Very album, Pet Shop Boys toured South America and were influenced by the beats and rhythms associated with Latin American music. Three of the songs have bilingual lyrics, mixing the English language with Spanish and Portuguese.
2. In 1997, Pet Shop Boys decided to perform a series of concerts at the Savoy Theatre in London. To promote the concerts they decided to release a cover version of "Somewhere" from West Side Story and to call the concerts "Pet Shop Boys Somewhere". The single reached the UK top 10, and Bilingual was re-released as a "Special Edition" including the new single and a bonus CD of remixes and b-sides.