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TRACKS OF MY YEARS - PET SHOP BOYS (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 22nd February 2026
Another chance to hear Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe from Pet Shop Boys choose the Tracks of OUR Years, from June 2024.
Neil and Chris met in a London Hi-Fi store in 1981 and bonded over a mutual love for disco and electronic music, drawing inspiration from synth-pop pioneers like OMD, Soft Cell and Depeche Mode.
They have sold over 50 million records worldwide in an astonishing career spanning four decades. From their breakthrough hits "West End Girls" and "It's A Sin" to working with such luminaries as Dusty Springfield, Liza Minnelli, Madonna and Lady Gaga, their songs have been at the forefront of electronic music.
Pet Shop Boys began 2024 with a brand new single "Loneliness" from their most recent album "Nonetheless". They performed that single in Radio 2's Piano Room as well as a brilliant cover of Mott The Hoople's "All The Young Dudes" and then played five nights at London's Royal Opera House in July.
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus [Parlophone]
The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love [Polygram Tv]
Irene Cara - Fame [Now]
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone [Motown]
Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do [Universal]
Sharon Redd - Never Give You Up [Prelude]
Kariya - Let Me Love You For Tonight [Sleeping Bag]
David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America [EMI]
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy [Now]
Roy Orbison - A Love So Beautiful [MCA]
PET SHOP BOYS - LOUD AND PROUD ALL-DAYER ICONS MIX 07.06.24 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th June 2024
The Pet Shop Boys throw down a 30 minute ICONS Mix. They recently released their 15th studio album Nonetheless which saw Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe work with a new producer, James Ford.
Company B - Fascinated [Perpetual]
Axwell - (Can You) Feel the Vibe [Ministry Of Sound]
Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep Deprivation [Wichita Recordings]
Bellini - Samba de Janeiro [Soundness]
Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (Club Mix)
Shakedown - At Night [Defected]
Silicone Soul - Right On, Right On [Soma Recordings]
Sleaford Mods - West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys Remix) [Rough Trade]
Marc Houle - Borrowed Gear [Minus]
Agoria - You're Not Alone (Solomun Remix) [Sapiens Recordings]
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It [Trax]
Kelly Charles - You're No Good For Me [Defected]
Gat Décor - Passion (Naked Edit) [Altra Moda Music]
Notre Dame - Yumi [Diynamic Music]
Floating Points - Birth4000 [Ninja Tune]
PET SHOP BOYS, DOCUMENTARY - 4. THE POP KIDS, PART 4 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 19th July 2017
Following on from The Pet Shop Boys standing in on Iggy Pop's 6 Music show, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in March, marking their 30th anniversary.
With sales exceeding 50-million records and a catalogue of music that spans twelve top 10 studio albums, 40 top 20 singles, and four UK number one records, pet shop boys are the most successful British music duo of all-time.
From Ambridge to Africa, this is the story of their latest reinvention as a successful global live electronic act. The programme examines how the duo has proved a 'certain strain of tuneful hedonism has no compulsory retirement age' and illustrates how they have often walked a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.
This final part also covers their move from Parlophone Records which resulted in the creation of a new bespoke label, and it discusses their latest album.
The programme also features a PSB collaboration with Jean Michel Jarre: Brick England.
With guests: music producers Stuart Price and Jean Michel Jarre, musician Johnny Marr, writer Jonathan Harvey, set designer Es Devlin, music programmer Pete Gleadall and PSB biographer Chris Heath.
Written and produced by Malcolm Prince.
PET SHOP BOYS, DOCUMENTARY - 3. COLLABORATE, PART 3 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 12th July 2017
Following on from The Pet Shop Boys standing in on Iggy Pop's 6 Music show, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in March, marking their 30th anniversary.
With sales exceeding 50-million records and a catalogue of music that spans twelve top 10 studio albums, 40 top 20 singles, and four UK number one records, pet shop boys are the most successful British music duo of all-time.
From pop divas and musical dramas, to Russian battleships and Danish fairy-tales.
This is the story of Pet Shop Boys creative partnerships and associations - on stage and on screen - as told by their collaborators.
The programme considers how and why Neil and Chris contrast their success in mainstream music with new works for ballet, opera and musical theatre. Highlights to include the BBC Prom, A Man from the Future, the ballet, The Most Incredible Thing, the film, Battleship Potemkin, and the stage musical Closer To Heaven.
With contributors including record producer Trevor Horn, writer Jonathan Harvey, musician Johnny Marr, set designer Es Devlin, choreographer Javier De Frutos, designer Mark Farrow, record producer Stuart Price, artist Wolfgang Tillmans, film-maker Sam Taylor Johnson, journalist Chris Heath and Alan Turing's biographer Andrew Hodges.
Presented by Frances Barber
Written and produced by Malcolm Prince.
PET SHOP BOYS, DOCUMENTARY - 2. CHART, PART 2 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 5th July 2017
Following on from The Pet Shop Boys standing in on Iggy Pop's 6 Music show, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in March, marking their 30th anniversary.
In March 1986, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut album 'please'.
Over the next thirty years, The Pet Shop Boys would go on to sell more than 50-million records, including forty Top 20 singles and four UK number ones.
This season of four documentaries charts the work of the most successful British music duo of all-time.
In later programmes, we'll be looking at how Neil and Chris have contrasted their success in mainstream music with acclaimed works for ballet, opera and musical theatre.
And, as the Pet Shop Boys release of a brand new album, we'll be asking how they've continued to walk a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.
But first, featuring a new and exclusive interview, Neil and Chris discuss their final five studio albums for Parlophone Records: 'Nightlife', 'Release', 'Fundamental', 'Yes', and 'Elysium'.
And Neil and Chris choose their personal favourite album tracks off each.
Introduced by Graham Norton.
Written and produced by Malcolm Prince.
PET SHOP BOYS, DOCUMENTARY - 1. CHART, PART 1 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 28th June 2017
Following on from The Pet Shop Boys standing in on Iggy Pop's 6 Music show, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in March, marking their 30th anniversary.
In March 1986, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut album 'please'.
The Pet Shop Boys would go on to sell more than 50-million records, including forty Top 20 singles and four UK number ones.
This special season of four documentaries charts the work of the most successful British music duo of all-time.
In later programmes, we'll be looking at how Neil and Chris have contrasted their success in mainstream music with acclaimed works for ballet, opera and musical theatre.
And, as the Pet Shop Boys release of a brand new album, we'll be asking how they've continued to walk a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.
But first, it's back to the beginning and their inventive and influential albums released on the iconic British label Parlophone.
In this programme, the Pet Shop Boys discuss 'Please', 'Actually', 'Introspective', 'Behaviour', 'Very' and 'Bilingual'. And Neil and Chris choose their personal favourite album tracks off each.
Introduced by Graham Norton.
Written and produced by Malcolm Prince.