Disco 3 Explained

Disco 3
Type:	remix
Artist:	Pet Shop Boys
Cover:	Pet Shop Boys - Disco 3.png
Studio:	Sony (London) Chillout (Berlin) Hoedown City (London) Clashbackk/602 Spacedust (Düsseldorf Bob Music (Berlin)
Length:	51:54
Label:	Parlophone
Producer:	Pet Shop Boys Chris Zippel
Prev Title:	Release
Prev Year:	2002
Next Year:	2003

Disco 3 is the third remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 3 February 2003 by Parlophone. The album consists of five remixes of songs and B-sides from their previous album, Release, three new tracks, a new recording of "Positive Role Model" from their 2001 musical Closer to Heaven, and a cover version of "Try It (I'm in Love with a Married Man)", originally by Oh Romeo, the band of former Pet Shop Boys producer Bobby Orlando. "Positive Role Model" also appeared on the Germany-only single "London" in 2002 as a B-side.

"If Looks Could Kill" and "Try It..." debuted during a 2002 Peel Session, along with "A Powerful Friend", a song that remained unreleased until it was uploaded to the "Exclusives Tracks" section of the band's official website.^[1] It was also released as the b-side to their 2010 single "Love Life".

As of May 2006, the album had sold 42,000 copies in the United States.^[2]

Track listing

Notes

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Sample credits

"Positive Role Model" includes a sample of "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Disco 3.^[3]

Pet Shop Boys

Additional musicians

Pete Gleadall – programming
Chris Zippel – programming ; additional keyboards
Christian Hayes – guitars
Mark Refoy – guitars

Technical

Pet Shop Boys – production ; remix ; original production
Bob Kraushaar – mixing, engineering
Pete Gleadall – engineering ; mixing ; vocal recording
Chris Zippel – production, engineering ; original production, original engineering ; mixing
Florian Richter – mixing
Kai Diener – mixing
Felix da Housecat – remix, additional production
Tom Stephan – remix, additional production
Piet Blank – remix, additional production
Jaspa Jones – remix, additional production
Andy Kaufhold – remix, additional production

Artwork

Scott King – sleeve art direction, design
Wolfgang Tillmans – photography

Charts

Chart (2003)! scope="col"
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	153
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)^[5]	17
European Albums (Music & Media)^[6]	59
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[7]	196

Notes and References

Web site: 02/10/2002 - Pet Shop Boys . Keeping it Peel . . 16 June 2006.
Caulfield . Keith . Ask Billboard: Pet Shop Shopping . . 23 May 2006 . 5 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180520051754/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58342/ask-billboard . 20 May 2018.
Disco 3 . liner notes . . . 2003 . 7243 5 82140 2 4.
Web site: Response from ARIA re: Pet Shop Boys ARIA chart history, received 29 May 2018 . 26 April 2020 . Imgur. N.B. The "NAT" column displays the release's peak position on the national chart.
ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 17th February 2003 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222424/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030307-0000/Issue678.pdf . dead . 2008-02-22 . . 678 . 13 . 17 February 2003 . 26 April 2020 . National Library of Australia.
European Top 100 Albums . . 21 . 9 . 22 February 2003 . 8 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
Web site: ペット・ショップ・ボーイズのアルバム売り上げランキング . Pet Shop Boys album sales ranking . . ja . 26 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150104092101/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/152447/ranking/cd_album/ . live . 4 January 2015.