Pet Shop Boys discography explained

Artist:Pet Shop Boys
Studio:15
Compilation:9
Live:5
Soundtrack:5
Option Name:Remix albums
Option:4
Video:16
Ep:4
Singles:79
Music Videos:60

English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys have released 15 studio albums, five live albums, nine compilation albums, four remix albums, five soundtrack albums, four extended plays and over seventy singles. The duo's debut single, "West End Girls", was first released in 1984 but failed to chart in most regions. However, the song was entirely re-recorded in late 1985, and this newly recorded version became their first number-one single, topping the UK Singles Chart, Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Singles Chart.[1] Parlophone released the duo's debut album, Please, in the United Kingdom in March 1986. The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The following summer they released "It's a Sin", the lead single from their second album, Actually. The single became another UK number one and also reached number nine in the US. This was followed by "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", with Dusty Springfield, which peaked at number two in both the UK and US.[1] In the summer of 1987, the Pet Shop Boys recorded a cover of Brenda Lee's song "Always on My Mind", which became their third UK number-one single over Christmas 1987. This was followed by another UK number one, "Heart", in spring 1988. The album Actually was released in September 1987, peaked at number two in the UK and was certified three-times platinum by the BPI.

The duo's third album, Introspective, was released in October 1988 and peaked at number two in the UK and Germany and was certified two-times platinum by the BPI. Next album Behaviour, came in 1990 and became their third album in a row to debut and peak at number two in the UK. The duo then released their first hits compilation, Discography, which included all of their single releases as well as two new tracks. In 1993 they released a cover of the Village People single "Go West", which reached number two in the UK. The duo's fifth album, Very, followed and is the only Pet Shop Boys album, so far, to reach number one in the UK. In 1994 they recorded the Comic Relief charity single, "Absolutely Fabulous", under the pseudonym of Absolutely Fabulous. The duo do not consider it as a Pet Shop Boys single release and it was not included on any of their "best-of" albums. The duo then released a B-side collection album, Alternative in 1995. "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)", was released in the summer of 1996, a Latin American music-inspired track, featuring a drum sample, which preceded the sixth Pet Shop Boys album, Bilingual.

Nightlife, the duo's seventh album came in 1999, followed by the modestly successful album Release in 2002. In November 2003, Pet Shop Boys released a second greatest hits album, . The ninth Pet Shop Boys studio album, Fundamental, came in May 2006, reaching number five in the UK. Also in 2006, Concrete was released, a live album recorded at the Mermaid Theatre, London. Released in UK in March 2009, Yes, was a critical success and hit number four, their highest album chart peak in more than a decade. The Pet Shop Boys also received the BPI's award for "Outstanding Contribution to British Music", at the 2009 Brit Awards ceremony.[2] In December 2009, they released an EP of covers, remixes, and new material, titled Christmas.

Ultimate, the one-disc compilation, was released on 1 November 2010 to celebrate 25 years since the band's first single release. The special version included a DVD with over three hours of BBC TV performances of 27 singles by Pet Shop Boys, released by arrangement with BBC Music. As well as the complete Glastonbury Festival performance from June 2010. Ultimate peaked at 27 on the UK charts. The second B-side compilation album, Format, was released on 6 February 2012, reaching number 26 in the UK. The duo released their eleventh studio album, Elysium, in late 2012, reaching number 9 in the UK. Elysium spawned the singles "Winner", "Leaving" and "Memory of the Future".

In March 2013, the Pet Shop Boys started a new chapter in their career when they left their long-term label, Parlophone, and signed with Kobalt Label Services. A new album, Electric, was released in July 2013, reaching number 3 in the UK and number 26 in the United States, their highest-peaking album for nearly 20 years in both countries. The singles from this album were "Axis", "Vocal", "Love is a Bourgeois Construct", "Thursday" (featuring Example) and "Fluorescent". The duo undertook a worldwide tour to support the album. In November 2014, they returned to the studio to begin working on their next album. With Stuart Price returning as producer, Super was announced on 21 January 2016 for release on 1 April. "Inner Sanctum" was released as a teaser track. The first single proper was "The Pop Kids", released on 26 February 2016.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[6]
FIN
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
Please 3 10 3 4 38 21 20 7

Platinum[13]

Platinum[14]

Platinum[15]

Actually
  • Released: 7 September 1987
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 16 5 16 1 2 5 2 3 25
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • BVMI

Platinum[16]

Gold[17]

Platinum[19]

  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[20]
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
Introspective
  • Released: 10 October 1988
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, DCC
2 44 8 68 1 2 5 2 34
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
Behaviour
  • Released: 22 October 1990
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 27 22 34 3 4 51 9 12 45
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
Very
  • Released: 27 September 1993
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1 2 6 9 1 1 18 1 1 20

Platinum[21]

  • BVMI: Platinum
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
  • SNEP

Gold[22]

Bilingual
  • Released: 2 September 1996
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
4 3 15 18 14 7 59 4 11 39
  • BPI: Gold
Nightlife
  • Released: 11 October 1999
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, MD
7 25 16 11 18 2 61 4 9 84
  • BPI: Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
Release
  • Released: 1 April 2002
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
7 62 15 22 3 71 12 13 73
  • BPI: Silver
Fundamental 5 25 23 9 4 42 6 7 150
  • BPI: Silver
Yes
  • Released: 23 March 2009
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 32 5 56 28 3 34 12 7 32
  • BPI: Silver
  • BVMI: Gold
Elysium
  • Released: 10 September 2012
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
9 50 20 21 7 28 12 13 44
Electric
  • Released: 15 July 2013
  • Label: x2
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
3 24 13 21 5 3 15 11 6 26
Super
  • Released: 1 April 2016
  • Label: x2
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
3 12 8 35 8 3 13 10 4 58
Hotspot
  • Released: 24 January 2020[23]
  • Label: x2
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
3 8 7 61 23 3 30 15 6 100
Nonetheless
  • Released: 26 April 2024
  • Label: x2, Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, Blu-ray
2 3
[24]
3 20
[25]
3 16 39
[26]
2
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak chart positions
UK
AUT
GER
SWE
SWI
Concrete
  • Performed: 8 May 2006, Mermaid Theater, with BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Released: 23 October 2006
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
61 76
Pandemonium
  • Performed: 21 December 2009, The O2 Arena, London
  • Released: 15 February 2010
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
29 75 22 41 87
Inner Sanctum
  • Performed 27/28 July 2018, Royal Opera House, London
  • Released: 12 April 2019
  • Label: x2
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11 84
  • Performed: December 1994, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
  • Released: 30 April 2021[27]
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, digital download, DVD/2CD, VHS[28]
31 42
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
FIN
GER
NLD
SWE
SWI
US
  • Released: 4 November 1991
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, MD
3 6 33 33 4 13 26 14 27 111
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
  • MC: 3× Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
Alternative
  • Released: 7 August 1995
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 8 33 29 17 28 27 14 19 103
  • BPI: Silver
Essential
  • Released: 31 March 1998[29]
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Mini
  • Released: 23 February 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • Released: 24 November 2003
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
18 193 24 20 99
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
Party
  • Released: 5 November 2009 [30]
  • Label: Som Livre
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Ultimate
  • Released: 1 November 2010
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
27 35 46 73
  • BPI: Gold
Format
  • Release: 6 February 2012
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
26 73 31 82 33 52
  • Released: 16 June 2023[31]
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 3×CD, 6×LP, cassette, digital download
4 48
[32]
5 38 17
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
FIN
GER
NLD
SWE
SWI
US
Disco
  • Released: 17 November 1986
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
15 17 83 10 16 33 18 95
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
Disco 2
  • Released: 12 September 1994
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
6 181 35 15 47 54 21 33 75
Disco 3
  • Released: 3 February 2003
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP
36 153 33 43 188
Disco 4
  • Released: 8 October 2007
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak chart positions
UK
GER
NLD
SWE
Closer to Heaven
  • Released: 8 October 2001
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP
107
Battleship Potemkin
  • Released: 5 September 2005
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
97 54
The Most Incredible Thing
  • Released: 14 March 2011
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
57 36 61 45
Musik
  • Released: 6 August 2019
  • Label: x2
  • Format: Digital download
My Beautiful Laundrette
  • Released: 17 April 2020
  • Label: x2
  • Format: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak chart positions
UK
GER
SWE
In Depth
  • Released: 5 July 1989
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
  • Note: 6-track EP [33]
Christmas
  • Released: 14 December 2009
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
40 35 10
Agenda
  • Released: 8 February 2019[34]
  • Label: x2, Kobalt Label Services
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
  • Released: 8 February 2019[35]
  • Label: x2, Kobalt Label Services
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
Lost
  • Released: 14 April 2023[36]
  • Label: x2, AWAL
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Furthermore
  • Released: 17 May 2024
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

1980s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[37]
AUS
AUT
CAN
[38]
GER
IRE
[39]
NLD
[40]
SWE
SWI
US
"West End Girls" 1984133 81 rowspan="3"
"One More Chance"
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" 1985116 63
"West End Girls" 19861 5 5 1 2 2 3 2 2 1
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
Please
"Love Comes Quickly"19 54 74 17 13 24 62
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" 11 22 25 14 23 10
"Suburbia"8 9 2 3 2 6 3 70
"Paninaro"Disco
"It's a Sin"19871 10 1 8 1 1 3 1 1 9
  • BPI: Gold
  • GLF: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
Actually
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
2 22 11 3 4 1 2 2 5 2
  • BPI: Silver
  • GLF: Gold
"Rent"8 81 27 10 5 25 19 10
"Always on My Mind"19881 10 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 4
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
"Heart"1 18 3 1 1 11 9 1
  • BPI: Silver
Actually
"Domino Dancing"7 36 19 17 3 4 7 6 5 18Introspective
"Left to My Own Devices"19894 48 85 9 3 18 12 84
"It's Alright"5 70 27 3 2 41 15
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
GER
IRE
NLD
SWE
SWI
US
"So Hard"19904 27 14 76 3 3 11 3 2 62Behaviour
"Being Boring"20 82 30 90 13 17 66 16 16
"How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"19914 9 2 14 93
"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)"5 7 13 3 72
"Jealousy"12 147 20 8 14
"DJ Culture"13 130 19 7 17 21 Discography
"Was It Worth It?"24 153 19 25 50 23
"Can You Forgive Her?"19937 17 18 37 17 13 29 9 19 Very
"Go West"2 10 2 19 1 1 5 2 2
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"13 34 18 61 37 20 45 38 26
"Liberation"199414 63 51 22
"Absolutely Fabulous"6 2 18 36
  • ARIA: Gold
"Yesterday, When I Was Mad"13 13 72 28 Very
"Paninaro '95"199515 30 39 25 37 24
"Before"19967 25 38 79 45 10 31 Bilingual
"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"8 11 14 18 12 17
"To Step Aside"
"Single-Bilingual"14 77 39
"A Red Letter Day"19979 57 55 30
"Somewhere"9 56 70 21
"I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More"199915 67 37 14 23 64 26 28 Nightlife
"New York City Boy"14 174 40 16 40 9 20
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
GER
IRE
[41]
SWE
SWI
US
Sales

US
Dance

"You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"20008 29 38 45 74 Nightlife
"Home and Dry"200214 47 17 12 33 44 37 44Release
"I Get Along"18 25 31 47
"London"2003118 39
"Miracles"10 76 20 34 97 PopArt
"Flamboyant"200412 43 33 43
"I'm with Stupid"20068 23 29 23 10 38 7Fundamental
"Minimal"19 63 3
"Numb"23 72 47
"Integral"2007197 Disco 4
"Love Etc."200914 150 21 12 31 60 19 2 1Yes
"Did You See Me Coming?"21 49 1
"Beautiful People"65
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010s and 2020s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUS
FRA
[42]
GER
IRE
US
Sales

US
Dance

[43]
"Love Life"2010
"Together"58 60 20 Ultimate
"Winner"201286 60 17 12Elysium
"Leaving"44 139 35 77 10
"Memory of the Future"111 68 2
"Axis"2013196 194 Electric
"Vocal"196 20 3
"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"105 4 38
"Thursday"
61 17
"Fluorescent"2014
"The Pop Kids"2016128 138 1 1Super
"Twenty-Something"[44] 4
"Inner Sanctum"[45]
"Say It to Me"115 5 4
"Undertow"[46] 2017
"Dreamland"
20196Hotspot
"Burning the Heather"[47]
"Monkey Business"2020
"I Don't Wanna"
"Cricket Wife"2021
"Purple Zone"
2022Happiness Not Included
"Loneliness"2024Nonetheless
"Dancing Star"[48]
"A New Bohemia"
"Feel"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUS
GER
IRE
NLD
SWE
SWI
US
Dance

"Hallo Spaceboy"
199612 36 59 21 24 Outside
"Break 4 Love"
(as "Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys = The Collaboration")
20011
"She's Madonna"
200716 4 38 2 20 8 12Rudebox
"I'm in Love with a German Film Star"
2008
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Videography

Video albums

TitleDetailsNotes
Television
  • Compilation of music videos from the Please album.
Showbusiness
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Format: VHS
  • Compilation of music videos from the Actually album.
Highlights: Pet Shop Boys on Tour
  • Released: December 1990[50]
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
Promotion
  • Released: 10 June 1991
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
  • Compilation of music videos from 1988 to 1991
Videography: The Singles Collection on Video
  • Released: 4 November 1991
  • Label: EMI Video
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc, VCD
  • Compilation of music videos from 1985 to 1991.
Performance
  • Released: 1 June 1992[51]
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
  • Recorded live at the Birmingham NEC in June 1991 on the duo's Performance Tour.
  • Released on DVD in 2004 with concert commentary and interview with the duo.
Projections
  • Film projections used during tours; devised by Derek Jarman.
Various
  • Released: 6 March 1995
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
  • Compilation of music videos from the Very album.
Discovery: Live in Rio
  • Released: 7 August 1995
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
Somewhere: Pet Shop Boys in Concert
  • Released: 12 October 1997[53]
  • Label: Game Entertainment Group
  • Formats: DVD, VHS, VCD
  • Recorded live at the Savoy Theatre in London in June 1997.
  • Also includes a documentary showing the buildup to the show and rehearsals.
Montage: The Nightlife Tour
  • Released: 5 November 2001
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: DVD, VHS, VCD
  • Recorded live at various concert venues in Dortmund, Germany on their 1999–2000 Nightlife Tour
PopArt: The Videos
  • Released: 10 November 2003
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Format: DVD
  • Compilation of music videos from 1984 to 2003.
  • Certified Gold in the UK.
  • Certified Gold in Germany.
A Life in Pop
  • Released: 30 October 2006
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Format: DVD
  • 90-minute documentary, originally broadcast on Channel 4, and music videos from 2003 to 2006.
  • Also features interviews about the duo with Robbie Williams, Jake Shears and Bruce Weber.
Cubism
Pandemonium
  • Released: 15 February 2010
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Format: DVD
Inner Sanctum
  • Released: 12 April 2019
  • Label: x2
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray

Music videos

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector
"West End Girls"1985Eric Watson and Andy Morahan
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
"Love Comes Quickly"1986
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" Zbigniew Rybczyński
"Suburbia"Eric Watson
"Paninaro"Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
"It's a Sin"1987Derek Jarman[54]
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" Eric Watson
"Rent"Derek Jarman
"Always on My Mind"Jack Bond
"Heart"1988
"Domino Dancing"Eric Watson
"Left to My Own Devices"
"It's Alright"1989
"So Hard"1990
"Being Boring"Bruce Weber
"How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"1991Liam Kan
"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)"
"Jealousy"Eric Watson
"DJ Culture"
"Was It Worth It?"
"Can You Forgive Her?"1993Howard Greenhalgh[55]
"Go West"
"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
"Liberation"1994
"Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
"Paninaro '95"1995
"Before"1996
"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"Bruce Weber
"Single-Bilingual"Howard Greenhalgh
"A Red Letter Day"1997
"Somewhere"Annie Griffin
"I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Anymore"1999Pedro Romhanyi
"New York City Boy"Howard Greenhalgh
"You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"2000Pedro Romhanyi
"Home and Dry"2002Wolfgang Tillmans
"I Get Along/E-Mail"Bruce Weber
"London"2003Martin Parr
"Miracles"Howard Greenhalgh[56]
"Flamboyant"2004Nico Beyer
"I'm with Stupid"2006Rob Leggatt[57] [58]
"Minimal"
"Numb"Julian Gibbs, Julian House and Chris Sayer
"Integral"2007
"Love Etc."2009Hoogerbrugge[59]
"Did You See Me Coming?"Douglas Hart
"All Over the World"Blue Leach
"Together"2010Peeter Rebane[60]
"Invisible"2012Brian Bress
"Winner"Surrender Monkeys
"Leaving"Pet Shop Boys
"Axis"2013Luke Halls and Jude Greenaway
"Vocal"Joost Vandeburg
"Thursday" Justyn Field
"Twenty-something"2016Gavin Filipiak
"Monkey Business"2020Vaughan Arnell[61]
"Purple Zone" 2022Yassa Khan
"The Lost Room" 2023Volker Schlöndorff
"Loneliness"2024Alasdair McLellan
"Dancing star"Luke Halls
"A New Bohemia"Andrew Haigh

Other appearances

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
DetailsPeak chart positions
UK
AUS
GER
NLD
SWE
The Crying Game
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Pet Shop Boys Chart History: Hot 100 . . 6 November 2020 . 18 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201018115648/https://www.billboard.com/music/Pet-Shop-Boys/chart-history/HSI . live .
  2. Web site: Pet Shop Boys, naturally.... 14 February 2008. Adam. Woods. Music Week. 27 June 2010. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812235621/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=2&storycode=1036966. live.
  3. Peak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom:
  4. Peak chart positions in Australia:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) singles and albums peaks to 12 June 1988: Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 232. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks since 13 June 1988: Web site: Discography Pet Shop Boys . australian-charts.com . 23 September 2015 . 1 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151201123051/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pet+Shop+Boys . live . N.B. "Always on My Mind" and "Heart" peaked before the commencement of the ARIA-produced chart, archived on this site.
    • "It's Alright" (ARIA) peak: Web site: Chartifacts – Week Ending: November 04 1990 > Issue No.43 (from The ARIA Report Issue No.43) . . 13 April 2016 . . 25 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425174008/http://i.imgur.com/xEMzPWW.png . live .
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 216–217.
    • "Liberation" (ARIA) peak: Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 17 Jul 1994 . Australian Recording Industry Association . 9 March 2016 . Imgur . 9 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309135717/http://i.imgur.com/qPAH9aR.jpg . live . N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
    • "Jealousy", "DJ Culture", "Was It Worth It?" and "Single-Bilingual" (ARIA) peaks: Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015 . Australian Recording Industry Association . 16 July 2015 . 16 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153430/http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg . live .
    • "Hallo Spaceboy" (ARIA) peak: Web site: David Bowie – Hallo Spaceboy . australian-charts.com . 23 September 2015 . 12 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151012143912/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=David+Bowie&titel=Hallo+Spaceboy&cat=s . live .
    • "New York City Boy" (ARIA) peak: Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016 . Australian Recording Industry Association . 17 February 2016 . Imgur . 24 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160224123858/http://i.imgur.com/rYlw97T.jpg . live .
    • All ARIA-era chart peaks up to 29 May 2018: Web site: Response from ARIA re: Pet Shop Boys ARIA chart history, received 29 May 2018 . Australian Recording Industry Association . 29 May 2018 . Imgur . 22 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022150940/https://i.imgur.com/wNqpwR0.jpg . live . N.B. The NAT column displays the release's peak on the national chart. The Christmas EP is listed as "All Over the World".
  5. Web site: Discographie Pet Shop Boys . austriancharts.at . de . 8 May 2024 . 10 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101110181240/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pet+Shop+Boys . live .
  6. Peak chart positions for albums in Canada:
    • All except Electric and Super: Web site: Results: RPM Weekly (Top Albums/CDs) . RPM . 17 July 2013 . 29 June 2018 . . 22 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022150952/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Pet+Shop+Boys&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2FCDs . live .
    • Electric and Super: Pet Shop Boys Chart History: Billboard Canadian Albums . Billboard . 4 February 2020 . 2 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200202112224/https://www.billboard.com/music/pet-shop-boys/chart-history/CNA . live .
  7. Peak chart positions in Finland:
    • Up to 1994: Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Helsinki . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . 233 . 978-951-1-21053-5.
    • Since 1995: Web site: Discography Pet Shop Boys . finnishcharts.com . 27 June 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115703/https://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pet+Shop+Boys . live .
  8. Web site: Discographie von Pet Shop Boys . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . de . 27 June 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115717/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Pet+Shop+Boys . live .
  9. Web site: Discografie Pet Shop Boys . dutchcharts.nl . nl . 4 May 2024 . 29 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102242/https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pet+Shop+Boys . live .
  10. Web site: Discography Pet Shop Boys . swedishcharts.com . 12 March 2010 . 8 December 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071208021427/http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pet+Shop+Boys . live .
  11. Web site: Pet Shop Boys . select "Charts" tab . swisscharts.com . 12 March 2010 . 10 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610010048/http://swisscharts.com/artist/Pet_Shop_Boys . live .
  12. Pet Shop Boys Chart History: Billboard 200 . Billboard . 4 February 2020 . 29 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200129023705/https://www.billboard.com/music/Pet-Shop-Boys/chart-history/TLP . live .
  13. United Kingdom. Pet Shop Boys. 7 June 2024.
  14. Canada. Pet Shop Boys. 27 June 2018.
  15. United States. Pet Shop Boys. 27 June 2018.
  16. Germany. Pet Shop Boys.
  17. Sweden. Pet Shop Boys. 1987. 27 June 2018.
  18. Austria. Pet Shop Boys. 27 June 2018.
  19. Finland. Pet Shop Boys. 27 June 2018.
  20. Switzerland. Pet Shop Boys. 27 June 2018.
  21. 216–217.
  22. France. Pet Shop Boys. album. 27 June 2018.
  23. Web site: Hotspot by Pet Shop Boys. Apple Music. 15 November 2019. 25 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200125225632/https://music.apple.com/au/album/hotspot/1477223494. live.
  24. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 May 2024. 3 May 2024.
  25. Web site: Albumit 18/2024. Musiikkituottajat. 4 May 2024.
  26. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 18. Sverigetopplistan. 3 May 2024.
  27. Web site: Discovery: Live in Rio 1994 . petshopboys.co.uk . 26 February 2021 . 27 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227012607/https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2021-01-21/discovery-live-in-rio-1994 . live .
  28. Web site: Discovery: Live in Rio 1994. Pet Shop Boys. 26 February 2021. 27 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227012607/https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2021-01-21/discovery-live-in-rio-1994. live.
  29. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5135|pure_url=yes}} Pet Shop Boys > Discography > Compilations]. AllMusic. 27 June 2010.
  30. Web site: Pet Shop Boys Party – Greatest Hits . CD Point . pt . 29 June 2018 . 29 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180629074431/http://www.cdpoint.com.br/CD/PET-SHOP-BOYS-PET-SHOP-BOYS-PARTY---GREATEST-HITS%2B%2B%2B7891430158026-1-2-L.html . live .
  31. Web site: Pet Shop Boys / Smash: The Singles 1985-2020. Super Deluxe Edition. Sinclair. Paul. 30 March 2023. 31 March 2023.
  32. Web site: Longplay Charts Woche 25 / 2023. 8 November 2019 . Ö3 Austria Top 40. 27 June 2023.
  33. Web site: イン・デプス ペット・ショップ・ボーイズ . In Depth Pet Shop Boys . . ja . Japan . 29 June 2018 . 22 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022150944/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B005C8R7BU . live .
  34. Pet Shop Boys Return to Ridicule Trump & Twitter in Two New Songs: Listen. Billboard. Daw. Stephen. 6 February 2019. 7 February 2019. 8 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190208103117/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8496919/pet-shop-boys-trump-twitter-new-songs. live.
  35. Pet Shop Boys Return to Ridicule Trump & Twitter in Two New Songs: Listen. Billboard. Daw. Stephen. 6 February 2019. 7 February 2019. 8 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190208103117/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8496919/pet-shop-boys-trump-twitter-new-songs. live.
  36. Web site: "Lost" digital EP. Pet Shop Boys. 24 March 2023. 30 March 2023.
  37. Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
    • All except noted: Web site: Pet Shop Boys Full Official Chart History . . 27 June 2018 . 25 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180625030857/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26802/pet-shop-boys/ . live .
    • "West End Girls" and "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (original peaks): Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . London . . 1-904994-10-5. British Hit Singles & Albums.
    • "London" and "Integral": Web site: Chart Log UK: 1994–2010: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls . Zobbel . 29 June 2018 . 10 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140210155215/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_P.HTM . live .
    • "Memory of the Future", "Axis" and "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct": Web site: Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2013 . Zobbel . 29 June 2018 . 9 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151109094541/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2013.HTM . live .
    • "The Pop Kids": Web site: CHART: CLUK Update 26.03.2016 (wk12) . Zobbel . 29 June 2018 . 11 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160411181339/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/160326cluk.txt . live .
  38. Peak chart positions for albums in Canada:
    • All except noted: Web site: Results: RPM Weekly (Top Singles) . . 17 July 2013 . 29 June 2018 . Library and Archives Canada.
    • "I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More", "Home and Dry" and "I Get Along": Web site: Pet Shop Boys Awards . . 29 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150110190420/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pet-shop-boys-mn0000260212/awards . 10 January 2015.
  39. Web site: Search the charts . The Irish Charts . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091152/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&placement%5Bartist%5D=Pet+Shop+Boys . 27 June 2018 . dead.
  40. Web site: Pet Shop Boys Top 40-artiesten . . nl . 27 June 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091033/https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/Pet-Shop-Boys . live .
  41. Web site: Discography Pet Shop Boys . irish-charts.com . 27 June 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091232/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pet+Shop+Boys . live .
  42. Web site: Discographie Pet Shop Boys. lescharts.com. 12 March 2013. 26 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140526230329/http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pet+Shop+Boys. live.
  43. Pet Shop Boys Chart History: Dance Club Songs . Billboard . 6 November 2020 . 18 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201018071430/https://www.billboard.com/music/Pet-Shop-Boys/chart-history/DSI . live .
  44. Web site: Twenty-Something by Pet Shop Boys . Amazon . United Kingdom . 27 June 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144232/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Twenty-Something-Pet-Shop-Boys/dp/B01GWQRK6M . live .
  45. Web site: Inner Sanctum [12" VINYL]

    Pet Shop Boys ]

    . Amazon . United Kingdom . 27 June 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091222/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inner-Sanctum-VINYL-Shop-Boys/dp/B01HT65D90 . live .
  46. Web site: Undertow (12") [12" VINYL]

    Pet Shop Boys ]

    . Amazon . United Kingdom . 27 June 2018 . 27 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144236/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Undertow-VINYL-Pet-Shop-Boys/dp/B06XDP3B7R . live .
  47. Web site: Burning the heather – radio edit by Pet Shop Boys . Spotify . 14 November 2019 . 15 November 2019 . 1 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200101191050/https://open.spotify.com/album/2SYLWRETO6oqqcGgyRxcLP . live .
  48. Web site: Hear Pet Shop Boys new single 'Dancing Star' . Super Deluxe Edition. 3 April 2024. 7 April 2024.
  49. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5135|pure_url=yes}} Pet Shop Boys > Discography > DVDs & Videos]. AllMusic. 8 April 2010.
  50. Web site: Pet Shop Boys – History (1990) . PetShopBoys.co.uk . 6 November 2020 . 17 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210117100054/https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/history/1990 . live .
  51. Web site: Performance – Pet Shop Boys – Product . PetShopBoys.co.uk . 6 November 2020 . 27 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201127232606/https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/product/video/performance . live .
  52. News: Pet sounds and vision . . 13 November 1993 . 5.
  53. Web site: Somewhere Live at The Savoy – Pet Shop Boys – Product . PetShopBoys.co.uk . 6 November 2020 . 27 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927032302/https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/product/video/somewhere-live-at-the-savoy . live .
  54. Videography: The Singles Collection on Video. VHS. Capitol Records.
  55. Pop Art: The Videos. DVD. EMI Music.
  56. Pet Shop Boys: A Life In Pop. DVD. EMI Music.
  57. Web site: Pet Shop Boys – 'I'm with stupid'. MTV. 22 March 2010. 26 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090126042208/http://www.mtv.com/videos/pet-shop-boys/90840/im-with-stupid.jhtml#artist=545. dead.
  58. Web site: Pet Shop Boys – 'Minimal'. MTV. 22 March 2010. 27 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090227043814/http://www.mtv.com/videos/pet-shop-boys/109644/minimal.jhtml#artist=545. dead.
  59. Web site: Pet Shop Boys – 'Love etc.'. MTV. 22 March 2010. 26 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100326092726/http://www.mtv.com/videos/pet-shop-boys/358680/love-etc.jhtml#artist=545. dead.
  60. Web site: Together video. petshopboys.co.uk. 14 November 2010. 13 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165753/http://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2600/201011. live.
  61. Web site: Pet Shop Boys Release Their New Album HOTSPOT . . 24 January 2020 . . 25 January 2020 . Yesterday the duo also revealed the video for their latest single 'Monkey business', directed by Vaughan Arnell. . 25 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200125061516/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Pet-Shop-Boys-Release-Their-New-Album-HOTSPOT-20200124 . live .