The centerpiece? The nine-minute “West End Girls” (Sasha Mix) – though here it’s actually the famous “Shep Pettibone Mastermix,” turning an already iconic track into a nocturnal journey through paranoia and ambition. But the real gem is “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” (Version Latina). Suddenly the cynical yuppie anthem gets congas, piano stabs, and a sweaty, carnivalesque desperation. It’s brilliant.
Disco 3 feels like a secret handshake. If you know, you know. Pet Shop Boys - Disco 1-4 -1986-2007- 4-CD Set
Put the discs in chronological order, and you hear synth-pop turn into house, house turn into electroclash, electroclash turn into 2000s prog-house. But more than that, you hear two constants: Neil Tennant’s voice, always a little detached, always observing; and Chris Lowe’s iron-fisted commitment to the beat. The centerpiece
They are, in the best sense, the sound of letting go. Of trusting the DJ. Of realizing that a remix isn’t a secondary version – sometimes, it’s the definitive one. Suddenly the cynical yuppie anthem gets congas, piano
It’s less a PSB album and more a DJ mix of their taste. But that’s the point. Disco 4 shows how deeply the Boys are embedded in dance music culture – not just as stars, but as fans and facilitators.
Critics called it faceless. I call it a time capsule of mid-90s superclub culture – Ministry of Sound, Trade, sunrise sets. Put it on now, and you’re immediately in a warehouse with a strobe light and a water bottle. It’s not for casual listening. But for a specific mood? Essential.