The Pet Shop Boys are known for a large catalog of synth-pop hits spanning from the mid-1980s through the present. Their best-known singles include “West End Girls”, “It’s a Sin”, “Always on My Mind”, “Heart”, and “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” among many others[1].
Their 1991 compilation album, Discography: The Complete Singles Collection, features their singles from 1985 to 1991 along with two new tracks, and it provides a definitive list of many of their major songs from that era[1]:
- West End Girls
- Love Comes Quickly
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Suburbia
- It’s a Sin
- What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield)
- Rent
- Always on My Mind
- Heart
- Domino Dancing
- Left to My Own Devices
- It’s Alright
- So Hard
- Being Boring
- Where the Streets Have No Name / I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
- Jealousy
- DJ Culture
- Was It Worth It?
Subsequent compilations, such as PopArt: The Hits (2003), Ultimate (2010), and Smash: The Singles 1985–2020 (2023), expand on this list, including later hits like “Go West”, “Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)”, “You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk”, “I’m With Stupid”, “Love etc.”, and “Vocal”[2]. The band continues to release new music, with their fifteenth studio album Nonetheless debuting in 2024[2].
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