好多時 Pet Shop Boys 音樂迷人之處唔係大碟,而係隱藏在 singles 背面果啲許多唔同音樂風格 B-sides,粉絲都知齊聽 PSB大碟 album 係完全唔夠。眾多 B-sides 揀出其中幾首分享下... "Was That What It Was" ,"Euroboy" 同 "Some Speculation", 全部都係最初期 B-sides 作品。特別係 "Was That What It Was",首歌 opening 開頭, 中段同尾段音樂依然咁正,對腳自自然然會跟住郁起嚟....雖然已差唔多30年而家聽番都唔會點 outdate,唔似其它80s 組合或歌手 , 佢哋音樂就係咁神奇 , 好襟聽。
宮若梅兄,其實好早期未出第一批6張 Further Listening 2CD 大碟前,Pet Shop Boys 已經先出咗特別 Alternative 2CD , 集齊大碟 "Please","Actually","Introspective","Behaviour" & "Very" 5張大碟時期所有相關單曲 singles B-sides 歌曲,極具探討性同創意,小弟覺得有啲 B-sides 其實仲正過大碟歌曲,唔知點解 Pet Shop Boys 將佢哋當 B 面歌。"Alternative" 總共收錄30 首 B-sides。小弟有幸收藏首批限量版 "Alternative" holographic 封面設計 Limited Edition 2CD boxset,網上借啲相俾師兄參考下 , 得閒再影相分享小弟個人收藏 ....
Alternative CD1 Tracklist
1-01 In The Night 4:50
1-02 A Man Could Get Arrested 4:19
1-03 That's My Impression (Disco Mix) 5:18
1-04 Was That What It Was? 5:14
1-05 Paninaro 4:40
1-06 Jack The Lad 4:31
1-07 You Know Where You Went Wrong 5:51
1-08 A New Life 4:56
1-09 I Want A Dog 4:58
1-10 Do I Have To? 5:14
1-11 I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) 4:54
1-12 Don Juan 3:54
1-13 The Sound Of The Atom Splitting 5:13
1-14 One Of The Crowd 3:55
1-15 Your Funny Uncle 2:15
Alternative CD2 Tracklist
2-01 It Must Be Obvious 4:24
2-02 We All Feel Better In The Dark 4:00
2-03 Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend 4:28
2-04 Losing My Mind 4:34
2-05 Music For Boys 3:36
2-06 Miserablism 4:10
2-07 Hey, Headmaster 3:06
2-08 What Keeps Mankind Alive? 3:24
2-09 Shameless 5:02
2-10 Too Many People 4:17
2-11 Violence (Haçienda Version) 4:58
2-12 Decadence 3:56
2-13 If Love Were All 2:59
2-14 Euroboy 4:27
2-15 Some Speculation 6:33