Pet Shop Boys是英國流行、電子音樂男子二人組，主唱尼爾·坦南特(Neil Tennant)，鍵盤手克里斯·洛(Chris Lowe)，在華語地區他們最廣為人知的歌曲為2006年德國世足賽大會被Patrizio Buanne翻唱成招牌曲《Stand up》的《向西行》（出自「Very」專輯）。他們除了為自己的專輯作詞作曲外，也常替其它藝人跨刀。
此團的專輯銷售量已經在全世界超過1億張，能讓他們的演藝事業如此長壽的主因，在於他們善於創作旋律優美、富有趣味的流行卅電子音樂。自1986年起，他們在英國已經擁有39首前三十名單曲，與22首前十名單曲，還包括4首冠軍曲：West End Girls、It's a Sin、Always on My Mind、Heart。
他們在80年代中期曾經成功打入美國市場，並且有一支冠軍單曲West End Girls。他們最後一首前四十名單曲Domino Dancing，在1988年的美國流行榜則達到第18名的成績。自那時起，他們在美國便一直獲得特定族群與夜店的支持，也是美國告示牌舞曲榜上，繼瑪丹娜、唐娜桑莫、珍娜·傑克森之後，第四位擁有8首冠軍曲的藝人。
在2006年12月，他們的單曲I'm with Stupid榮獲葛萊美獎最佳舞曲錄音的提名；專輯Fundamental則獲得最佳電子音樂卅舞曲專輯的提名。
1983年8月尼爾被英國雜誌《Smash Hits》派去紐約訪問警察合唱團，幸運之神也在此時來敲門。兩人當時很迷戀由紐約製作人Bobby Orlando（藝名為Bobby O）錄的高能量音樂唱片，因此尼爾趁訪問之便，與Bobby O見面。在8月19日（尼爾結識克里斯的兩年後的同一天）於一家叫Apple Jack的餐廳洽談。聽過尼爾帶來的試聽帶後，Bobby O提議。1984年4月，由Bobby O製作的「West End Girls」發行，在洛杉磯與三藩市都成為夜店熱門曲，但是在英國的排行成績卻不好，在法國和比利時則是稍有名氣。
Pet Shop Boys 專輯
Please (1986)
All the songs were written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe except Love Comes Quickly written by Tennant/Lowe and Stephen Hague
1."Two Divided by Zero"
2."West End Girls"
3."Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
4."Love Comes Quickly"
5."Suburbia"
6."Opportunities (Reprise)"
7."Tonight Is Forever"
8."Violence"
9."I Want a Lover"
10."Later Tonight"
11."Why Don't We Live Together?"
Actually (1987)
1."One More Chance" (Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Bobby Orlando)
2."What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Dusty Springfield) (Lowe, Tennant, Allee Willis)
3."Shopping" (Tennant, Lowe)
4."Rent" (Tennant, Lowe)
5."Hit Music" (Tennant, Lowe) http://youtu.be/t4qPXIxTBbc
6."It Couldn't Happen Here" (Tennant, Ennio Morricone, Lowe)
7."It's a Sin" (Tennant, Lowe)
8."I Want to Wake Up" (Tennant, Lowe)
9."Heart" (Tennant, Lowe)
10."King's Cross" (Tennant, Lowe)
Introspective (1988)
All the songs were written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe except "Always on My Mind" (written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson) and "It's Alright" (written by Sterling Void)
1."Left to My Own Devices"
2."I Want a Dog"
3."Domino Dancing"
4."I'm Not Scared"
5."Always on My Mind/In My House"
6."It's Alright"
Behaviour (1990)
1."Being Boring"
2."This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave"
3."To Face the Truth"
4."How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"
5."Only the Wind"
6."My October Symphony"
7."So Hard"
8."Nervously"
9."The End of the World"
10."Jealousy"
Very (1993)
All songs except Go West were written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
1."Can You Forgive Her?"
2."I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
3."Liberation"
4."A Different Point of View"
5."Dreaming of the Queen"
6."Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
7."The Theatre"
8."One and One Make Five"
9."To Speak Is a Sin"
10."Young Offender"
11."One in a Million"
12."Go West" (includes hidden track sung by Chris Lowe "Postscript (I Believe in Ecstasy)" at track-clock 7:07 – 1:15) – 8:22
Bilingual (1996)
1."Discoteca"
2."Single"
3."Metamorphosis"
4."Electricity"
5."Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"
6."It Always Comes as a Surprise"
7."A Red Letter Day"
8."Up Against It"
9."The Survivors"
10."Before"
11."To Step Aside"
12."Saturday Night Forever"
Photographers: Chris Heath, José Cea and Andy Earl
Sleeve design: Mark Farrow Design and Pet Shop Boys
Nightlife (1999)
All songs written and composed by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted.
1. "For Your Own Good"
2. "Closer to Heaven"
3. "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More"
4. "Happiness Is an Option"
5. "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"
6. "Vampires"
7. "Radiophonic"
8. "The Only One"
9. "Boy Strange"
10. "In Denial" (with Kylie Minogue)
11. "New York City Boy"
12. "Footsteps"
Release (2002)
1."Home and Dry"
2."I Get Along"
3."Birthday Boy"
4."London"
5."E-Mail"
6."The Samurai in Autumn"
7."Love Is a Catastrophe"
8."Here"
9."The Night I Fell in Love"
10."You Choose"
Fundamental (2006)
1."Psychological"
2."The Sodom and Gomorrah Show"
3."I Made My Excuses and Left"
4."Minimal"
5."Numb" (Diane Warren)
6."God Willing"
7."Luna Park"
8."I'm with Stupid"
9."Casanova in Hell"
10."Twentieth Century"
11."Indefinite Leave to Remain"
12."Integral"
Yes (2009)
1. "Love etc." (Tennant, Lowe, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Owen Parker)
2. "All Over the World" (Tennant, Lowe, with an uncredited sample by Tchaikovsky)
3. "Beautiful People"
4. "Did You See Me Coming?"
5. "Vulnerable"
6. "More Than a Dream" (Tennant, Lowe, Cooper, Higgins, Jason Resch, Kieran Jones)
7. "Building a Wall"
8. "King of Rome"
9. "Pandemonium"
10. "The Way It Used to Be" (Tennant, Lowe, Cooper, Higgins, Nick Coler)
11. "Legacy"
Elysium (2012)
All songs written and composed by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted.
1. "Leaving"
2. "Invisible"
3. "Winner"
4. "Your Early Stuff"
5. "A Face Like That"
6. "Breathing Space"
7. "Ego Music"
8. "Hold On" (George Frideric Handel, Tennant, Lowe)
9. "Give It a Go"
10. "Memory of the Future"
11. "Everything Means Something"
12. "Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin"
Electric (2013)
All songs written and composed by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted.
1. "Axis"
2. "Bolshy"
3. "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Tennant, Lowe, Henry Purcell)
4. "Fluorescent"
5. "Inside a Dream"
6. "The Last to Die" (Bruce Springsteen)
7. "Shouting in the Evening"
8. "Thursday" (featuring Example) (Tennant, Lowe, Elliot Gleave)
9. "Vocal"
Pet Shop Boys Pandemonium ( Live, The 02 Arena, London 21 December 2009 )
01. More Than A Dream / Heart
02. Did You See Me Coming?
03. Pandemonium / Can You Forgive Her?
04. Love Etc.
05. Building A Wall
06. Go West
07. Two Divided By Zero
08. Why Don't We Live Together?
09. New York City Boy
10. Always On My Mind
11. Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
12. Do I Have To?
13. King's Cross
14. The Way It Used To Be
15. Jealousy
16. Suburbia
17. What Have I Done To Deserve This?
18. All Over The World
19. Se A Vida E / Discoteca / Domino Dancing / Viva La Vida
20. It's A Sin
21. Being Boring
22. West End Girls
Intro:
Gui Boratto - Arquipélago
Rex The Dog 'Prototype'
Axis
One More Chance / Face Like That
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Memory of the Future
Fugitive
Integral (Sample of "The Rite of Spring")
I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
Suburbia
I'm Not Scared
Invisible
Last to Die (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein cover)
Leaving
Thursday
Love Etc.
I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
Rent
Miracles
It's a Sin
Domino Dancing
Go West (Village People cover)
Always on My Mind (Brenda Lee cover)
Electric Pet Shop Boys Live in HK 2014 -
26 Sept 2014, Hong Kong Asia World Expo Hall 10
setlist
Axis
One more chance/A face like that
Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)
Fugitive
Integral
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
Suburbia
I'm not scared
Florescent
West End Girls
Somewhere
Leaving
Thursday
Love etc.
I get excited (you get excited)
Rent
Miracles
It's a sin
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