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Pet Shop Boys
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Pet Shop Boys is formed by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Both were known in a store of electronics in August of 1981. Given his common liking by music, they decided to work together. During his beginnings they were called "West End" but soon that name would take step to the definitive one of Pet Shop Boys . Its first published work was one first version produced by Bobby Trimming of which soon it would be his first number 1: "West end girls". Nevertheless in that occasion it happened unnoticed between the public. Epic, the record one that had fichado to them, decided to terminate the contract and the 1985 to them signs contract with Parlophone. In July of that same year it appears "Opportunites (Let's make to lot of money)". The disc is not able to enter the lists of the important ones, but in October they record uan new version of "West end Girls", with Stepehen Hague in the production. This time yes is the definitive one and the Pet Shop Boys is able to be placed like number one of the British lists during two weeks followed. In April of 1986 the Pet Shop Boys publishes their first album, "Please". In addition to the "West end girls", the disc contains subjects like "Suburbia", "Love you eat quickly" and well-known "Opportunities". With "West end girls", the group was able to arrive at number one of the Billboard list. After publishing an album of remezclas, the Pet Shop Boys publishes their second album under the title of "Actually". First the simple one estraído of this work is the titleholder "It' to without", that it arrived at number 1 in United Kingdom. To end of year my published the simple "Always on mind", of which they sold more of a million copies. In 1988 Pet Shop Boys it collaborates in the production of first disc of the group Eight Wonder led by the singer and actress Patsy Kensit. That same year they publish his third album, titleholder "Introspective". The album included so important subjects in the discografía of Pet Shop Boys like "Always on my mind", "Left to my own devices", "I dominate dancing" and "It´s allright" was singles. "Introspective" was, without a doubt, one of the most important discs of the group. And it in spite of only including six subjects, almost all of more than six minutes of duration. In the middle of 1989 they make his first tour by Hong Kong, Japan and United Kingdom. Also they collaborate with Minelly Heddle in the song "Losing my mind". In 1990 it appears "Behaviour", the fourth disc of the Pet Shop Boys, that turns out to be a small failure, mainly after comparing it with its previous works. I sin later publish its first recopilatorio, titleholder "Discography". In 1993 fifth album appears his of study, "Very". With this album they are able for the first time to locate an album in the list of the most sold in the United Kingdom, since the previous ones had gotten to be number one and two, but never arrived at highest. In 1993 they publish "Bilingual", a work that happens discreetly through the lists of successes. In 1996 "Nightlife" appears, for which the Pet Shop Boys modifies their image, appearing with wigs and dresses of samurai. In spite of it, the disc was not a remarkable successful either. In year 2002 they publish "Release". This disc has a sound less electronic and melódico than in its previous works, from which is one more a more romantic and calmed music, something that certainly did not please too much to more unconditional his fans. In the 2003 it appears "Popart: The hits ", a new album recopilatorio that gathers its 33 top 20 obtained in Great Britain, which they have turned to Pet Shop Boys the pair with greater success of all the times.
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