Format (album)
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{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Format
| type = compilation
| artist = Pet Shop Boys
| cover = Pet Shop Boys - Format.png
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|02|06|df=yes}}
| recorded = 1996–2009
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Synth-pop
| length = 156:27
| label = Parlophone
| producer = Pet Shop Boys, various
| prev_title = The Most Incredible Thing
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Elysium
| next_year = 2012
}}
Format is a double-disc compilation album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. The album consists of B-sides from various singles released from 1996 to 2009 (Bilingual to Yes, or "Before" to "Did You See Me Coming?"). It is their second B-sides album after Alternative (1995), which collected B-sides from the time of their first version of "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (1985) to "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (1994).
The album's release was initially announced in November 2011, then officially on 19 December 2011 through the Pet Shop Boys' official website, offering it for pre-order.{{cite web |url=http://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2812 |title=Pet Shop Boys – News – Format pre-order |publisher=petshopboys.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2012}} The album was released on 6 February 2012 in the UK, but was released earlier in various territories worldwide, including Australia, where it was released on 3 February.{{cite web |url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/format-ltd-ed/660868 |title=Format (Ltd Ed) |publisher=JB Hi-Fi |access-date=4 February 2012}} The album debuted at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 5,909 copies in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-chart-analysis-lana-del-rey-scores-biggest-selling-album-of-2012-gotye-shifts-another-83k/048060|title=Official Chart Analysis: Lana Del Rey scores biggest-selling album of 2012, Gotye shifts another 83k|website=Music Week|access-date=30 January 2019}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except "We're the Pet Shop Boys", written by My Robot Friend, and "Screaming", written by Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant, and Tom Stephan
| total_length = 77:41
| extra_column = Featured on
| headline = Disc one: 1996–2002
| title1 = The Truck-Driver and His Mate
| extra1 = "Before", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = Hit and Miss
| extra2 = "Before", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = In the Night (1995)
| extra3 = "Before", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = Betrayed
| extra4 = "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length4 = 5:19
| title5 = How I Learned to Hate Rock-and-Roll
| extra5 = "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length5 = 4:38
| title6 = Discoteca
| note6 = new version
| extra6 = "Single-Bilingual", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = The Calm Before the Storm
| extra7 = "Single-Bilingual", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length7 = 2:46
| title8 = Confidential
| note8 = demo for Tina Turner
| extra8 = "Single-Bilingual", Very: Further Listening 1992–1994
| length8 = 4:47
| title9 = The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On
| note9 = International Club Mix
| extra9 = "A Red Letter Day", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997, Bilingual Special Edition
| length9 = 6:05
| title10 = Delusions of Grandeur
| extra10 = "A Red Letter Day", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length10 = 5:04
| title11 = The View from Your Balcony
| extra11 = "Somewhere", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length11 = 3:45
| title12 = Disco Potential
| extra12 = "Somewhere", Bilingual: Further Listening 1995–1997
| length12 = 4:07
| title13 = Silver Age
| extra13 = "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More", bonus USA Nightlife disc, Nightlife: Further Listening 1996–2000
| length13 = 3:33
| title14 = Screaming
| extra14 = "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More", bonus USA Nightlife disc, Mini, Nightlife: Further Listening 1996–2000
| length14 = 4:56
| title15 = The Ghost of Myself
| extra15 = "New York City Boy", bonus US Nightlife disc, Nightlife: Further Listening 1996–2000
| length15 = 4:03
| title16 = Casting a Shadow
| extra16 = "New York City Boy", bonus US Nightlife disc, Nightlife: Further Listening 1996–2000
| length16 = 4:37
| title17 = Lies
| extra17 = "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk", Mini, Nightlife: Further Listening 1996–2000
| length17 = 4:39
| title18 = Sexy Northerner
| extra18 = "Home and Dry", bonus US Release disc, Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length18 = 3:42
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Featured on
| total_length = 78:46
| headline = Disc two: 2002–2009
| title1 = Always
| extra1 = "Home and Dry", bonus US Release disc, Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length1 = 5:03
| title2 = Nightlife
| extra2 = "Home and Dry", bonus US Release disc, Nightlife: Further Listening 1996–2000
| length2 = 3:53
| title3 = Searching for the Face of Jesus
| extra3 = "I Get Along", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length3 = 3:27
| title4 = Between Two Islands
| extra4 = "I Get Along", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length4 = 5:06
| title5 = Friendly Fire
| extra5 = "I Get Along", bonus US Release disc, Nightlife: Further Listening 1996–2000
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = We're the Pet Shop Boys
| extra6 = "Miracles", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length6 = 4:55
| title7 = Transparent
| extra7 = "Miracles", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length7 = 3:51
| title8 = I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
| extra8 = "Flamboyant", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length8 = 3:37
| title9 = The Resurrectionist
| extra9 = "I'm with Stupid", Fundamental: Further Listening 2005–2007
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = Girls Don't Cry
| extra10 = "I'm with Stupid", Fundamental: Further Listening 2005–2007
| length10 = 2:34
| title11 = In Private
| note11 = 7-inch mix; duet with Elton John
| extra11 = "Minimal", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length11 = 4:11
| title12 = Blue on Blue
| extra12 = "Minimal", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length12 = 3:12
| title13 = No Time for Tears
| note13 = 7-inch mix
| extra13 = "Minimal", original on Battleship Potemkin, Fundamental: Further Listening 2005–2007
| length13 = 3:35
| title14 = Bright Young Things
| extra14 = "Numb", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length14 = 4:55
| title15 = Party Song
| extra15 = "Numb", Release: Further Listening 2001–2004
| length15 = 3:40
| title16 = We're All Criminals Now
| extra16 = "Love etc.", Yes: Further Listening 2008–2010
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = Gin and Jag
| extra17 = "Love etc.", Yes: Further Listening 2008–2010
| length17 = 4:29
| title18 = After the Event
| extra18 = "Did You See Me Coming?", Fundamental: Further Listening 2005–2007
| length18 = 5:16
| title19 = The Former Enfant Terrible
| extra19 = "Did You See Me Coming?", Fundamental: Further Listening 2005–2007
| length19 = 2:51
| title20 = Up and Down
| extra20 = "Did You See Me Coming?", Yes: Further Listening 2008–2010
| length20 = 3:43
}}
Personnel
;Producers
- Pet Shop Boys – all tracks
- Danny Tenaglia – disc 1: track 9
- David Morales – disc 2: track 2
- Craig Armstrong – disc 2: track 5
- Chris Zippel – disc 2: tracks 6 and 14
- Stuart Crichton – disc 2: track 11
- Sven Helbig – disc 2: track 13
;Guest musicians
- Pete Gleadall – programming on all tracks except disc 1: tracks 7 and 9; disc 2: tracks 6, 14, 16–20; additional programming and vocals on disc 2: track 18
- Sylvia Mason James – additional vocals on disc 1: tracks 1 and 3
- Katie Kissoon, Davide Giovannini, Joseph De Jesus, Weston Foster and Lino Rocha – additional vocals on disc 1: track 6
- Peter Daou – keyboards on disc 1: track 9
- Louie "Balo" Guzman and Danny Tenaglia – drum programming on disc 1: track 9
- Vanessa Ichak – banji girl vocals on disc 1: track 9
- Tom Stephan – additional keyboards on disc 1: track 14
- Mark Bates – piano on disc 1: track 14
- Jodie Linscott – percussion on disc 2: tracks 1, 3, 4 & 8
- Joey Mosk – programming on disc 2: track 2
- Johnny Marr – guitars on disc 2: tracks 3, 4 and 8
- Craig Armstrong – orchestral arrangement on disc 2: track 5
- Steve Walters – bass swoops on disc 2: track 8
- Elton John – guest vocals on disc 2: track 11
- Torsten Rach – orchestration on disc 2: track 13
- Dave Clayton – additional keyboards and programming on disc 2: track 13
- Chris Zippel – programming on disc 2: track 14
Charts
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scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Austria|73|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Format - B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2012}} |
scope="row"| Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/2e155/Pet-Shop-Boys-Format-B-Sides-And-Bonus-Tracks-1996-2009 |title=Pet Shop Boys – Format – B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996–2009 |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=13 February 2012}}
| 9 |
scope="row"| Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/2e155/Pet-Shop-Boys-Format-B-Sides-And-Bonus-Tracks-1996-2009 |title=Pet Shop Boys – Format – B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996–2009 |language=fr |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=17 February 2012}}
| 1 |
scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web |url=http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=980 |title=Top Stranih – Tjedan 6. 2012. |trans-title=Top Foreign – Week 6, 2012 |language=hr |publisher=Top of the Shops |access-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904055049/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=980 |archive-date=4 September 2012}}
| 19 |
{{album chart|Czech|24|date=201208|rowheader=true|access-date=13 December 2020}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|82|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Format - B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009|rowheader=true|access-date=12 February 2012}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|31|id=188757|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Format – B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996–2009|rowheader=true|access-date=13 December 2020}} |
{{album chart|Ireland2|67|artist=Pet Shop Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=13 December 2020}} |
{{album chart|Italy|93|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Format - B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009|rowheader=true|access-date=13 December 2020}} |
{{album chart|Scotland|38|date=20120212|rowheader=true|access-date=6 May 2020}} |
{{album chart|Spain|43|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Format - B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009|rowheader=true|access-date=18 February 2012}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|33|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Format - B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009|rowheader=true|access-date=18 February 2012}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|52|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Format - B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009|rowheader=true|access-date=15 February 2012}} |
{{album chart|UK2|26|date=20120212|rowheader=true|access-date=6 May 2020}} |
References
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Category:2012 compilation albums
Category:Parlophone compilation albums