Pet Shop Boys release Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’

Pet Shop Boys release Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’ featuring four bonus tracks and demos of all the album songs

Pet Shop Boys release Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’ featuring four bonus tracks and demos of all the album songs.

Following their headline show at BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Preston, Pet Shop Boys have announced the release of a special expanded edition of their latest album, Nonetheless, on Parlophone Records.

Released on 22 November in a variety of formats, Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’ will feature the full Nonetheless album including the singles Loneliness, Dancing star, A new bohemia and Feel plus four new bonus songs and the original demo versions of all the tracks on the album.

The bonus tracks include two cover versions: the David Bowie-penned All The Young Dudes and the 1967 soul song The Dark End Of The Street. There are also two tracks originally recorded during the Nonetheless sessions: a version of the classical composition Miserere by Gregorio Allegri and a Pet Shop Boys original titled Adrenaline.

All these new tracks were produced by James Ford and All The Young Dudes and The Dark End Of The Street have orchestral arrangements by Anne Dudley. All The Young Dudes was originally performed live by Pet Shop Boys and the BBC Concert Orchestra in February this year for the BBC Radio 2 ‘Piano Room’ sessions. Afterwards Neil and Chris decided they would like to record a new studio version of the Bowie classic.

The demo versions of the album tracks were originally recorded and produced by Pet Shop Boys from 2020-2022 and mixed by Pete Gleadall.

Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’

LP1 – Nonetheless

1. Loneliness
2. Feel
3. Why am I dancing?
4. New London boy
5. Dancing star
6. A new bohemia
7. The schlager hit parade
8. The secret of happiness
9. Bullet for Narcissus
10. Love is the law

LP2 – Bonus

1. All the young dudes
2. Adrenaline
3. The dark end of the street
4. Miserere

LP3 – Demos

1. Loneliness (Demo version)
2. Feel (Demo version)
3. Why am I dancing? (Demo version)
4. New London boy (Demo version)
5. Dancing star (Demo version)
6. A new bohemia (Demo version)
7. The schlager hit parade (Demo version)
8. The secret of happiness (Demo version)
9. Bullet for Narcissus (Demo version)
10. Love is the law (Demo version)

CD 1 – Nonetheless

1. Loneliness
2. Feel
3. Why am I dancing?
4. New London boy
5. Dancing star
6. A new bohemia
7. The schlager hit parade
8. The secret of happiness
9. Bullet for Narcissus
10. Love is the law

CD 2 – Bonus & Demos

1. All the young dudes
2. Adrenaline
3. The dark end of the street
4. Miserere
5. Loneliness (demo version)
6. Feel (demo version)
7. Why am I dancing? (demo version)
8. New London boy (demo version)
9. Dancing star (demo version)
10. A new bohemia (demo version)
11. The schlager hit parade (demo version)
12. The secret of happiness (demo version)
13. Bullet for Narcissus (demo version)
14. Love is the law (demo version)

Pet Shop Boys released their 15th album, Nonetheless, produced by James Ford, on Parlophone Records in April. The record reached No.2 in the UK album chart in its first week of release – their highest-charting studio album since 1993. In July they concluded the latest UK and European dates of their ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live’ tour with a sold-out residency at London’s Royal Opera House.

Nonetheless ‘expanded edition’ is available to buy in a triple black vinyl set, double CD set and digitally, and can be pre-ordered now. Click here