Concrete (Pet Shop Boys album)

2006 live album by Pet Shop Boys

Concrete

Live album by

Pet Shop Boys

Released| 23 October 2006
Recorded| 8 May 2006
Genre| Pop
Label| Parlophone
Producer| Trevor Horn
Pet Shop Boys chronology
| Fundamental
(2006)  | Concrete
(2006)  | Disco 4
(2007)

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Pet Shop Boys live album chronology
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(2006)  | Pandemonium
(2009)

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Concrete is a live album by the British band Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 23 October 2006. Due to be called Concert, on 20 September 2006, Pet Shop Boys announced that the album was going to be called Concrete, which was the title that they originally wanted for the album. It is the first live concert to be released by the band on Audio CD.

## The concert[edit]

The performance recorded for the album took place at the Mermaid Theatre on 8 May 2006, as an exclusive for broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Sold on Song programme. Attendance, totalling 600, was by invitation or through winning competitions held by Radio 2 and the band's official website. The event was hosted by the BBC's Stuart Maconie.

The 27 May Radio 2 broadcast included an interview conducted by Maconie, but excluded four songs from the running order ("You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk", "After All", "Numb", and "Dreaming of the Queen"). The full concert was later broadcast on BBC 6 Music on 28 August.

### Song selection[edit]

Due to the presence of the orchestra, the setlist was composed to consist of songs originally recorded with an orchestra. Consequently, aside from an extensive selection of songs from Fundamental, various non-studio album tracks were chosen, including the arrangement of "Rent" from the Liza Minnelli album Results, originally arranged by Angelo Badalamenti; "After All", the portion of the band's Battleship Potemkin soundtrack that accompanies the Odessa Steps sequence from the film (performed with the scene projected on a screen in the background); "Friendly Fire", from the Closer to Heaven musical; and "Nothing Has Been Proved", the theme song from Scandal, also arranged by Badalamenti.

"West End Girls" and "It's a Sin" were the only exceptions to the rule, and were reworked to integrate the orchestra.

### Personnel[edit]

Pet Shop Boys are:

* Neil Tennant
* Chris Lowe

Other musicians:

* Trevor Horn – music director, bass and backing vocals
* The BBC Concert Orchestra
* Pete Gleadall – programming
* Nick Ingman – conductor
* Anne Dudley – piano, keyboards
* Phil Palmer – guitar
* Steve Lipson – guitar
* Paul Robinson – drums
* Lol Creme – backing vocals
* Andy Caine – backing vocals
* Lucinda Barry – backing vocals
* Sylvia Mason-James – backing vocals
* Sally Bradshaw – opera singer

Guest singers:

* Rufus Wainwright
* Frances Barber
* Robbie Williams

## Track listing[edit]

### CD one[edit]

1. "Left to My Own Devices" (8:37)
2. "Rent" (3:56)
3. "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk" (3:31)
4. "The Sodom and Gomorrah Show" (5:33)
5. "Casanova in Hell" (sung by Rufus Wainwright) (3:40)
6. "After All" (7:56)
7. "Friendly Fire" (sung by Frances Barber) (3:57)
8. "Integral" (4:01)

### CD two[edit]

1. "Numb" (5:03)
2. "It's Alright" (5:03)
3. "Luna Park" (6:21)
4. "Nothing Has Been Proved" (4:40)
5. "Jealousy" (sung by Robbie Williams) (5:57)
6. "Dreaming of the Queen" (5:28)
7. "It's a Sin" (5:18)
8. "Indefinite Leave to Remain" (2:59)
9. "West End Girls" (4:55)

## References[edit]

* "Radio 2 Concert". Literally (Pet Shop Boys fanclub magazine). July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2006.

## External links[edit]

### The concert[edit]

* Pet Shop Boys official site All official announcements
* BBC Radio 2 - Sold on Song Concert page, with photos
* Boywatch Fan review

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Pet Shop Boys

* Chris Lowe
* Neil Tennant

Studio albums|

* Please
* Actually
* Introspective
* Behaviour
* Very
* Bilingual
* Nightlife
* Release
* Fundamental
* Yes
* Elysium
* Electric
* Super
* Hotspot
* Nonetheless

Compilation albums|

* Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
* Alternative
* Essential
* PopArt: The Hits
* Story: 25 Years of Hits
* Party
* Ultimate
* Format
* Smash: The Singles 1985–2020

Remix albums|

* Disco
* Disco 2
* Disco 3
* Disco 4

Live albums|

* Concrete
* Pandemonium
* Inner Sanctum
* Discovery: Live in Rio 1994

Extended plays|

* Christmas
* Agenda
* Lost

Singles|

* "West End Girls"
* "One More Chance"
* "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
* "Love Comes Quickly"
* "Suburbia"
* "Paninaro"
* "It's a Sin"
* "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
* "Rent"
* "Heart"
* "Always on My Mind"
* "Domino Dancing"
* "Left to My Own Devices"
* "It's Alright"
* "So Hard"
* "Being Boring"
* "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)" / "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"
* "Jealousy"
* "DJ Culture"
* "Was It Worth It?"
* "Can You Forgive Her?"
* "Go West"
* "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
* "Liberation"
* "Absolutely Fabulous"
* "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
* "Paninaro '95"
* "Before"
* "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" / "To Step Aside"
* "Single-Bilingual"
* "A Red Letter Day"
* "Somewhere"
* "I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More"
* "New York City Boy"
* "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"
* "Home and Dry"
* "I Get Along"
* "London"
* "Miracles"
* "Flamboyant"
* "I'm with Stupid"
* "Minimal"
* "Numb"
* "Integral"
* "Love Etc."
* "Did You See Me Coming?"
* "Beautiful People"
* "Love Life"
* "Together"
* "Winner"
* "Leaving"
* "Memory of the Future"
* "Axis"
* "Vocal"
* "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"
* "Thursday"
* "The Pop Kids"
* "Say It to Me"
* "Dreamland"

Featured singles|

* "Hallo Spaceboy"
* "Break 4 Love"
* "She's Madonna"

Other songs|

* "King's Cross"
* "The Loving Kind"
* "The Night I Fell in Love"
* "I'm Not Scared"
* "In Private"
* "Nothing Has Been Proved"
* "So Sorry, I Said"
* "Don't Drop Bombs"
* "Losing My Mind"

Video albums|

* Cubism

Soundtracks and scores|

* The Crying Game
* Closer to Heaven
* Battleship Potemkin
* The Most Incredible Thing

Film, stage and television|

* It Couldn't Happen Here
* Closer to Heaven
* Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop

Tours and concerts|

* Fundamental Tour
* Pandemonium Tour
* Electric Tour
* Super Tour

Related articles|

* CyberWorld
* Discography
* Songs
* x2
* Reputation
* Results
* Electronic
* Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys
* West End Girls

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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