Pet Shop Boys – I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing

Ok Here is the thing.....
West End Girls (Sasha Remix) and West End Girls (Sasha Dub).
They fade into each other on the.
Very strange.

Was it me or the last track was way too soft compared to the rest? I have to crank up the volume quite a bit for West End Girls Sasha Mix.

Terrence remix is 1000% better than the original_________________

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DJ Pierre remixes: 27 minutes of the same pattern over 4 mixes and only 1'10" of vocals from the original song structure at the beginning of the club mix. Too damn long !
Wild Pitch mixes can be skipped. Just listen to A2 or B1. That's all you need.

I was very found of the album version of "I Woudn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing" (because it's quite short and to the point) until the Beatmasters single remix came along. I love this new take on the song (more sixties in style). It's just a little bit too long for my taste (4'45).

For me, any pop song shouldn't last more than 4 minutes (yes even "It's A Sin" could have been shorter) but it was like an habit I guess for the Pet Shop Boys hits at the time to have a fake ending (Heart, Go West, etc).

The "Sasha Dub" of "West End Girls" here is not a usual dub mix (most of the time an instrumental remix or focused on beats and various effects). It could be named "Sasha Alternate Straight Mix" because it's a full vocal version, respectful of the original structure of the song from first verse to last chorus, unlike the "Sasha Remix" which is a very good mix with a more common remix structure including remixed arrangements between the song parts.
But the "Sasha Dub" is even better according to me with its long intro that grows on you and its outtro going back to where the track started (street sounds). One of the best "West End Girl" remixes available to date (early 2011). Makes this 12inch worth owning just for this track. Not for the "Grandballroom Dub" of "I Wouldn't Normally Do..." which is the exact same version as the 'Grandballroom Mix" available on UK CD#1 (I don't know why they gave a different name to the same remix...)

I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (Beatmasters Radio Edit)this is the Promo Edit Mix.
ONLY ON THIS CD

I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING is fun synth-pop, as only the Pet Shop Boys can do it. DJ Pierre takes his "wild pitch" aesthetic to the original and delivers an angular bassline, overlaid with cut-up vocals. The Beatmasters give a more traditional mix, typical of the style at that time. "West End Girls" is given a low-key, low-tempo house mix by Sasha, back before his name was synonymous with the trance scene and still synonymous with the developing prog house scene. The b-side "Violence" is a little unfocused for my taste, but "Too Many People" more than takes up the slack.