Pet Shop Boys – Disco 2

This compilation isn't bad, but it could've been a lot better. The track selection is pretty good (though I personally don't care for track 12). What brings it down is the mixing being subpar, and that a lot of the tracks are cut down/shortened when they could have easily used the full extended mixes. If it weren't for those glaring issues, I'd probably rate this release higher.

I own this album, although I have completely forgotten it - obviously for good reason. It's a continuous mix album, of remix versions, but the mix/transitions between tracks isn't done with any real skill or flair.
There's good songs on the album, however, not in the versions chosen - stick to the album versions or other extended/remix versions. None of the versions chosen are the definitive ones, and they're not even good - they're too remixed, and have removed most of the melodies and hooks of the original songs.
Also, suggesting this album has anything to do with the original 'Disco' (1986) is basically fraud. 'Disco' was a proper album of definitive extended versions, whereas 'Disco 2' is just a messy cash-grab, using the inferior remixes.
3/5 - Still better than the post-Very albums, but not exactly good. Listen to a proper continuous dance album instead, such as Tiesto's 'Parade Of The Athletes'.

Could someone, anyone out of the 251 who claim to own this, kindly provide some photographic / Hype sticker evidence that this particular 'DISCO 2' version is actually a Translucent Vinyl? And does it have the same Cat. No. E1-28105, as it's standard black vinyl version... and how to tell the difference from the outside cover [IF it's still factory sealed]... that's what I really want to know!! RSVP. Cheers!

One of the few PSB vinyl albums I don’t own but it’s the worst of the DISCO albums. All mixed together doesn’t help either.

My copy definitely isn't translucent, and it's definitely not the UK pressing... Is there a solid black US pressing that I'm overlooking on Discogs?

Disco 2 was my introduction to PSB. It was the first PSB album I bought. I used to LOVE this album. I had heard all PSB's songs as they were released all throughout the 80s and 90s but didn't think enough of any of them to buy PSB albums or single - but Disco 2 was the sound I was hearing in my favourite underground clubs in the early to mid-90s so I played the Disco 2 tape a LOT. Well nearly 30 years later I've given it another listen all the way through and although I still like the song remixes, and although it brings that early/mid 90s prog house vibe, the transitions between most of the tracks is bloody terrible. In 1994 I didn't notice, but now I find it very jarring. Danny Rampling has slammed nearly all the songs into each other which kills the vibe. It's like one of those 90s club mix compilation CDs where 40 tracks are slammed into each other to fit as many as possible on the CD. I think it's a mistake. I'd prefer this album UNMIXED, or at least mixed PROPERLY. It never will be though, and that's unfortunate because the 90s club music will never happen again, it was a very special time when everything was new. The remixes on Disco 2 capture the sound of club prog house in the mid 90s, but between most songs here the mixing just isn't that great.

I only have this for completion. Some mixes are "okay". When I saw this coming out back in 1994, I thought it would have had IWNDTKOT (7" Inch Version, by the Beatmasters), so that's why I went for it, just to find out that there were some similar cuts to that 7" inch version but actually no sign of that single. The album version was too silly and ridiculous for my taste. After this point I left PSB for a while and ignored it for many years until Fundamental was released.

I've never been a fan of pet shop boys, but there is something bootleggish about Disco 2 that appeals to me. perhaps neil & chris got their hands on classic mixes like Ratpack - Happy Hardcore and want their own little rave tape to groove about with.

the choice of Danny Rampling i find a little surprising but the fact this was released officially is even moreso when you take in that this was a few years before ministry of sound became a household name. Mixed CD's were unusual commodoties until mid 1997.

Exactly how bad is this album happens to be the way you approach it. if you a fan expecting full 12" cuts of pop shop boys, then you won't like it. but if you are a fan of those mixes i listed than i think Disco 2 will have much to appeal. even if you don't like PSB.

I'm glad to see I'm not the 'only' person who thought WTF is THIS after getting it home ?
U take a selection of their re-mixes and blend them altogether into one seamless mix = badly.
Disco [1 !] was un-mixed, so Why was this ?
Was EMI making too much profit off their Singles....a n d to put them out on 'an album' would have killed off their 12'' Singles sales ?
IF there's e v e r an UN-Mixed release of this, I might be interested !

The Pet Shop Boys are known for their deft mix of classic pop and electronic dance music. This remix album explores the dance side of some of their early 90's music, with tracks from the album Very and, notably, Absolutely Fabulous, which was only released as a single. Don't expect the songs to sound the same as the album versions !! they don't. If you aren't a dance music fan, chances are good that you won't enjoy this album very much.. otherwise, the album is well-produced, fun to listen to, and has aged reasonably well 👌🏼👌🏼