Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)

Name: Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
Rating: 4.39 (18 reviews)

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A1	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) Engineer [Remix] – Andy Wallace Other [Special Thanks To] – Arthur Baker Producer [Additional] – Stephen Hague Producer [Original Production] – Nicholas Froome Recorded By [New York Overdubs] – Ron Dean Miller Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone Engineer [Remix] – Andy Wallace Other [Special Thanks To] – Arthur Baker Producer [Additional] – Stephen Hague Producer [Original Production] – Nicholas Froome Recorded By [New York Overdubs] – Ron Dean Miller Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone	7:18
A2	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Reprise) Engineer [Remix] – Andy Wallace Other [Special Thanks To] – Arthur Baker Producer [Additional] – Stephen Hague Producer [Original Production] – Nicholas Froome Recorded By [New York Overdubs] – Ron Dean Miller Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone Engineer [Remix] – Andy Wallace Other [Special Thanks To] – Arthur Baker Producer [Additional] – Stephen Hague Producer [Original Production] – Nicholas Froome Recorded By [New York Overdubs] – Ron Dean Miller Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone	4:27
B1	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Original Dance Mix) Producer – Nicholas Froome	6:45
B2	Was That What It Was? Engineer [Mix] – Rob Paustian Mixed By – Shep Pettibone Other [Thanks To] – Jane Brinton Producer – Pet Shop Boys	5:18

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single)	EMI America	V-19215, V19215, V 19215	US	1986
Recently Edited	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo)	Parlophone	1C 006-20 1260 7, 1C 006 20 1260 7	Europe	1986
Recently Edited	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (7", Single, 45 RPM)	Parlophone	R 6129, R6129	UK	1986
Recently Edited	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (12", 45 RPM, Single)	Parlophone	12R6129	UK	1986
Recently Edited	Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Stereo)	Parlophone	1C K 060 20 1269 6, 060 20 1269 6	Europe	1986

genet May 11, 2004
This Pet Shop Boys single, in particular, shows that Chris Lowe & Neal Tennant understood that the best dance music (of any variety) combines immense energy and a lethal groove in counterpoint to a strain of minor-key melancholy. Keeping the two balanced is what made unforgettable NY disco, Italo disco, house, and, of course, New Order. The pathos of "Opportunities..." was completely lost on the US of the mid-1980s, when the Reagan era mandated materialism and individualism of the "my material needs outweigh you and your life". The fact that this beautiful song is about two desperate people living with the ghost of strangled opportunities was never fully absorbed. One of the greatest pop and dance music records ever made.