Album of the Day

“As we start work on a new album, and later this year continue our 'Dreamworld' Greatest Hits Tour,” said Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of SMASH, “it seems like a good time to take stock and bring together every single we've released.” The 3-CD set is aptly named, with most of its 55 sides having reached the Top 30 in the duo's native U.K., among them such iconic tracks as “West End Girls,” “Always on My Mind,” “So Hard” and “Go West.” Expanding on the pair's DISCOGRAPHY thirty years on, the new collection shows PSB to be among the most gifted pop songwriting teams on the planet. Lowe was born on this day in 1959, and we'll wish him a happy birthday with SMASH: THE SINGLES 1985-2020.