On September 2, 1996, “Parlaphone” label released “Bilingual”, the tenth Pet Shop Boys album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, at “Bunk Junk & Genius”, “Sarm West”, “Sarm Hook End” in London; “Axis”, “Bass Hit” in New York City; “The State House of Broadcasting and Sound Recording” in Moscow, and was produced by Pet Shop Boys, Chris Porter, Danny Tenaglia and K-Klass.

Personnel:

• Neil Tennant – vocals
• Chris Lowe – keyboards
• Hugh Burns – guitar
• J. Belle– guitar
• Johnny Marr– guitar, additional vocals
• Greg Bone – guitar
• Aidan McGoran – additional guitar
• Sylvia Mason-James– vocals
• Ritchie Birkett – keyboards
• Pete Dao – keyboards
• Pete Dao – keyboards
• Eddie Montilla – additional keyboards
• SheBoom – drums, percussion
• Robin Jones – percussion
• Davide Giovanni, Joseph De Jesus, Weston Foster, Lino Rocha – additional vocals
• Trevor Henry/The Ignorants – scratching, additional keyboards
• Kevin Robinson, Bud Beadle, Fayyaz Virji – brass
• Andy Hamilton– saxophone
• Mike Innes, Noel Langley, Richard Sidell, Andy Hamilton– brass
• Chris Cameron – additional keyboards, string arrangement, conductor
• Andy Duncan – drums, percussion
• Sheboom – drums, percussion
• Robin Jones – additional percussion
• Oli Savill and Lilliana Chacian – percussion
• Danny Tenaglia and Louie ‘Balo’ Guzman – drum programming
• Alyosha Zolotukhin – choir arrangement
• Graeme Perkins – choir co-ordinator
• Victor Popov – choir director
• The Choral Academy of Moscow – choir
• Barbara Tucker, Karen Bernodand Carole Sylvan – additional vocals
• Katie Kissoon– additional vocals
• Danny Tenaglia, Louie ‘Balo’ Guzman – drum programming
• Phil Pagano – programming
• Simon Cotsworth – programming
• Pete Gleadall – programming
• Pete Gleadall – programming
• Sylvia Mason-James – additional vocals
• Katie, Kisson, Davide Giovanni, Joseph De Jesus, Weston Foster, Lino Rocha – additional vocals
• Vanessa Ichak – Banji girl vocals
• Alyosha Zolotukhin – choir arrangement
• Graeme Perkins – choir co-ordinator
• Victor Popov – choir director
• The Choral Academy of Moscow – choir
• Throusers Enthusiasts – additional production
• Richard Niles – orchestra arrangement, conductor
• Steva Rodway/Motiv8 – additional production
• Mark Farrow Design – design
• Chris Heath, José Cea, Andy Earl – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

1. Discoteca
2. Single-Bilingual
3. Metamorphosis
4. Electricity
5. Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)
6. It Always Comes as a Surprise
7. A Red Letter Day
8. Up Against It
9. The Survivors
10. Before
11. To Step Aside
12. Saturday Night Forever