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.
- Discoteca
- Single-Bilingual
- Metamorphosis
- Electricity
- Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)
- It Always Comes as a Surprise
- A Red Letter Day
- Up Against It
- The Survivors
- Before
- To Step Aside
- Saturday Night Forever