Ultimate is a greatest hits compilation album by UK electronic music band Pet Shop Boys. It is their third greatest hits album, released on 1 November 2010 by their long-time label Parlophone. The album contains 18 previously-released singles, in chronological order, and one new song ("Together"). Ultimate was released to celebrate 25 years since the band's first single release "West End Girls" in standard single-CD and expanded CD/DVD configurations. It charted at #27 on the UK Albums Chart on 7 November 2010 and at #50 on the European Top 100 Albums on 20 November 2010. The single "Together", containing two cover tracks and an extended version of the song was released on October 24, 2010 digitally and on 29 November physically. Ultimate is a greatest hits compilation album by UK electronic music band Pet Shop Boys. It is their third greatest hits album, released on 1 November 2010 by their long-time label Parlophone. The album contains 18 previously-released singles, in chronological order, and one new song ("Together"). Ultimate was released to celebrate 25 years since the band's first single release "West End Girls" in standard single-CD and expanded CD/DVD configurations. It charted at #27 on the UK Albums Chart on 7 November 2010 and at #50 on the European Top 100 Albums on 20 November 2010. The single "Together", containing two cover tracks and an extended version of the song was released on October 24, 2010 digitally and on 29 November physically. false 2022-12-12 23:07:58 Ultimate 10 2010 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 79 Alternative Dance Dance-Pop Electronic House Pop Synth-Pop Dance-Rock 111382 2118827 8e6ed422-70e8-45cb-b6f0-e5dac8cf3057 be540c02-7898-4b79-9acc-c8122c7d9e83 cd12333a-b382-4c06-8fc2-1c57a27bdb3f /media/data/media5/Music/Pet Shop Boys/Ultimate (2010)/folder.jpg Pet Shop Boys AlbumArtist Pet Shop Boys Artist Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys 1 West End Girls 04:05 2 Suburbia 04:01 3 It’s a Sin 05:00 4 What Have I Done to Deserve This? 04:20 5 Always on My Mind 03:57 6 Heart 04:17 7 Domino Dancing 04:18 8 Left to My Own Devices 04:45 9 Being Boring 04:51 10 Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t take My Eyes Off You) 04:32 11 Go West 05:02 12 Before 04:05 13 Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is) 04:01 14 New York City Boy 03:20 15 Home and Dry 03:58 16 Miracles 03:55 17 I’m With Stupid 03:27 18 Love etc. 03:31 19 Together 03:30 Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1984 they have achieved 42 top 30 singles, 22 of these being top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a synth-pop version of "Always on My Mind", and "Heart". Other hit songs include a cover of "Go West", and their own "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield. With five US top ten singles in the 1980s, they are associated with the Second British Invasion. At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2016, Billboard newspaper named Pet Shop Boys the number one dance duo/group over the 40 years since the chart's inception in 1976. In 2017, the duo received NME's Godlike Genius Award.