Thirty-five years of ironic detachment, synthpop perfection, and hats you wouldn't dare wear.
Covering a 35-year period between 1985 and 2020, ‘SMASH – The Singles’ works chronologically through the duo’s classic output, opening with their debut hit West End Girls and journeying through 2020’s Monkey Business. Select physical editions of ‘SMASH’ collect the duo’s videos on Blu-Ray for the first time, with a second disc containing bonus clips and lyric videos (including songs not featured on the audio tracklist), with a bumper 66 visuals presented in total. The remastered videos especially are a treat to behold, particularly from an act like Pet Shop Boys, for whom the image has always gone hand-in-hand with the music and serves to enhance the overall experience.
Direction
From lo-fi irony to high-concept spectacle—sometimes both at once.
Costume
The hats. The coats. The sheer nerve of it all.
Cinematography
Remastered 80s videos finally crisp enough to read Neil's disdain.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Pet Shop Boys deliberately subverted MTV conventions, often refusing to appear in their own videos or performing with deadpan irony when they did.
Their visual aesthetic—collaborating with directors like Derek Jarman and Wolfgang Tillmans—essentially documented 35 years of British queer visual culture in real time.
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