Pet Shop BoysBefore

Label:

Atlantic – 87049-2

Format:

CD , Single, Enhanced

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

1 Before (Single Edit)
Drum ProgrammingLouie 'Balo' Guzman*
Engineer [Assistant]Rob Rives
Engineer [Recording & Mix]Dana Vicek*
KeyboardsPeter Daou
ProducerPet Shop Boys
Programmed ByPhil Pagano
Vocals [Additional]Karen Bernard*
4:05
2 The Truck Driver And His Mate
Engineer, Mixed ByBob Kraushaar
ProducerPet Shop Boys
Programmed ByPete Gleadall
Vocals [Additional]Sylvia Mason-James
3:33
3 Hit And Miss
EngineerPete Gleadall
Mixed ByBob Kraushaar
ProducerPet Shop Boys
Programmed ByPete Gleadall
4:05
Video Before

Companies, etc.

  • Published ByCage Music Ltd.
  • Published ByEMI 10 Music Ltd.
  • Recorded AtBass Hit Studios
  • Recorded AtAxis Studios
  • Mixed AtAxis Studios
  • Recorded AtSarm Hook End
  • Recorded AtBJG Studios
  • Recorded AtStrongroom
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.
  • Made ByWEA Manufacturing Inc.
  • Glass Mastered AtSpecialty Records Corporation

Credits

  • Written-ByTennant/Lowe*

Notes

Enhanced section includes the "Before" video clip. Enhanced section only accessible on computers which were current at the time of release. On newer Windows and Mac computers the enhanced section can't be played or isn't visible at all.

Sticker has cat no. 2-87049 but this is not printed on the packaging itself.

"Before" Recorded at Bass Hit & Axis Studios, Mixed at Axis Studios.
"The Truck Driver And His Mate" Recorded at Sarm Hook End & BJG Studios.
"Hit And Miss" Recorded at The Strongroom & BJG Studios.

"Before" listed as (Album Version) but it is actually a single edit (Album version is 4:33).

There is another pressing of this single without the cream colour in the artwork (See Pet Shop Boys - Before).

℗© 1996 Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.

Made in U.S.A. by WEA Manufacturing Inc.

Packaging:
Card sleeve with a sliding tray, color print exterior.
Disc tray: gray.
CD: black print.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A): 075678704925
  • Barcode (Text): 0 7567-87049-2 5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Etched: M1S1): [SRC logo] 3 87049 RE-1 OLYR##01 M1S1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Etched: M1S2): [SRC logo] 3 87049 RE-1 OLYR##01 M1S2
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2U2R
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2U2R
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 2U2S
  • Barcode (Matrix area, Code 39): R02645

Other Versions (5 of 38)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Before (2×12", Maxi-Single) Atlantic 0-85489 US 1996
Recently Edited
Before (CD, Maxi-Single) Atlantic 85489-2 US 1996
Recently Edited
Before (CD, Single, CD2) Parlophone CDR 6431, 7243 882810 2 7, 7243 8 82810 27, 8 82810 2 UK 1996
Before (12", Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM) Parlophone 12RDJ 6431 UK 1996
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Before (3×12", Single, 33 ⅓ RPM, Box Set, ) Parlophone 12RX 6431, 7243 8 82899 6 2, 7243 882899 6 2 UK 1996

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