Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their first album and coinciding with a major world tour, "Pet Shop Boys, Catalogue" is a lavish visual retrospective of the pop duo's entire career. It reproduces all their record sleeves; stills and behind-the-scenes shots from every video, film, concert and theatre show; stage sets; cutting-edge fashion and costume designs; publications; and ephemera. Incisive texts accompany almost 2,000 illustrations and provide illuminating insights into the genesis and creation of each project. A feast of art, music and design, this book will be an essential purchase for Pet Shop Boys' devoted legion of fans and anyone interested in contemporary popular culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Being Pet Shop Boys; Catalogue; Pet Shop Boys in Conversation with Chris Heath.

About the Author

Chris Heath is the author of Pet Shop Boys, Literally, Pet Shop Boys, Annually and Pet Shop Boys Versus America and, most recently, the instant bestseller Feel: Robbie Williams. Historian Philip Hoare has written critically acclaimed biographies of both Noel Coward and Stephen Tennant. He is also the author of Icons of Pop (1999) and Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital (2001).