Bilingual

Label: Parlophone
Photographer: Chris Heath, José Cea & Andy Earl
Sleeve design: Mark Farrow Design & Pet Shop Boys
Cat#: 7243-8-53102-4
Release: 2 Sep 1996 (US: 3 Sep 1996)

Bilingual - Second Edition

Label: Parlophone
Photographer: Eric Watson
Sleeve design: Mark Farrow Design & Pet Shop Boys
Cat#: 7243-8-59258-2
Release: 7 Jul 1997

 Chart: UK/SE #4, DE #7, CH #11, FI #14, NO #25, NL/US #39.

  CD-R: 1996 UK (Abbey Road Studios; 7243853102) [6 Aug; studio acetate]
  CD-R: 1996 UK (Abbey Road Studios; 7243-85310-2 4)[15 Aug 1996; by Dee Batten]
    CS: 1996 UK (Parlophone; PSB TC1) [promo; diff. ps to normal release]
    CS: 1996 UK (Parlophone; PSB AL2) [promo?]
    LP: 1996 UK (Parlophone; PCSD 170 / 7243-8-53102-1 8)
    CS: 1996 UK (Parlophone; TCPCSD 170 / 7243-8-53102-4 9)
    CD: 1996 UK (Parlophone; CDPCSD 170 / 7243-8-53102-2 5) [some w/promo stkr]
    CD: 1996 US (Metropolis Mastering; n/a) [promo; "Discotecca"]
    CD: 1996 US (Atlantic; 82915-2P) [promo; "Discotecca"]
    CS: 1996 US (Atlantic; 82915-4)
    CD: 1996 US (Atlantic; 82915-2) [promo; clear case; regular issue w/promo stamp]
    CD: 1996 US (Atlantic; 82915-2)
    CD: 199? US (Atlantic; 82915-2) [BMG Direct edition, #D120139]
    CD: 200? US (Sire Records; 6434-4-31088-2 9) [Sire reissue]
    CD: 1996 FR (EMI; SPCD 1988) [french promo; no sleeve; standard 12 tracks]
    CD: 1996 FR (Parlophone; 7243-8-53102-2 5)
    CS: 1996 NL (Parlophone; 7243-8-53102-4 9)
    CD: 1996 NL (Parlophone; 7243-8-53102-2 5) [etched jewelbox]
    CD: 1996 NL (Parlophone; 7243-4-89702-2 0) [reissue?; misspressing?; 2 Sep 96]
    CD: 2009 NL (EMI; 5-0999-2-68294-2 5/PSBCD6) [reissue; 9 Feb 2009]
    CD: 1996 CA (Parlophone/EMI Canada; 7243-8-53102-2 5)
    CD: 1996 IT (EMI; 853102-2) [30 Aug 96]
    CD: 1996 AU (Parlophone; CDPCSD170/7243-8-53102-2 5) [light green inlay]
    CD: 1996 JP (EMI/Toshiba; TOCP-8977) [28 Aug 96; transparent obi + promo]
    CS: 1996 MY (EMI; 7243-8-53102-4) [Malaysia]
    CS: 1996 TW (EMI; TC-176/7243-8-53102-4 9) [red tape]
    CD: 1996 TW (EMI; 7243-8-53102-2 5) [Taiwan; frosted p/s with lyrics and rice paper obi]
    CS: 1996 PL (EMI; 7243-8-53102-4 9)
    CS: 19?? RU (EMI/Gala Records 7243-8-53102-4 9) [Made in Russia]
    CS: 1996 RU (SBA Records/Parlophone; 7243-8-53102-4 9)
      4:37  Discoteca
      3:48  Single
      4:03  Metamorphosis
      4:58  Electricity
      4:00  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
      6:05  It Always Comes As A Surprise
      5:10  A Red Letter Day
      4:16  Up Against It
      4:30  The Survivors
      4:32  Before
      3:48  To Step Aside
      3:59  Saturday Night Forever

CD+VHS: 1996 AU (Parlophone; CDPCSD170) [light green inlay; bonus VHS tape]
    [CD:]
      4:37  Discoteca
      3:49  Single
      4:04  Metamorphosis
      4:58  Electricity
      4:01  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
      6:08  It Always Comes As A Surprise
      5:09  A Red Letter Day
      4:17  Up Against It
      4:30  The Survivors
      4:33  Before
      3:48  To Step Aside
      4:00  Saturday Night Forever
    [VHS tape (no catalog number):]
            Before
            Se A Vida E
            Being Boring

    CS: 1996 US (Atlantic; ??) [pre-release promo; shipped late May 1996]
      4:37  Discoteca
      3:48  Bilingual [original title of "Single"]
      4:04  Metamorphosis
      4:58  Electricity
      4:01  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
      5:09  Red Letter Day
      4:17  Up Against It
      4:31  The Survivors
      4:32  Before
      3:48  To Step Aside
      3:59  Saturday Night Forever

    CS: 1996 UK (??; ??) [pre-release promo; "That's The Way Life Is"]
  CD-R: 1996 UK (Metropolis Mastering; 2nd Reference) [test pressing; 10 May 1996; project 
  "That's The Way Life Is"]
      4:36  Discoteca
      3:49  Bilingual [original title of "Single"]
      4:30  The Survivors
      4:01  Se A Vide E (That's The Way Life Is)
      6:06  It Always Comes As A Surprise
      4:16  Up Against It
      4:32  Before
      4:03  Metamorphosis [with Sylvia Mason-James]
      3:48  To Step Aside
      4:57  Electricity
      3:50  Saturday Night Forever
      5:17  Red Letter Day
    [This was the original planned tracklist until Chris Lowe came up with the one that 
     was eventually released. Some mixes on this tape are slightly different from the 
     release album as well.]

  CD-R: 1996 UK (Metropolis Mastering; CDPCSD 170) [test pressing; 26 July 1996; project 
  "Billingual"]
      4:37  Discoteca
      3:48  Single
      4:04  Metamorphosis
      4:58  Electricity 
      4:01  Se A Vida E
      6:08  It Always Comes As A Surprise
      5:09  Red Letter Day
      4:17  Up Against It
      4:31  The Survivors
      4:32  Before
      3:48  To Step Aside
      3:59  Saturday Night Forever
    [tracklistings are different to final album release, cause they changed their minds]
      
   CD5: 1996 UK (Parlophone; BI-LING-1) [promo sampler; "A Taste Of Bilingual"; some whitout insert]
      4:43  Discoteca
      4:58  Electricity
      5:10  A Red Letter Day
      6:05  It Always Comes As A Surprise
      4:00  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
    [Frosted "BILINGUAL" jewelcase, folded insert; PSB CDDJ 1 catalog number appears deep 
     in the fine print; insert same as 2-trk CD but whitout inside pictures]

   CD5: 1996 UK (Parlophone; PSB CDDJ 1)[promo x100?]
      4:05  Before
      4:01  Se A Vida é
    [Frosted "BILINGUAL" jewelcase smaller sized to normal release, 4-page yellow folded insert.
     some of them appear as mispressed 16-track sampler CD w/tracks of Robert Palmer, Olivia Newton 
     John, Elton John, Michael Jackson]

   Box: 1996 UK (Parlophone; n/a) [promo; some with full CD album]
    [12"x8" Frosted white plastic promo box incl. 2xA4 pages biography, 
     3xA4 pages chronology, two 5"x7" (Neil and Chris),
     one 8"x10" (variable) promo photo and 5-trk promo CD (BI-LING-1)]

   Box: 1996 UK (Parlophone; n/a) [promo]
    [Frosted white vinyl promo box incl. yellow insert, 
     8"x10" (variable) promo + photo and full CD album]

   Box: 1996 UK (Parlophone; n/a) [promo x100?]
    [blue/yellow paper/vinyl promo box incl. 2-trk promo (CDPSB CDDJ 1), 
     promo CSS (Parlophone; PSB TC1) + 4 pages color radio stations strategy release]

   Box: 1996 HU (EMI-QUINT; n/a) [promo x3]
    [blue/yellow paper/vinyl promo box incl. 5-trk promo CD (BI-LING-1), 
     and full album cassette (TCPCSD170)]
   
   CD5: 1996 UK (Parlophone; CDIN 103) [promo; no sleeve; some w/transcript]
     43:22  Interview

  [Promotional Items: Bilingual]
     Yellow paper folder with standard album artwork, release info in inner, catalogue on back (EU)
     12"x12" display flat; yellow+white as per album sleeve (UK)
     24"x7" plastic acetate name board (UK)
     48 page book of sheet music for vocal, piano and guitar (UK)
     30"x20" poster; glossy yellow & white, 6 different pictures (UK)
     32"x24" poster; glossy, CD case on blue background (UK)
     24"x7" acetate strip; clear "Bilingual" (UK)
     Mobile; 6 pictures (UK)
     Translator; promo box with translator (UK)

 Chart: UK #32.

  2xCD: 1997 UK (Parlophone; CDPCSDX 170) [slimline double jewelbox in sleeve]
  2xCD: 1997 NL (Parlophone; 7243-8-59258-2 5) [7 Jul 97]
      4:37  Discoteca
      3:48  Single
      4:03  Metamorphosis
      4:58  Electricity
      4:00  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
      6:05  It Always Comes As A Surprise
      5:10  A Red Letter Day
      4:16  Up Against It
      4:30  The Survivors
      4:32  Before
      3:48  To Step Aside
      3:59  Saturday Night Forever
    [Bonus CD:]
     10:53  Somewhere (extended mix)
      9:59  A Red Letter Day (trouser enthusiasts autoerotic decapitation mix)
      7:30  To Step Aside (brutal bill mix)
      7:56  Before (classic paradise mix)
      6:06  The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On (international club mix)
      5:37  Se A Vida E (pink noise mix)
      9:30  Discoteca (trouser enthusiasts adventure beyond the stellar empire mix)

  2xCD: 1997 JP (Parlophone/EMI/Toshiba; TOCP 50307/08) [sleeved slimline box + OBI; lyrics; 3 Sep]
    [CD #1 (TOCP-50307):]
      4:37  Discoteca
      3:49  Single
      4:04  Metamorphosis
      4:58  Electricity
      4:01  Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
      6:08  It Always Comes As A Surprise
      5:09  A Red Letter Day
      4:17  Up Against It
      4:30  The Survivors
      4:33  Before
      3:48  To Step Aside
      4:00  Saturday Night Forever
    [CD #2 (TOCP-50308):]
     10:53  Somewhere (extended mix)
     10:04  A Red Letter Day (trouser enthusiasts' autoerotic decapitation mix)
      7:30  To Step Aside (brutal bill mix)
      7:56  Before (classic paradise mix)
      6:06  The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On (international club mix)
      5:37  Se A Vida E (pink noise mix)
      9:30  Discoteca (trouser enthusiasts' adventures beyond the stellar empire mix)
      7:02  Discoteca (psb extended mix)
      7:47  Paninaro 95 (tin tin out mix)

    CS: 1997 UK (Parlophone; n/a) [promo; custom printed inlay; "The Tape"]
     10:53  Somewhere (extended mix)
     10:04  A Red Letter Day (trouser enthusiasts' autoerotic decapitation mix)
      7:30  To Step Aside (brutal bill mix)