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Alternative
Compilation album by Pet Shop Boys
Released	August 7, 1995
Recorded	1986-1994
Genre	Techno pop
Length	134:12
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Disco 2 (1994) Alternative (1995) Bilingual (1996)

Alternative is the ninth album by UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1995.

Alternative is a 2-disc set, consisting of 30 B-sides in chronological order. The title Alternative was a last minute change from the title that had been long saved for such an album, Besides. That title would have perhaps been more fitting with the names of Pet Shop Boys' earlier albums, a few others of which are named with a single adverb (Please, Actually, and Very).

Alternative only really gained popularity among devoted fans of Pet Shop Boys with the exception of the UK where it entered the charts at #2. A remake of the original 7-inch Paninaro entitled Paninaro '95 was released as a single (which was featured in the later PopArt set) in order to promote the 2-disc compilation.

The cover of Alternative features photographs of Neil and Chris in fencing masks. The first copies of the CD have a lenticular image on the cover which shifts between the two photographs.

1. "In the night" – 4:50
2. "A man could get arrested" (12" mix) – 4:19
3. "That's my impression" (Disco mix) – 5:18
4. "Was that what it was?" – 5:15
5. "Paninaro" – 4:40
6. "Jack the lad" – 4:32
7. "You know where you went wrong" – 5:52
8. "A new life" – 4:56
9. "I want a dog" – 4:59
10. "Do I have to?" – 5:14
11. "I get excited (You get excited too)" – 4:55
12. "Don Juan" – 3:55
13. "The sound of the atom splitting" (extended version) – 5:13
14. "One of the crowd" – 3:56
15. "Your funny uncle" – 2:15

1. "It must be obvious" – 4:24
2. "We all feel better in the dark" – 4:00
3. "Bet she's not your girlfriend" – 4:29
4. "Losing my mind" – 4:34
5. "Music for boys" – 3:36
6. "Miserablism" – 4:11
7. "Hey, headmaster" – 3:07
8. "What keeps mankind alive?" – 3:24
9. "Shameless" – 5:03
10. "Too many people" – 4:17
11. "Violence" (Hacienda version) – 4:59
12. "Decadence" – 3:56
13. "If love were all" – 2:59
14. "Euroboy" – 4:28
15. "Some speculation" – 6:34^[1]