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Relentless, available only as a bonus disc accompanying a special limited edition of Very, is thought of by many as "the Chris album" since it consists primarily of instrumentals (or near-instrumentals) in a "techno" or "trance" vein. As stated by Neil in the 2006 book Pet Shop Boys, Catalogue, "We had done several instrumental tracks which for the most part I couldn't think of any words for, and couldn't see the point of writing words for, because they sounded great." Although the Boys considered re-releasing it later in an expanded format (perhaps tacking on the somewhat stylistically similar "Euroboy" and "Some Speculation"), they decided against doing this. This disc has therefore emerged as an obscure and increasingly hard-to-find cult favorite that fetches ever-growing prices among collectors, especially outside Britain.

There's some confusion as to the "proper title" of this album. When it was released together with Very, the two-disc set was titled Very Relentless. And that's the title by which some people refer to this disc itself. But the majority of fans (myself among them) prefer to adhere to the Boys' single-word album tradition and refer to this album simply as Relentless.

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