Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Pop, Electronic, Synth-pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 47:57 | 299,42 Mb
Label: Parlophone (UK) | Cat.# CDP 7 46972 2 | Released: 1987-09-07
Pop, Electronic, Synth-pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 47:57 | 299,42 Mb
Label: Parlophone (UK) | Cat.# CDP 7 46972 2 | Released: 1987-09-07
"Actually" (stylised as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 7 September 1987 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI Manhattan in the United States and Canada. According to Neil Tennant and music historian Wayne Studer, "Actually" loosely critiques Thatcherism, the political zeitgeist of the 1980s, and was recorded in anticipation of Margaret Thatcher's re-election. "Actually" spawned four UK Top 10 singles: the #1 single "It's a Sin", "Rent", "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" - a duet with fellow Parlophone artist Dusty Springfield which peaked at #2 in both the UK and US and led to a resurgence of interest in Springfield's earlier work - and another UK #1 in April 1988 with a remixed version of the song "Heart".
~Wikipedia
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
With their second album, Actually, the Pet Shop Boys perfected their melodic, detached dance-pop. Where most of Please was dominated by the beats, the rhythms on Actually are part of a series of intricate arrangements that create a glamorous but disposable backdrop for Neil Tennant's tales of isolation, boredom, money, and loneliness. Not only are the arrangements more accomplished, but the songs themselves are more striking, incorporating a strong sense of melody, as evidenced by "What Have I Done to Deserve This?," a duet with Dusty Springfield. Tennant's lyrics are clever and direct, chronicling the lives and times of urban, lonely, and bored yuppies of the late '80s. And the fact that dance-pop is considered a disposable medium by most mainstream critics and listeners only increases the reserved emotional undercurrent of Actually, as well as its irony.
~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Release of this album: 1987, September, 7 [LP Parlophone, Cat.# PCSD 104, UK]
Release of this CD: 1987 [CD Parlophone (UK), Cat.# CDP 7 46972 2 / UPC: 077774697224]
℗ 1987 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd. © 1987 EMI Records Ltd.
Made in W-Germany
Notes: "actually" is a digital recording, digitally mixed and mastered. Recorded in London at Sarm West and Advision Studios. Management by Tom Watkins with Rob Holden at Massive. Thanks to Spike, Bobby "O" and Mike Nielson.
Credits:
Engineer – David Jacob (tracks: 2, 6, 10), Julian Mendelsohn (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7)
Photography By [Cover Photography] – Cindy Palmano
Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Eric Watson
Producer – Julian Mendelsohn (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7), Pet Shop Boys (tracks: 6, 8, 9)
Sleeve, Design – Mark Farrow, Pet Shop Boys
Synthesizer [Fairlight], Keyboards – Adrien Cook, Andy Richards, Blue Weaver, Gary Maughan, J.J. Jeczalik
Written-By – Tennant-Lowe (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Tracklist:
01. One More Chance (05:31)
02. What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) (04:19)
03. Shopping (03:38)
04. Rent (05:09)
05. Hit Music (04:44)
06. It Couldn't Happen Here (05:21)
07. It's A Sin (04:59)
08. I Want To Wake Up (05:09)
09. Heart (03:59)
10. King's Cross (05:10)
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Pet Shop Boys / Actually
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Thanks to the original releaser