Actually (CD)

Formed in the mid-1980s, the British electropop dance duo Pet Shop Boys neatly summed up the age of WALL STREET player Gordon Gecko's greed-is-good dictum and Ronald Reagan's trickle-down economics policy in one of their early singles, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)." However, unlike most of their companions in the 1980s charts, they proved to have remarkable staying power, scoring hits throughout the decade and well into the '90s, and undertaking intriguing and successful collaborations with iconic pop artists like Dusty Springfield and Liza Minnelli. Their later projects included scoring a West End musical and a 2004 live soundtrack to the classic 1920s Russian film, BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  Synth Pop
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: September 15, 1987
• Label: EMI Records (USA)
• UPC: 077774697224
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106715507
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Pet Shop Boys: Neil Tennant (vocals); Chris Lowe (programming, keyboards).

Additional personnel: Andy Richards, Blue Weaver, Gary Moughan, Adrien Cook, J.J. Jeczalik (programming, keyboards).

Producers: Julian Mendelsohn, Stephen Hague, David Jacob, Shep Pettibone, Andy Richards.

Engineers: Julian Mendelsohn, David Jacob, Dave Meegan.

Recorded at Sarm West Studios and Advision Studios, London.

Reappraisal is always revealing, whether for good or bad. In the case of this album, the great revelation is the magnificent orchestration, even though it is created by synthesizers and keyboards. 'One More Chance' is blissfully symphonic and the favourite hits are still irritatingly effective. The production is shared between Julian Mendelsohn, David Jacob, Shep Pettibone and Stephen Hague and is mixed to digital perfection. Ultimately this album succeeds in delivering 'pop' exactly as it should be, but played too often it will begin to grate on your friends, as you will end up humming it all day and drive them to despair.

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