Introspective

Introspective
Studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Publication (s)	October 10, 1988
admission	1987-1988
Label (s)	Parlophone , EMI Manhattan (USA, Canada)
Format (s)	CD, record
Genre (s)	Synthpop / Dance
Title (number)	6/15
running time	48:08
production	Pet Shop Boys, Trevor Horn , Stephen Lipson, Lewis A. Martineé, David Jacob, Julian Mendelsohn
chronology Actually (1987) Introspective Behavior (1990)

Introspective is the third studio album of Pet Shop Boys . It was released in October 1988 and is considered the band's second best-selling album. It reached in Germany 3rd place and in the UK # 2 on the charts.

history

In contrast to the previous albums, the Pet Shop Boys released quite long pieces with a length of six to nine minutes on Introspective . The single releases for the album were shorter and more radio-friendly mixes of the songs. Only two tracks were immediately written for the album: Left to My Own Devices and Domino Dancing . Always on My Mind and It's Alright are cover versions, I Want a Dog already appeared as a B-side of the single rent , I'm Not Scared is the own version of the Pet Shop Boys a song that they for Patsy Kensits pop band Eighth Wonder had written . On the album, Tennant and Lowe worked with stylistic means that were currently in vogue; so they used Latin and House borrowings.

reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote in his four-star review on Allmusic : "Nevertheless, the mixes are more compelling than the remixes on Disco , and the songs include several of their best numbers ..."

Track list

Four of the six tracks on the album were written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe . Always on My Mind was written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson, It's alright by American house DJ Sterling Void .

1. " Left to My Own Devices " - 8:16 am
2. "I Want a Dog" - 6:15
3. " Domino Dancing " - 7:40
4. " I'm Not Scared " - 7:23 am
5. " Always on My Mind / In My House" - 9:05
6. " It's Alright " - 9:24 am

Further Listening 1988-1989

1. "I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)" - 5:35
2. "Don Juan" (demo version) - 4:22
3. "Domino Dancing" (demo version) - 4:47
4. "Domino Dancing" (Alternative Version) - 4:52
5. "The Sound of the Atom Splitting" - 5:13
6. "What Keeps Mankind Alive?" - 3:26
7. "Don Juan" (Disco Mix) - 7:35
8. " Losing My Mind " (Disco Mix) - 6:09
9. " Nothing Has Been Proved " (demo for Dusty ) - 4:51
10. " So Sorry, I Said " (demo for Liza ) - 3:26
11. "Left to My Own Devices" (seven inch mix) - 4:47
12. "It's Alright" (ten inch version) - 4:47
13. "One of the Crowd" - 3:56
14. "It's Alright" (seven-inch version) - 4:20
15. "Your Funny Uncle" - 2:18

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Pet+Shop+Boys&title=Introspective&cat=a&country=de
2. ↑ http://chartarchive.org/r/42762
3. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.allmusic.com/album/introspective-mw0000652883