Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

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I already listened to this and commented on it. Outside of the big tracks, and while I get the Thatcher/money references, it was quite dated and I didn't love it.

Många fina låtar. Rent kan vara det bästa de gjort.

Lasting memory I have of this album is been at a bbq on a warm summers evening. It’s a Sin began to play has someone arrived at the house on the track build up and made an entrance to the garden via patio door just as the thunderclap on the record sounded. Everyone turned attracted by such a dramatic entrance. That’s all it was but little things like that remind you of certain tracks. It’s a Sin is a cracker of a song and that alone makes it a great album but add in the great Dusty Springfield singing as well then you really do have a good album. Not a classic to my ears but one which gives me many happy memories of the 80’s and an album which could only come from those times. 3.8/5 2/6/24

The best concept album about being an 80s fuckboy in London I've ever heard.

It's a Sin

fun:) some r bad but some of these r gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of eternity probably + mayb the closest i’ll ever get to experiencing the 80s… shout out the synthesizer

Boring, really. Never liked their hits and this just seems like overreaching 80’s synth stuff. Bonus star for a funny album cover.

Um it was okayyy some of the songs but on second listen I kind of started to dislike the vocals D: Overall not bad tho could see some of the songs randomly popping up in my playlist somtimes!

Pretty good electronic pop!

Wasn't super 'into it' at the start, but enjoyed the last few songs

Overall a pretty good album with Its a Sin and What’ve I Done to Deserve This being the best, IMO., although I’m not a huge fan of techno dance club style music. But I had to deduct a star for Shopping—a song that seemed to showcase the worst attributes of 80’s music.

Excellent

File under “not-quite-as-good-as-Depeche-Mode-or-New-Order.” Definitely of a time. When I listen to music like this, I have to remind myself that synthesizers were sort of cutting edge instruments, and though their sound dates, the music a bit I still found this fun to listen to.

Really, really not a fan of the first track, but the rest of the album more than makes up for it. Very 80s. For some reason Pet Shop Boys just hit my personal sweetspot for the mix of upbeat synthpop and undertones of sadness. I love this.

es plätschert so dahin

I never used to love the Pet Shop Boys and thought that perhaps like other bands I once disliked (Supertramp, Queen, Blackbox) that I might hear them differently now, especially as everyone used to listen to them before we went out and they were critical darlings. I always thought they were too mainstream for my liking. Apart from stand out tracks like What Have I Done to Deserve This and It's a Sin – most of it kind of sounded the same. Neil Tennant's voice is too thin and monotonous, the chord progressions all sound like the 80s and the choruses are too repetitive, especially on the slower deep cuts that you can't really dance to. Having said that, I liked the way it critiqued the money culture of the 80s and Thatcherism in songs like Rent, Shopping and It Couldn't Happen Here.

Perus synapoppia. Ei ees kauheen hyvää sellaista. It's A Sin on hyvä mutta siihen se jääkin sitten. Paras: It's A Sin

Over the top. Love it

Pretty forgettable, elevator music.

As a child of the 80s I feel as if I have the right to wonder why that decade was allowed to happen. This is the epitome of everything I hate about 80s pop music, except the singing is also shit on top of it. There's some funny lyrics peppered in here and there ("I love ya, you pay my rent"), but nothing about these synth sounds aged well to my ears, so the joke gets old quite early on. This is 1.5 at best, which rounds it up to a very reluctant 2.

As one lyric asked, "what have I done to deserve this?" Good lord, this was bad. Inane lyrics over synthetic rhythms drenched in semen. Ok, that last part was irrelevant. Did I mention this was bad?

I liked this. It’s 3.5 stars, but I think I’ll round up this time. The songs peaked my interest -more than background music. If they came on the radio I wouldn’t change the station.

Considering how good their singles performance was in this era, this album contains a few duds and really just comes off as annoying. Dusty Springfield is on effortlessly imperious form of course. Some of the 80's electronic sounds are very hackneyed, in fact I had to check Stock Aitkin and Waterman hadn't got their grubby fingers on this one. Some great pop nuggets but a surprisingly irritating album.

Perfect slice of 80e pop

My favorite album of all time, No.1 In Heaven by Sparks, is often said to have influenced many synthpop groups from the 80s, including New Order, Erasure, and, yes, Pet Shop Boys. However, the Pet Shop Boys themselves have either always avoided this fact, or in ways denied it, and as someone who has only spun singles by them, rather than a whole album, I hadn't a clue as to why. It turns out this reason is because they know they don't hold a candle to it. Perhaps that is an unfair comparison, but this album feels a tad bit like a direct response to the high-energy driving tempos that defined the late 70s, early 80s electronic scene. Instead, we get keyboard-coated, monotone vocal semi-ballads that only tend to pick up speed when the album, and honestly, sales of the album, need it. I mean, it certainly has lovely tracks to share. It's a Sin is one of the best of the mid-80s, and honestly the entire B-side is solid, albeit a little long-winded. There are layers upon layers of electronic bliss to dig through here, and to top it off, even the album cover is pretty funny. But something about this album just feels off to me. It doesn't feel like it even attempts to speak to me, and can come off as sterile; not in a cool, robotic way like Kraftwerk, rather in the sly, particularly British way that can come off as dry, but in turn can also come off as disinterested. There isn't a rewarding tug-and-pull between listeners, and it still suffers from that infamous 80s sheen that makes everything too clean production wise. It is certainly a good album, and no one could deny the effect this had on a niche, pop-focused musical market into the 90s. But as time passes, this becomes all too similar to the new wave it was trying to break away from. Really, it's a sin that this album doesn't lean into that energy that the hits have, as they are just powerful enough to leave me feeling fulfilled despite its flaws. However, I can only see improvements being made upon this formula. As it stands, I leave with mixed feelings, but a slight edge to the positive side of things because I can only assume the band did improve. I assume this was not just another drop in the 80s “one solid album wonderland” bucket many of their contemporaries fell into, and I look forward to confirming that theory in due time.

Loved it!

They're so good. Love all the well-known, popular tracks, of course, but also really liked the beat in the song "Heart".

idk what to say i liked it it felt very big.

I’m starting to get a feel for Pet Shop Boys’ style. They make high-energy dance music but there’s also a certain level of restraint that would seem to run counter to making club songs. The vocals are cool and detached. And even when the beats are danceable, there’s a feeling that every sound was carefully placed. The music can have a mechanical sort of perfection. And yet somehow it works! This album is a lot of fun. There are big hooks, interesting production choices and great beats. A lot of lyrics are about money. Buying things, paying rent, asking a lover to buy things, telling a lover I can buy my own things… Given the tone of the singing, I think a lot of this is meant to be ironic. I like that Pet Shop Boys are sneaking in some social commentary while they pump out the dance tracks.

Pretty solid English synth pop. I liked the blending of styles, and I felt like their structures weren't often predictable which is one of my bigger gripes with any kind of music; some songs were long and exploded after a while, and others were more straightforward pop structures. Like a lot of music from this time period, some of the ideas sound like "sound explorations", where there's this new influx of synths and patches and artists were itching to try them out on their records. It's funny because there's not many eras/decades where there was such an influx of new instrument sounds and one that was particularly divergent from the decade prior (70's acoustic hippy music to 80's electronics). Some lyrics I felt were pretty bleh. "Look at my hopes, look at my dreams The currency we spent I love you, you pay my rent" I'll admit that sometimes metaphors go right over my head but I can't find some other meaning here. I don't know how I feel about this album cover. It's definitely a little silly which I'm into. That better be a real yawn!

I really like it, going to be somewhere in the middle of the 1001 albums

Quite good synthpop album, not on the same level as Depeche Mode or Tears for Fears, but very solid still. 4/5

🖤🖤🖤

slower music

Yet another British pop/new wave band from the 80’s that I’ve never really been able to get into in the past, confirmed to be the case after putting myself through an uninteresting album of theirs

Actually, I didn't like this very much. Maybe it's the day, maybe it's my mood, but I don't really have a desire to hear this again. I reserve my 1's for albums I hated listening to - this wasn't that bad, but still not great. 2/5

My dad would love it im sure and I wouldnt mind hearing this at an 80s party, but nothing really exceptional

No real thoughts or opinions, just pretty mediocre. It's not my thing.

Its fun as fuck. I love rent <- sentence no one has ever said before

Gawd, the keys and synths on this thing, man. The KEYS AND SYNTHS. That was my favorite part of this whole album, with a doubt. In fact, honestly, I kinda feel like this album could've been an instrumental and I would've enjoyed it just as much. I mean, certainly, whatever barbs it has against Thatcherism don't apply to me here and now, not being in the 1980's or the UK. But, jus', play me "Hit Music" or "It's A Sin" and I'm down **good**. If I gotta pick any one reason why I'm giving this thing a 4 and not a 5, I'll say it's "I Want To Wake Up". More like, "I Want To Fall Asleep. 'Cuz It's Kind Of Boring Compared To Everything Else On Here". Yeah, take **that**.

The Imperial Phase of the Pet Shop Boys was short, but glorious while it was going on.

Feeling a 4 here. There’s no bad tracks here; as far as the soundscape goes, this is super cool for 1987, with some great synth work, cool percussion, and just some pretty captivating melodies. Sometimes, they don’t work or they’re a little repetitive, but when this album clicks, it clicks really well. I’ve never heard the Pet Shop Boys before this, but I get the feeling I’ve been missing out. I think my biggest nitpick with this album is that sometimes the outros are just too long in a way that doesn’t really enhance the song. Music just can’t overstay its welcome, because it runs the risk of growing boring. I say that with the irony of having listened to 2 hours of orchestral Metallica yesterday, but that album worked because it was live and the energy never quite dwindled for me. On this album… yeah, the energy dwindled a little on those outros. Regardless, this is a really good album, definitely worth the listen, and definitely worth a 4; maybe a 5 if a few songs hit differently.

Pretty good

Never listened to a whole album of them and was pleasantly surprised.

Итс окэй. Строчки вроде "I love you, you pay my rent" - как бы и смешно, и грустно. Я бы ожидал сильно больше энергии и драмы, но сойдет. Лучшая песня - It's a Sin.

I like music when the people making it sound like they are having a ball. Pet Shop Boys always sound like they are having a ball. It's so of it's time, but joyful with it. 'It's a sin' stands out a mile, but I also like some of the Italo Piano house vibes of the first track.

Mun on todettava että oon tykännyt tästä levystä tosi paljon aina! Tää toimii dj-keikoilla ja tää toimii kotisohvalla. Soundit täyttää kaikki hyvän synapopin piirteet jonka lisäksi biisimateriaali on hyvää. Toki noi kaikkein hiteimmät biisit alkaa useamman toiston jälkeen kuulostamaan aika renkutuksilta, mutta eikös hyvä sunthpop oo sellasta korvamatoisaa renkutusta? Melkein haluaisin antaa vitosen mutta laitetaan nyt karvan verran alle. 4/5

Hyvä tämäkin, mut kyl Behaviour oli parempi. Tässä aika monta turhanpäiväistä biisiä.

Nää on kyllä varsinaisia synapopin mestareita. Hyvä levy!

I’ve always hated this band’s music. This sounds like someone dancing in your face when you’re in a bad mood, saying ‘come and daaaaance’ when your face is clearly telling them to fuck off. Annoying.

PSB were a guilty pleasure overheard that I refused to recognise back when I believed synthesisers weren’t real instruments and guitars had to be everywhere. The music is well poised, economical without being sparse, the dramatic moments popping; lyrics are calculatedly ambiguous, yet sharp as heck, and it turns out I have a thing for Tennant’s voice. This is thrilling music, the singles bringing a chill but more unexpectedly the rest having heft, purpose and hooks. They invented their own universe, something they share with the rest of the best here. Old me was a foolish child - looks like he has lots of companions here!

Another youthful favorite, faithfully taped from the local library, from when chart music was various, eminent and fascinating. Has retained its majesty (esp. the biggies "Rent", "It's A Sin", "Heart" and the Dusty number) although the opener is a weird choice; tack on the faultless hi-NRG "Always On My Mind" cover for the VIP experience (I've awarded the ultimate Xmas #1 to RATM elsewhere, but this really deserves it instead). Excellent soundtrack on the Walkman while reading Agatha Christie, surely a 5* qualification? Nostalgic wink also to the Carter USM cover of "Rent"; "..Fulham Broadway..", oh you wags

Honestly I feel bad but I have never been a huge Pet Shop Boys Fan. I absolutely love this genre and they have some of the best songs but I just do not enjoy his voice and I also think a lot of the songs could be done better.I love the overall sound and they do the instrumentals great but they are just one group I can't get on with compare to others. A decent listen but not a go to one so just 3 stars. Stand Out Songs: What Have I Done to Deserve This? It's a Sin Heart

What have I done to deserve this? No matter how much they try, I can't enjoy the 80's.

This album is on of the most 80s pop sounding things I've ever heard. They found every whacky sound in the keyboard and made it work. Lots of fun. Super heavy on the British synth pop sound

Not Actually too bad! No way, it’s FANTASTIC! Standouts: It’s a Sin, What Have I Done To Deserve This, Shopping, Rent, Hit Music, Heart, It Could Only Happen Here, I Want to Wake Up, Kings Cross. 4.5

Knew the singles. Liked the album

few great songs. the album as a whole has not that much replay value for me it is easy listenable indeed but not special as its won. During the spotify bio i got familiar with the drip from chris lowe. He got that shit on tho

Electronic music is one of the musical genres I dislike, but I must say that I almost enjoyed this synth-pop. Because of its importance in music history, I can rate it with 3 stars.

Enjoyable but I don't know if I will listen again

I’ve been patiently waiting for this album and it didn’t disappoint. I ended up listening to it three times today!!!

Not for me

pretty dated sound, but i can see how this would have been really fun when it came out. first song is pretty awful (sounds like mario music maker) but it does get better

Absolutely superb. What an album! Conceptually brilliant, music, brilliant. Love love love .

A couple weeks ago I had the Scissor Sisters, which is supposed to be the top gay album of all time. This was 100 times gayer.

Almost a 4.

thin treble 80s dance insult dance flirt dance wink looking for daddy

Best song - It's a Sin

I think the problem these days with synth pop is that it has been parodied so much since it was popular that even the actual synth pop records from the 80s sound like parodies now too. You kind of have to listen to this record keeping in mind the state of music when it was released. There are actually some great lyrics on this album - "I love you, you pay my rent" is obviously tongue in cheek but it's surprisingly apropos today. Not much else to say about this one. It's ok. 2.5 rounded up to 3.

Good old 80s pop. Even back then I found the music uninteresting. It does evoke nostalgic feelings. But it hasn't gotten any better over the years. 3/5

The guy who made this list loves the Pet Shop Boys. Guy on the album cover gets it. Yawn.

You should 100% listen to Shopping and imagine a spoof with Jimmy Fallon and Questlove haha that made my day. Otherwise I thought it was silly and not worth the listen. It felt like they made this record while they were high and thought this was deep or something. It didn’t even /sound/ good because 80’s Not a fan.

about like every other Pet Shop Boys album. 2.5/5

S'ok. Brought me back a bit. Nice to listen to.

I liked this one -- good 1980s synth vibes, some interesting/political lyrics, and a cohesive sound across the album without being repetitive.

No one standout song for me, but not bad overall.

Ok is small doses. Average album

Album 340 of 1001 Pet Shop Boys - Actually Rating : 3 / 5 Wasn't terrible but nothing to write home about. Reminded me how much radio play they got back in the day. Certainly brings flashes of the 80s.

Retro rock reminds me of Tears for Fears. I like it although not for my playlist.

It’s 80s music but without the annoying synths yet it still has a way of being dated and not hold up too well. It’s not bad the guys are good singers the music is okay, they have their political messages. Just nothing I find worth revisiting. 5.0/10

I loved this! I was already a reasonably big fan of theirs (I have ‘Behaviour’ and ‘Discography’ on CD) but these songs are amazing. Cryptic lyrics about Thatcherism throughout. The ‘80s synths, so often associated with joyous dancing, betray great scope in emotion here, demonstrating the PSBs’ mastery over their craft. The five ‘hidden’ gay songs (Rent, Hit Music, It Couldn’t Happen Here, It’s a Sin and I Want to Wake Up) are also excellent ;) 10/10 Heard before: Rent, It’s a Sin

Iconic album

Fun and funky. I can see how it probably influenced the house scene in the UK.

I liked it! Kind of hard to describe their style, but I dig it.

Not available on Apple Music in Canada

This was nostalgic and pleasant enough to listen to, but I'm not going to do it again.

Man drones on over synths, then man drones on over synths in a higher pitch. No thanks

Alright. 3

They have a nice sound, but the song writing failed to grab me

Bouncy, enjoyable.

Para variar la reseña, voy a hacerla más desde lo vivido en noviembre del 2023. Pude verlos en Buenos Aires en el Primavera Sound y todavía tengo el recuerdo fresco de esa noche. En la poca más de una hora en que tocaron, no paré de bailar y de sentir fascinación por ellos: su performance, sus cambios de vestuario, la presencia de otros músicos y el cambio de la escenografía por obreros estilizados en la misma línea que Pet Shop Boys. El sentimiento general fue de estar en presencia de dos "mostras" de la electrónica, de un dúo icónico e hipnotizante, del que sentía que no podía dejar de admirar. Este disco es una muestra pequeña de todo eso.

Same vibe the whole way through. Relaxing but lacks variety/that good spice

Cracking. Imperial phase PSB

Classic!

Encore et toujours dla musique de centre d’achat

This album is indefensible garbage. It might be the worst music ever created. I don't mean the worst recorded music - I mean the worse music EVER in the history of the planet. Worse than a grunting Neanderthal banging an elephant bone against a rock. Utter wank, which is an insult to a wank. Most wanks are quite enjoyable. And don't make you feel crippling sadness afterwards. The whiny, nasally vocals. The embarrassing lyrics. The cheap sounding electronic trash instruments. It's fucking hell on the ears, brain, chest, stomach, and arsehole. Painful. I can't believe I listened to every track (in fairness, I spared my senses by skipping a few after a minute or two). Only an insufferable dork like Anthony Fantano - *the internet's biggest music turd* - could be pompous enough to praise these talentless hacks. 🤡 "We're S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G. We're shopping." 🤡 Oh fuck off, Pet Shop Boys. 👎👎

Very distinctive Euro-electric 80's style. Lyrically didn't really touch on anything too deep, but the unique style definitely makes up for some of the repetitive nature. At times it felt like an SNL skit of itself, but overall, the tracks were electric and fun and not taking anything too seriously.

Fun album that made me laugh.

Really good, I'm guessing that maybe I like synth pop. I would definitely listen to this again.

Liked the tracks, made me want to get up and dance.

Some familiar and some I'm not so hot on.

This sounds just like the Pet Shop Boys!

I prefer Please but this is also a great album.

Haven’t listened to the pet shop boys before. Not bad

•Not owned: Streaming •Pop sounds that are too formulaic and predictable to be admired beyond the few body moving hits contained within ("One More Chance", "Heart"), all from one of the more uninteresting singing voices from the genre. •2/5

Tainted Love is one of the all time great songs. I liked this album.

I used to really like this album, and there are some great tunes on it, but it sounds so dated now, its electronic drums plastic and hollow. Some albums I wish could get a remake, like they do with video games these days

This is the kind of 80s music I like and I do enjoy Pet Shop Boys - this album was mostly good with a couple of tracks I didn’t really like and, although catchy and political in lyrics, It’s A Sin is obviously just Wild World by Cat Stevens.

One of the most '80s things I've ever heard. Good job I'm a sucker for a synth!

It's a sin is obviously brilliant, but things go downhill from there. It feels like there is a lot of poorly dated filler, as well as some good songs.

Absolute classic. What Have I Done to Deserve This? is still perfect. Probably my favourite of theirs outside Left to My Own Devices (specifically the 7" mix). Bonus points for including Dusty. I've actually grown fonder of the Pet Shop Boys with each passing decade, I think for much of the 80s and 90s I found them a bit much. But since then, looking back upon those two very silly decades, this pair's wry side eyes at the madness surrounding them shines through. And obviously, they pop hard. A couple of the album tracks are a bit pap, Shopping and Hit Music spring to mind, but all the others are very good. Heart is amazing. You can say it's dated, but you can also fuck off, lol. I stuck Introspective on straight after this, fully in the mood. I might prefer that actually (in fact) to Actually, given all the songs are really good and I'm a sucker for a 12" mix, especially of 80s stuff. But the single version of Devices is king.

I don’t think I’ll be listening to that again. If I need to stretch that itch. I’ll listen to New Order who is infinitely better.

One more chance could’ve been good, but the beginning was so obnoxious that it kinda ruined it for me. What have I done to deserve this was pretty good but not fantastic Shopping is okay. I liked it enough but wasn’t anything special. Rent was the best song so far by a large margin. I liked this one quite a bit. Hit music is also pretty good, just behind rent. I like that chorus. It couldn’t happen here wasn’t great. It’s a sin takes number one, very good song I want to wake up is good but not phenomenal Heart was good but not as good as most Kings cross is probably second or third overall Overall, album was good, but wouldn’t have been upset to skip it.

interesting album, liked it better than I thought I would.

Great album, even after all these years.

One More Chance // What Have I Done To Deserve This? // It’s A Sin //

British Synth-Pop. There is just enough differentiation in the songs to keep it interesting, but this is primarily synths and electronic drums, so it does sound a bit samey-samey after awhile. I particularly like "What Have I Done to Deserve This," which was a hit for the band and includes a female vocalist, which adds some liveliness.

Fun album. Rent and Wake Up are my favorites. Not something I’d listen to regularly. Reminds me of DEVO maybe?

Extremely "meh" I feel like the album art cover with the dude yawning on the right. Just not at all sucked in to any of the songs. Tolerable background listening, but really not for me.

It was OK - of its time

Quite enjoyed it.

I'm not even a PSB anti but damn these songs all sound the exact same

3.3/5 Best Track: What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield)

80s synthetic pop. The male version of Kate bush

I knew 'What Have I Done to Deserve This', which is a great song title. And I remember hearing the song on the radio as a kid, so I can't say it's not memorable. But I can say that, according to Wikipedia, there is a lot more going on here than I heard. And so it maybe require more listening. I do like the general vibe of Pet Shop Boys, but I'm such a sucker for hooks and when I don't hear them, I get so sad.

This is potentially four star material, were it not for Neil Tennant's voice, which manages to be both annoying and willow-the-whisp at the same time. It sounds badly dated, but surely the quality shines through? Where 'It's A Sin' is concerned, sure. 'Shopping' or 'Rent'? Not so much. A tad overrated.

I *actually* really liked this! I of course know this band, and yet probably couldn't name a single song title prior to sitting with this record. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?," "It Couldn't Happen Here," "It's a Sin" - I liked all three of those a real good bit and enjoyed the rest overall. I like the dude's voice. I like the album cover. I like the sound. I'm lukewarm on "Shopping" and also shopping. But you know what? You can't have Pet Shop Boys without pet shops. And I've shopped at plenty of pet shops. So what do I know? Four stars.

Not my album, not my music!

Two or three Pet Shop Boys songs in a row are fantastic. A whole album gets trying. They created a few great moments with their songs, but missed the depth and color of Depeche Mode and Eurhythmics. Still, this album brought back great personal memories of this era.

Not the best from the eighties but still quite good

Totally cool mid 80’s album that I had never listened to.

Je m’attendais à un groupe obscur et expérimental; c’était beaucoup plus pop et caractéristique des années 1989 que je ne le pensais

Not really in the mood for this right now 2

Pop Music - especially Hit Music - never claimed to be deep and yet there‘s some lyrical genious in songs like „Rent“. The overall experience stays focused on easy Synth Pop. 2.6

The hits are good. Otherwise not my thing.

started off good, incredibly bored halfway through. so many forgettable tracks, couple good ones like: It's a Sin, Rent, What Have I Done To Deserve This and even One More Chance. won't find myself revisiting this album any time soon, so repetitive and bland to the point where I cant even justify a 3 for the couple good songs it has. pathetic attempts at capturing catchiness in the right way that it shoots itself in the foot due to pure repetitiveness. Shopping is one of the worst songs I've heard this year, holy shit. to the lad in the cover: me too mate, me too. 2/5 BLEH

My review echoes what the Boys probably heard from every record executive ever: "Have you got more songs like West End Girls?"

1987 in purest form.

Its fine, weak opener and only had a few moments that caught my attention.

Got my interest by the first song, one more chance was both strange and brilliant.

The singles "What have I done to deserve this?" and "It is a sin" are the key tracks. "I want to wake up" is also good. I don't think I gained much by listening to the original album, but it was pleasant enough. 3.4 stars rounded down.

2/5. I really thought after the first two songs this was going to be a typical late 80s, early 90s pop album similar to Wang Cheung or Yello, but didn’t get any of that after all. It seemed very redundant and benign.

I really liked it, it just wasn't for me

Pretty good but PSB are more of a single than an album kind of band. Some really good stuff and some pretty meh stuff.

As Jake said, I've never really paid much attention to the Pet Shop Boys before. This duo was massive in England, but they never really found their way to my wheelhouse. Despite being born in the decade, 80s music is my least favorite - especially the techno/synth/garbage style. I might be in the minority here, but this blows.

I gave the other 2 psb albums a 4 This is better This gets a 5

the Pet Shop Boys are a good indicator of how someone views sexuality. If they're into PSB, they have a wide, accepting view of sexuality. If not, they're probably more concerned about what's in someone pants.

I like this album, although most of the songs sound similar. My most favourite song from Pet Shop Boys would still be Opportunities.

I'm really not the biggest fan of the Pet Shop Boys. Their music is easily accessible, it's danceable but also dated and not interesting in-depth. However, this was a better album and it's all right.

Fun album. I listened to this a lot when it came out. Clever lyrics over sublime electro pop, or is that sublime lyrics over clever electro pop?

Okay, this album actually bore me to sleep.. I don't know if it's the lame voice of the singer, the weird song themes, the uninspired music or just the combination of the three. I could do without this band and their bland music. 4 out of 10

There's a point about 1:30 into the second song where Neil Tennant muses "what have I done to deserve this?" and it hit me light a bolt from the blue, what have *I* done to deserve this??? I mean, I signed up for this 1001 albums thing to shake up my algorithm mix way from the same tired old songs, and here I let Pet Shop Boys sully it, We're not at the "how am I gonna get through?" part and I'm questioning how am *I* gonna get through... "It's a Sin" still goes hard though, this was enough to push it up to a mid level album

Pretty decent

pretty boring, 80s synth-pop

80s power

I'm not the biggest fan of Pet Shop Boys, but I guess everyone has to admit that this album is an absolute excellent piece of music in the highest quality available. Amazing album, great songs, will recommend to anyone!

Lively and likable.

So very 80's

Entertaining, but I can’t imagine myself going back to it often. I think for me it’s slightly too much of its time. Cool enough, though.

Super listenable

This will not go on my regular listening

The first song had me worried, but after that I liked it. Tons of crazy sounds, and decent lyrics too. I'd do 3.5 if I could, it just isn't a 4

Extremely 80s. Up to you if thats good or bad. It works for me on a few tracks and doesnt on others. But overall this had more hits than misses. First song blows tho

I can't tell you if I've ever sat down and listened to the Pet Shop Boys, but this was pretty fun. Very mid-80's synthpop, bubblegum style lyrics and beats. It was enjoyable, but I don't think I need to listen to it again anytime soon. I guess there is a time and a place for 80's pop, but it wasn't today.

Favorite was "King's Cross"

I wouldn’t count myself as a Pet Shop Boys fan but I quite enjoyed listening to this, 3*

It was alright. Bit samey.

A bit too cheesy 80s dance music for me

It's a Sin is fine, but the rest of the album is pretty forgetful and I'm not fond of the singer's voice at all. The overall sound is pretty dated, which yeah, I know it's from 1987, but still, it hasn't aged well at all.

I'm always confusing the Pet Shop Boys with another band and I expect a capella style band and then get some cheese pop instead and it will always throw me. Regardless, this is fiiine its 3 because I'm not sure I'd ever listen to again

Definitely like the femininity roxxy music of the first half of the album. Becomes a bit muddled together towards the end and I didn't find any song really sticking out. Solid 2.75 or 3

I mean it's not bad or anything. Just never really my style musically.

Great Album, more from a nostalgic sense than any other. I like the Pet Shop Boys but probably more of a 'greatest hits' fan. fave track - Its a sin ;-)

I really enjoyed this album - I got right into the synth-pop, it was just what I needed! Fave track: It's a sin

What Have I Done To Deserve This, and It's a Sin. Absolute bangers. The other tracks are good, but nothing quite so memorable.

I love It's a Sin. I think I heard it when I was a kid at some point and it's awesome. Instant add to playlist. One More Chance is strange as hell, but I love it. Gives me Beck vibes but very, very 80s. What Have I Done to Deserve this is similarly strange, but oddly clean? Feels like this and One More Chance go together. Dusty does great on the vocals here. Love the social commentary of Shopping and Rent. Both strongly remind me of Supertramp's Crime of the Century album. Both are British, so I suppose that's expected xD Hit Music is strange but also I totally groove with it. Feels like prime 80s Men Without Hats I like the lyrics of It Couldn't Happen Here, but it's too slow and has too much reverb I Want to Wake Up is, unsurprisingly, strange. Feels like All for Leyna but 80s pop Heart: classic 80s dance pop love song. Like it I really like King's Cross. I again am reminded of Supertramp. Feels a LOT like Asylum or School lyrically Overall, I give it a 4/5 because: Album is stylistically consistent I'm a sucker for 80s pop Lyrics are great Misses a star because reverb is over the top at times & words are occasionally hard to hear. Otherwise great!

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Heart (9) 2 - It's a Sin (7) 3 - Shopping (3)

What a strange album. I suppose you might find pet shop boys on a list like this, but they are far more of a singles band, so again, greatest hits? West end girls has a zing to it that most of this album lacks. Go west is not bad but again, not on this album. Tenants disinterested ennui is a nice gimmick but wears thin after a while. 2.5 rounded down as it’s not that compelling.

Some friday afternoons you just need a thumping drumline and techno shit from the 80.s this will do.... with a clubby monotonous mindness feel, but the with coolness that is PSB. he has it.

I agree with the guy on the right(of the cover). Never really been a fan. But undoubtedly hugely talented, very influential, blah, blah….and full marks for getting Dusty back into the recording studio and giving her her last successful release(s) before she died. For me, though, too much of this sounds like the soundtrack to a rave party where only drugs might save the evening (but I’ve never been on that dancefloor & I’ve never dropped an ecky, so that was never gonna happen). I read the wiki entry & I’m pleased to see that their politics were very Anti-Thatcher at the time, but I didn’t learn that for myself because I just wasn’t hearing the lyrics. I never liked the voice, whoever owned it, & obviously wasn’t a fan of the music.

There's an appealing louche ennui to this album that I find appealing set against the sophisticated dance pop of this album. The singles are all good, with "it's a Sin" and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" are bangers. I love Dusty Springfield, and she is well deployed on this, her last big hit. They released an excellent cover of "You Were Always On My Mind" around the same time as this, but didn't include it on the album (except on the subsequent extended edition), which is a loss. I like the tastefully ironic cover. The non-singles tracks are wallpaper.

What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield), Rent, It's a Sin, Heart. Se merecen un 5.

This album might've been cool or ground-breaking in the 80s, but my 90s ears couldn't really find the appeal. It wasn't terrible. I did bop to it a little while washing dishes, but more ironically than anything. It has good beats, but won't be anything I reach for to listen to in the future.

Cool album. I think I like the second half better than the first. Favorite(s): What Have I Done To Deserve This, It's a Sin, I Want to Wake Up, King's Cross

I really enjoyed this album. You can hear the different instruments and other noises that they make in the music. I would 100% listen to them again

So 80s…. I like track 6 I guess but the rest… Nevermind most of these songs are genuinely annoying. There was maybe one song I liked on this entire album

Gene from Bob's burgers made an album

I thought this album was pretty good overall. It sounds a bit generic at times, but I think that's an artifact of the influence that his album had on electronic music. I think I enjoyed the other Pet Shop Boys albums more than this one, but this is still well worth the listen. Great late 80s synth pop 4/5

I couldn’t really connect with the lyrics at all, and I don't know if there’s some deeper meaning to them. But at least I know how to spell shopping. The music itself is very outdated and doesn’t hold up well at all with the overproduced 80’s sound.

Usurpingly mid, but it was better than their orange one.

A little too much 80s on this bad boy.

A mi no me gustan, pero después de los bodrios de las últimas semanas, estos no son de lo peor. Un par de estrellitas.

Brought me back! Feelin nostalgic 🤩

Definitely feels dated, but I appreciate all the gold digging songs.

This album sounds like a brand new futuristic hospital before any furniture or equipment has been moved in.

Enjoyable moments but not as good as their later work. There’s something amusing about the fusion of the bored vocal stylings over kinetic synths.

It's just okay kinda repetitive and the 80s productions is just too 80s

Very 80s synth pop. I recognized "What have I done to deserve this", other than that these songs are new to me. The first track had an unmistakable nod to Crazy Train in the synth line, or at least that's what I heard. "It's a Sin" isn't very subtle in its context, but in the 80s it may have been very controversial. Overall it has a very 80s sound, if you like that. I could take it or leave it

Couple of songs are growers but overall a very good album. The good songs are great and that's most of them, especially towards the back end.

Best tracks: shopping, rent, and heart

Superb pop music.

Fantastic. One week track I thought.

Nichts besonderes. Gut produziert aber nicht mein Geschmack

Hi energy

Pretty ok, very 80s

I still don't know what to do with the Pet Shop Boys. I guess they are okay, but I just don't get to the point where I feel like I need to choose to listen to the Pet Shop Boys on my own. I am very familiar with at least 4 tracks from Actually, and have probably heard more from the album before. I just don't feel like I'd need to come back for repeats.

Good synthpop. I really like ‘It’s A Sin’. I don’t have anything to say.

A pet shop boys albums that deserves to be on the list, not really my personal taste but can respect this is a good album.

I’m not a big Pet Shop Boys listener. But this was a great listen all the way through. Lyrically interesting, sonically interesting. Great record.

Just a really unique sound. Wouldn't be able to miss this band from space. Some really big hits on this one.

Solid, consistent, enjoyable. Most of the tracks have their synth electronic poppy sound which does find some pretty catchy hooks. It's a Sin and What Have I Done to Deserve This stand out, though songs like Heart, Shopping and Hit Music are also good. The synth sound is pretty heavy, making this a bit dated, but still good.

Yeah, some of the songs aged terribly. It's a sin still slaps, tho.

Pretty good album.

One More Chance is a bop. I am actually really into this, and not just for the loose critique of Thatcherism. Kings Cross is a good song.

2.8 underwhelming, I think PSB are fantastic at singles but they have one type of song that tends to get old when going through an album. The only stand out sounds were the singles. Fave songs: it's a sin, rent

This band never did anything for me

It’s the 80s and it’s pop and it has some great tunes but it’s too samey and it’s too cold for a whole album. But those pop hits are great.

Pet Shop boys are too boring for me, consumption pop with a little bit more humor in lyrics than the average disco.

Very good

Even in my wildest dreams, I never imagined I would one day appreciate a Pet Shop Boys song, not to mention *several ones of them*. To be clear, the first two tracks are pretty dreadful, all cheese and no real substance. But after them, I actually enjoyed *each and every one* of the songs!!! "Shopping" is a snarly, topical cut picking up the ball right where Kraftwerk had left it a few years earlier. Cynical yet bittersweet "Rent" is a small wonder, lyrically, musically and arrangements-wide. And "I Want To Wake Up" is an infectious earworm. Those three stellar tracks slap, there's no doubt about that. And the rest is very good. Apart from the two duds opening the album, that is. As a consequence, *Actually* still sounds like a mixed bag for me (openers are usually essential to *fully* enjoy a record). But I'm putting this album in my waiting list nonethelles. And that's a surprise for me, probably one of the biggest surprises I've had since I started using this app. Number of albums left to review: 466 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 252. Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 125 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 158

Continuing a string of rather mediocre British acts from the 80s and 90s. It's not bad it's just nothing special. Just bland and 80s sounding. Pretty forgettable after you listen to it. Bland.

Fantastic dance tracks, scathing political commentary. Who knew satire could work in a song. Neil Tennant’s dry delivery just makes it - this proves two men and a synth can accomplish so much. I embraced them from when I first heard West End Girls in 1984. Apparently that was a hit in France and Belgium, which makes sense now because I was dancing to it in a Parisian nightclub in 1985. Me and my friend were the only ones who knew every word because we were the only British people there. The French kids did know the chorus though. But I digress! The beats, the delivery - every tune has impact. I think most people know It’s a Sin from the recent TV series, even people who weren’t there in the 80s. So that’s been given a much-appreciated revival. I’m not gonna deny that it sounds very 80s, but I don’t find that a derogatory comment. This album encapsulate the British political and emotional climate of the time and I can listen to those tunes even now and get carried away!

Slick pop arrangements accompanying dark lyrics.

Well, here's one I didn't like. Song content, synth sound, drum machine, vocalist's delivery... there was nothing here for me to hold onto.

Take my review with a grain of salt, as this kind of music really isn't my thing, but overall I was underwhelmed. I often felt like the arrangements weren't serving the material. Ultimately, I think other bands do this kind of thing better: Yaz (Yazoo) has better vocals, New Order has better melodies, etc. I never realized that was Dusty Springfield on "What Have Done to Deserve This." Side two was the better of the two, IMO.

There is something about these boys. Like just seeing their name and evoking the memory of their songs is balm for my soul. This 1001 project has opened my eyes to how much 80s music touches me. It's beyond nostalgia (I think?) ... I feel a visceral calm and I'm dancing on an 80s dance floor with colored lights, beer in one hand, and fag in another. OK, yeah there is nostalgia going on. But when I hear the Pet Shop Boys my heart starts missing a beat....every time.

Not my personal favorite.

kinda fun

Everything I hate about the 80s

That’s a lot of PSB…

I criticise a lot of these albums based on the vocals. And this really has some shit vocals. But here's the thing that got it up to 3 for me. They knew! They knew well enough to get Dusty in for a track. Waiting for a decent cover of It's a sin.

Album #: 215 first impressions: I was expecting more proto- Daft Punk. I'm getting v cheesy synths (hadn't we progressed more by 1987??) and...boredom? after listening through: I'm having a hard time remembering what this sounded like even a couple hours later. post-reading reviews/wiki: is this yet another "oh, this must be a british thing" album ? like, we just accept that a lot of british music (before a certain time/by certain demographics/in certain genres) utterly lacks...spice? I'm dreading the other 2 albums on this list. A relisten is probably not in the cards but I'll make sure to pay more attention to those on the other ones, if only something to distract from the tedium of the music. recommended for: city pop fans?

Pleasantly surprised how amazing this album is. Looking forward to digging into their discography further. Synth pop perfection

Great album, with amazing synths and catchy hooks. Definitely gonna listen to it again.

This was pretty decent. Synth-pop isn't my thing, but I did enjoy it on the whole. Favorite track: It's a Sin

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would but didn’t evoke any strong emotions

Takes me back to Highschool. Wasn't really a fan back then but their stuff has definitely grown on me over the years. Some of it is a bit corny, but overall, it's pretty well written stuff.

Of course I had heard of the Pet Shop Boys. I hadn't ever listened to them though. Missed out a bit.

Best Song: It's a Sin. Decent song with great meme potential. Worst Song: King's Cross. Nice, a slow and somber number to close out the synth dance album. Overall: I found myself growing bored with the half-talking, half-singing approach that dominates the album. At least the other Pet Shop Boys album I've had on the list had some more theatricality to it. This one just feels like monologues over synths.

I love this album. It's one of the great examples of a techno pop album that functions beautifully as a whole. Every song is perfectly placed and there's not much in the way of filler. It's really a total package of an album, one of the greats of its genre. Several of the Pet Shop Boys' best songs appear on here, including "What Have I Done to Deserve This?," "It's a Sin," and "Rent," but there are some really compelling deep tracks as well. The whole album is a sly political statement about the emptiness of the age in which it was made, much of it still resonating today. I promise you, there were not a lot of pop artists occupying this particular space in music in 1987. Musically, the arrangements are top notch, with a smart, textured use of sequencing and some really lovely melodies. Neil Tennant's approach to vocals suits the tone of the songs beautifully. He comes off as jaded and detached, but then he has these lovely, surprising moments of vulnerability that add well-placed emotional depth to the sound. These are songs that speak evocatively of decadence, ennui, longing and regret, in ways that few artists can do. And all of that with a perfect pop sensibility. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): It's a Sin, Rent, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, It Couldn't Happen Here, I Want to Wake Up, Heart, King's Cross, One More Chance, Shopping, Hit Music

Great! I enjoyed this a lot.

I don't think Actually is close to their best work, though it's not without its charms and qualities. It's a Sin is class, but the overall balance only scrapes a high 2.

Not as good as I expected it to be - the Dusty Springfield collaboration was a pleasant surprise, and It's A Sin is a classic that I already knew, but the rest of it feels a bit lacking in nuance (maybe that's unfair given that it's 25 years old and society has really changed regarding a lot of things they were talking about). Definitely preferred the second side to the first, but it's a 3 from me.

Very 80s.

"What if Depeche Mode was really really boring" My reaction to this album is the right guy's face. Why do these guys have 3 whole albums on this list?

One of the songs were a vibe. The rest of them I didn't like. It might just be the album but it got pretty annoying hearing them sing for all of the songs. Hopefully other albums in this genre are better than this. I hope this is not how all of the albums are in this genre. I'm glad I didn't need to listen to the extended version that has like 12 more songs. It would have been a nightmare.

I was only familiar with their hits from the '80s. This was surprisingly good. Maybe some of the best synth pop from the '80s. It's a Sin and What Have I Done to Deserve This were standouts, but it was all good.

Walmart brand version of Violator by Depeche Mode. Decent stuff, pretty catchy.

Nostalgia and power pop just great.

much better than i was expecting! loved it's a sin. 3.5

Throughout this album, Pet Shop Boys weave together the themes of love, desire, isolation, and societal issues. Tracks like "Shopping" critique consumer culture, while "Heart" explores the vulnerability of romantic relationships. One of the big highlights goes by the name of, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" featuring the iconic Dusty Springfield. The collaboration between Pet Shop Boys and the soulful Springfield makes for a very interesting listen. Their contrasting yet complementary voices create a well crafted synergy. Production wise, the integration of electronic and orchestral elements creates a lush soundscape that get a futuristic feel and the duo's meticulous attention to detail is evident in the songs. ”Actually” does it’s job of delivering catchy pop songs that feel very 80s so if you are in your 40s/50s looking for nostalgia, look no further than this album.

Awful, actually. One's had meringues, pop rocks, that were more substantive.

What can I say, I like most of this quote a lot. Solid 4. 👌

So much of this was familiar, even though I've never set out to listen to the band. It's just such a clear and obvious sound and, you know, pretty good - better than I was expecting I think. A lot better. And there are some damn fine bangers on here - and not just the singles that everyone of my age would have absorbed from the ether somehow or another. In particular I'd forgotten how good a tune Rent is - love the vocal and the brass sort of sound going on. And then Heart as well, which had me dancing around my kitchen. The opener is proper dance music too, and Dusty's vocals just work beautifully on What Have I Done. On first and second listens I wasn't such a fan of the rather slower It Couldn't Happen Here - seems an odd way to start side 2 (back in the day when it would almost certainly have involved turning the vinyl or cassette over) when you've got It's a Sin hidden behind it. But even that's growing on me with repeated listens. Maybe it's the extra bit of variety the album needs to set it up as really very good? This is just the perfect soundtrack for being 18 that I never realised that I had. To put this in context, I’d have been listening to exclusively guitar rock in 1987, probably involving men with long hair, but this just sums up that period perfectly. Great cover too, and I love the comma. Very clever, even now. Actually. My other half came in from work when I was halfway through listening to this and seems to know all the words to all the songs, despite claiming she's never brought a copy of the album and never listened to it - she assumed they were all singles. Maybe someone in authority has been pumping this out while we've been sleeping? Or it's on so many soundtracks that we've just absorbed it somehow. Catchy as hell might help as well. Jolly good - pleased I listened to this. I'd listen to it again certainly, and at one point I had it as a solid 4, but it's too good for that. I'm not sure what the 18-year old me would think about giving this a five - probably be vaguely appalled. But what the fuck do 18 year olds know?

Excellent pop album with some great songs throughout. Of it’s type rarely beaten.

Not bad at all. I wasn't a fan when this first came out as this didn't fit with my tastes at the time. In retrospect, it sounds OK. A number of great tracks, Rent, and ..Sin and the rest fit in ok

the original gecs (?) - what if we put a bunch of wacky sounds in our songs and y know what it really worked. quintessentially 80s. best tracks: one more chance, its a sin, kings cross

Its kinda catchy but can't say i really liked any song. but didn't feel bad enough to give less than 3 stars

The dude on the right of the album cover accurately portrays how I felt about this one. 2 snores

This works for me. And it’s close to not working, I know. But it’s the thinness of the line upon which it works that most impresses me. I think the production work is pretty impressive for 1987. Its sound is very 80s but its spirit is more a precursor of some very 1990s irony. It’s content is pretty politically abrasive, like a punk band disguised as a synth-pop band with viable radio hits. The vocals remind me of Mercury Rev, an even-more-mystifying, tongue-in-cheek-sentimentalist band. On a track like “Rent,” there’s heart-on-sleeve crooning from someone who should not be crooning. Tie in the fact that the lyrics are from the perspective of a mistress put up in an apartment that her suitor pays for to keep her from his family and the public eye, and the comedy of this crooning is ratcheted even tighter. Maybe a track like “Hit Music,” is too obvious. But the idea of this playing on the radio in Margaret Thatcher’s England still makes me smile. And, in any event, its the music here that makes this and these tracks work. The coda for “Hit Music,” is a breathtakingly expansive moment, with beauty and patience that nothing else in the song could possibly have hinted at. And it’s a great way to end the album side. That knack for songwriting and arrangement buoys the Boys satire and songwriting. It lends it strength, purpose, and viability in delivering a message that might otherwise prove too radical to sell. I’m somewhere between a 3 and 4 on this just because I don’t know how long I can listen to it before its charm wears off. But I’ll round up to 4.

Not only did Charlie’s review say everything I had been thinking already— fully in agreement— it’s also masterfully written, and got me thinking about how covert political or radical music can sneak into songs that seem unserious or campy. Wild that I actually liked this a lot. I’m almost more impressed with an album like this, where it’s so easy to be off the mark and be bad, but manages not to be. 4/5, surprise hit for me.

Enjoyed that more than I expected, as I'm not really a fan.

I get why the Pet Shop Boys are on this list. They were pretty popular, pretty catchy, and pretty (gay). But listening to this record in the year 2023, and man, I just can’t stand it. I’ve heard AJR. I’ve heard Weezer. I’ve willingly listened to Einstürzende Neubauten (Funny that “Kollaps” is on this list, and probably one of their roughest records). But I just can’t get behind Pet Shop Boys. I’m a big fan of other synth-pop bands like New Order, but I can certifiably say that the worst song on “Low Life” is better than whatever the Pet Shop Boys were cooking on “One More Chance.” Eugh. It soured the rest of the album for me. But the album is saved from being a flat one star due to the lyrics. Some great commentary over some mid-tier (and some completely washed) beats. But hey, it beats having to listen to Britney Spears one more time.

maybe i'm just not in the mood

Not dated well

I quite liked this album, but I am shocked that I'm not giving it a 5. I gave Very a 5, but I just didn't love this one enough to give it a 5. I wonder how Behaviour will fare. Still a lot of good stuff on here though. My favourite songs were It's a Sin, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, and Rent.

There are very few albums that just embody a vibe, but this is just gay clubs in the 90s in a nutshell. Brings a big smile to your face.

Um, Actually, it's a pretty alright album

The lyrics grated over an already boring beat though out the whole album really was not a fan of this one

Upbeat, dancey, shades of Depeche Mode? Overall pretty enjoyable, just nothing to blow you away

Hated them - or more precisely his voice - since I was 12. Almost as bad as Erasure. Instant no

I liked a few of the songs but didn't like it as well as I expected overall.

I really like the aesthetics of this album and there are more often good songs than stinkers on here. Feeling kind of generous on this one today.

...Christ.

Classic 80’s pet shop boys. No west end girls but fun tracks

Really enjoyed it. I thought pet shop boys were jazz but this was well produced, 80s pop

This is a good one

Sound- 80s dance pop. Some parts sound very dated. With that said, the lyrics are awesome- criticizing capitalism and far right politics. The lyrics reflect boredom, loneliness, and despair. I loved what this group had to say. While the sound of some songs may be very dated I can see why this made the list.

Hmm. Hated it when it came out. And haven't changed my opinion since. Perhaps even worse now that the sounds are so dated.

Pop con sintetizadores de los Pet Shop Boys. Se me ha hecho bola.

Är det inte möjligt att dö innan man lyssnat på ALLA Pet Shops? Bättre än de andra i alla fall.

Big like. Very into it

Pet Shop Boys AGAIN??? "What Have I Done To Deserve This" as well as the guy on the right sum up my feeling perfectly here. 🥱

Bangers, all the way down.