Behaviour

Dreadfully boring.

Kiddie pool levels of depth. I too had a keyboard back then that had the impact sound effect and I liked to overplay it just like these guys. The difference was I was 10.

Awful boring

Yawn! Not a fan of this Album. More into what was played on the radio in the early 80s. Suberbia, west end and it’s a sin.

Fuck sake I can't believe these mind numbing tracks are over 5 minutes long. 80s synthesizer drum machine slop. Give me free jazz any day over this

not really my thing

Can't connect

Not their best album

Honestly, this album did nothing for me. I listened to it yesterday and I can't remember a single lyric or melody.

Don't get it... at all... weak vocals over boring beats... are the lyrics clever? no idea... can't get past the music... is it sort of pleasant? i guess... i actually know people who love these guys and buy all their records... all i can hear when they play is "West End Girls" over and over again... it baffles me that these guys had a career past that song... who did these guys pay to be on this list? this is just a travesty... lol... the first song is even called "Being Boring"... obviously autobiographical... lol... it may be a UK/Euro thing... but, this "music" is antiseptic... soulless... does it make you tap your foot? a bit... would i rather listen to this than Death Metal? yes... one star just for that...

Elevator music

Sometimes a bit cringe but otherwise great

More shit pop boys? No thanks

nope - not for me, after 2 songs I'd had enough, looping electro-crap

Are there way too many Pet Shop Boys albums on this list? Absolutely. Did I dislike this one as much as the others? Also yes.

Why? What’s the point of a Pet Shop Boys album without West Side Boys? Really, what’s the point of one with it, but even more so without. Never cared for these guys in the eighties, apparently time has not softened that.

Every song sounds the same? Feels like the type of music that you have to be on ecstasy at a rave to really enjoy. Hard to believe we're considering these guys and Paul McCartney on the same list. "This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave" kind of sums it up for me because I feel like I waited years for this album to be over. This is not for me.

Boring. And his voice bothered me.

Doesn’t even have West End Girls on it. Not an album I can say I enjoyed. Jealousy is probably the one I’d rate highest

This is the sort of euro-trash bastardization of new wave that really turns me off. It’s weak and bubbly and entirely unenjoyable to my ears. There’s no real unifying theme or sound here, it’s just every stereotypical late 80’s synth sound crammed into two hours of bullshit. I can’t believe I listened to the entire thing, including the remixes at the end. May I never listen to it again. 1*.

I wouldn’t mind a world where I never have to hear the Pet Shop Boys’ music ever again. In fact, can we arrange that please? I’ve never understood it.

I wish that I had not spent 49 minutes listening to this.

Boring. Didn't like it.

Garbage

Never liked the PSBs much, or just thisbera of music generally! I tried, but wasn't converted

OK that was boring as fuck

This shouldn't be on the list. It's great background music, but I honestly forgot it was playing for a bit. Just seems like a basic album. 1.

Really not into the Pet Shop Boys [woof]. This one was tough to get through - I honestly do not know how music like this is still a thing. Help. I kind of want to go back and give Rufus more stars after having to deal with this lollll.

Pretty much the same song played 10 times.

The first song describes this album oerfectly

not my thing

Started off dull and stayed the same. No redeeming qualities at all. Why did they stop making that dramatic music? I hope they credited casio.

Boring

Oh dear. That's terrible.

Starts out promising enough, but soon blends together becoming monotonous and dated.

Not my thing

Synth pop.

Couldn't finish. Don't like his voice, and this is a dull dull album

Not for me. 1/5

Most overrated band ever!

Nunca me han gustado mucho a pesar de reconocer que tienen grandes canciones. Los recuerdo desde que oí en la radio el recién lanzado "West End Girls" y que no paraban de poner a todas horas y a me apetecía más variedad. No sé que hace esto en esta lista "totally boring".

As a youth in the 80's I liked that era's PSBs although I'd be hard pressed to put them on any top album list. Today I'm confronted with this ridiculous collection of synth pop drivel. I imagine a future civilization encountering this Top 1001 album list and playing Behaviour. At that point I'd be ashamed of our human race. This is NOT good music, song writing, lyrics, production, or entertainment.

This is another one that should be in the 1001 albums not to listen to before you die.

I don't like this. I'll listen to it, but 45 seconds in on the first song, I find no pleasure in this.

Unfortunately I really didn't like this at all.

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People always tell me I like elevator music, but I can't find much that I enjoy about this one. DNF.

Neil Tennant is simply a non starter for me

Never liked pet shop boys

Unfinishable. Truly the worst. Not one good song.

The first track titled Being Boring really sets a tone for this album because it sure was boring.

We hebben hier dus te maken met een zaadplaat. Een ontzettende zaadplaat. Allemachtig, wat een niet te harden aan elkaar gezeverd stuk muziek is dit.

Imagine liking this. Ha ha JK nobody likes this. So dumb and so bad. I do not like this record. This album is actually gross. It’s not even mildly interesting. Best song: none of them Worst song: all of them

I don’t know if it’s that we just listened to a pet shop boys album, but this one was not as good as Actually. Ironically the least boring track: Being Boring

nah

Cheesy electronic pop music but some interesting effects

This style of music does absolutely nothing for me. All the songs pretty much sound like an NPR host trying to sing over telephone hold or elevator music.

Found this to be a pretty depressing album.

All their music seems to sound the same. After 30 secs I'm already tired of it, not a fan.

Not my thing.

I just don't 'get' PSB. This is really bland. I get that they are trying to be 'knowing' but the lyrics don't draw me in at all. Gave up 4 tracks in. Not for me.

Completely non descrip

No

Particolare

Not a single radio single from a pet shop boys album in 1990? 1990 was wasted by the pet shop boys.

Lacking any of the fun or joy of some of their better stuff

fucking yawn.

Bland, too gleeful, sucky vocals. 2 out of 10

So mellow

The PSB album with no hits on it

This album is so bad and cheesy. It came out in 1990 and still uses the most basic electric piano tones and oontz oontz rhythms. Why is this on this list? Hot can of waste. This album was so close to being fun, but they hammed every moment of it with their tacky approach to music creation. This tried soooooo hard to be commercial dogshit. And it suceeded. Down to the damn auto strings on this casio keyboard, fuck, it is bad.

27-Oct-2022 TLDR; Aged like milk, would not listen to this one again. I went into this album knowing Pet Shop Boys' biggest singles only. I've often heard good things about them and based on the scene and era they fit into, I vaguely assumed I would like them, but never got around to listening to them. Surprisingly, I had a fairly visceral negative reaction to this album. I thought the first song was ok, but the songs immediately after had me cringing and squirming. I thought the second half might turn it around with the passable "My October Symphony", but alas, no. I could only listen to half of "Nervously", and I'm not usually a skipper. After that, I was dying for the album to end. Its hard to put my finger on what exactly I dislike about the album (because there were so many things), but the vocals are definitely a big part of it. I like Neil Tennant's singing in small doses, but on this I found his whiny cabaret style grating. The lyrics are also quite trite in places. Musically, I found this very repetitive, with similar drum and bass beats the whole way through. It's also very dated overall, and not in a fun nostalgic way, since I have no emotional connection to any of these songs. I like a lot of similar music from this era (New Order, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, etc.), but this sounds like a sort of death knell of 80s synthetic pop to me now. Its interesting to read that this was heavily influenced by "Violator". I love that album and don't find it dated at all. I see some similarities I suppose, but this is definitely "Violator-lite", if anything.

Crap

No. English pop. Sounds ugly.

What a pulp. Hard to listen to. I love synths, but even they are annoying me in some of the songs. In the end, some song were more bearable, but enjoying any of them I hardly did.

Weichgespülte, ideenlose Audiorrhoe. Unerträglich, daher beim fünften Song ausgemacht, nachdem ich bereits ab dem ersten nur noch durchgeskippt habe. Diese tongewordene Banalität macht mich aggressiv.

Oh boy. More synth-pop. Mellow, bland, poor lyrics, too-quiet voices. Apt that the first song is titled 'Being Boring.' This just isn't for me. Couldn't make it through a full three songs.

Absolutely not.

not for me

Czy to sezon na recyklingowany kontent, bo kolejna banda duetowa, ktora juz miala swoja reprezentacje na liscie i znowu katuje tym samym, dawno takiego uczucia deja vu nie mialem niz podczas tego odsluchu, wiec sprawdzilem rowniez poprzedni album i kawalki maja tak podobna linie melodyczna, ale czego sie spodziewac po ultra synthowym duecie, nawet gosci zbyt wielu nie ma tutaj, wiec komputrowe brzmienia dominuja, traki odroznia poziom mialkosci lirycznej, jak przystalo na pop latwy odsluch i 49 minut z glowy rozbite na 10 kawalkow, pet szopowe bojsy utwierdzaja mnie kolejny raz w tym, ze synthowy pop, to nie moj gatunek muzyczny, ale na elektrowom plejke dodam otwierajacy utwor o intrygujacym tytule, being boring, ktory swietnie podsumowuje moje odczucia po odsluchu krazka behaviour

* I hated every second of this

SO. I clearly have at least one Pet Shop Boys song that I know, and yet I've never listened to any others. That voice is not one to spend much time with. How Can You Be... was the moment at which I knew PSB were not going to be a band for me. Went downhill from there. How was *this* the "must listen to" album???? It was getting annoying at the end (the voice, the balladry, the lack of pop hits...). I'm between a one and two stars, so it's gonna be one. :(

total crap

Terrible 80s music

Mediocre, all of the songs are pretty forgettable, not my style.

Ikinä en oo ymmärtäny. En tainnut edes skippailemalla päästä loppuun

2.5

Dreadful.

I wanted this album to end so badly. Those cheesy ass orchestra hits sound terrible. I actually enjoyed End of the World, though i assumed that it was the final song on the album and was pissed to see another.

I don't understand why this website thinks Pet Shop Boys is so great.

Liker ikke elektro-sounden. Ville ikke høre mer enn første sangen

1 leider boring

Nah

I enjoyed Being Boring, How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously & Nervously. This album is not one I would have ever gone out of my way to listen to and it was very 90s inspired, reminding me of Vogue by Madonna on almost every track... it was kind of repetitive too.